Golden Wonder Killie Bully

[cichlidchic]

I have a 3.5in golden wonder killie (really gorgeous) that is terrorizing my tank. he has killed 2 fish so far and shredded his mate to pieces (shes been moved.) he is currently in a bucket with a airrator as a timeout (he's been in the bucket just today). I have 2 options at this point. first is to put him in a different tank, but all the other tanks have cichlids in them. the other option is to re-home him for what i paid for him (5 bucks). he has grown 2 inches from what i bought him for and he is extremely aggressive. my natural inclination was to put him in the south american tank. but if those will eat him alive, then i need to re-home him.

any opinions?

[TaTeR ToT]

which tank is he in?
if hes not in the 29g, he would do well in there,
if he is in there, then you got one psycho killie.

[cichlidchic]

he was, but i moved him to the 10 community, because of less crowding and the fact he was beating the tar out of my rainbow. and he was jacking with a couple angels too. he killed a molly and a swortail and is going after glofish. he attacks anything he's with now. even his mate is being beaten

[TaTeR ToT]

he was, but i moved him to the 10 community, because of less crowding and the fact he was beating the tar out of my rainbow. and he was jacking with a couple angels too. he killed a molly and a swortail and is going after glofish. he attacks anything he's with now. even his mate is being beaten

holy carp!

thats one mean arse killi, i have never heard of them being anywhere near that aggro.
i would definatly get rid of him and try to replace him with a smaller and hopefully nice when grown male.

[cichlidchic]

what are killies native to? would they be ok with african cichlids?

[Mzungu]

Killies are native to everywhere, practically. "Golden Wonders" often give killies a bad name. Usually, killifish are calm, peaceful fishes. Golden wonders are more like cichlids, lol. Not sure where they're from originally, I'm sure one could google that quickly, though.

So, I would think that your guy would do okay with Africans. I'd watch him for a bit, though, just to make sure.

[Nickintex]

Killies are native to everywhere, practically. "Golden Wonders" often give killies a bad name. Usually, killifish are calm, peaceful fishes. Golden wonders are more like cichlids, lol.

Personally, I think they are more like pike or barracuda.

[cichlidchic]

in with the africans he went. and he's fine now...though he chased my jewels, and attempted to bite a peacock that was double his size... idiot.