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Hey Guys and Gals,
I'm curious to know what your opinions are on what I have in the 75gal. I went ahead and got 4 more acei like some other cichlid people told me to. I guess my main question is about the socolofi. What's your opinion about it. Leave it, add more, remove it?? I cut and pasted from my intro. See below and thank you for advice.
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Ok, I'll stick my neck out.
I have a male and female blood parrot. I didn't know about hybrids when I got them but they have been with me for 6-8yrs. I have 1 red jewel that's my most timid fish and I've had "her" for over a year. I have an acei that I think I've had around 3-4yrs. He was with 5 others but one day I came in to an acei frenzy that had already killed, and were in the process of killing another female peacock. I was able to get all but the remaining acei out of the tank and took them to the LFS. I had bought OB peacocks not knowing that they too were hybrids. I now have 6 of their offspring with 1 male looking completely normal and an outcast that I think might be a subdominant male. I have a yellow lab that I got around the same time as the jewel and also an albino socolofi that was bought around that time as well. I've got some Kuhli loaches that have been in the 75gal longer than any one. I swear they dance on the cichlids heads and they could care less. The socolofi bumps them with it's nose but never tries to bite them. It only bumps them when it's hovering on the sand and a loach is right in it's face. I also have emerald green corry cats that the cichlids don't bother with. Oh, and a red tail shark. On the advice of experienced cichlid people I have bought 4 more yellow labs for the tank. The acei had been tormenting the one lab and I've been advised to add more labs and acei. I had thought a lot about taking the acei to the LFS but husband said no. I really don't want any more of them. I have recently looked up the labs skirt and confirmed that she's a girl and looked down the acei's pants and seen that he's a boy. 
The acei and lab are the only 2 that have really been giving me trouble and it's just him not allowing her to come out and swim. The socolofi concerns me but so far he just gives chase but has not out and out attacked anyone, yet. The blood parrots are the tank bosses with the acei and socolfi jockying between 2nd and 3rd in command. I like the parrots authority the best. So that's my crazy 75gal. Let it fly. 
I'm curious to know what your opinions are on what I have in the 75gal. I went ahead and got 4 more acei like some other cichlid people told me to. I guess my main question is about the socolofi. What's your opinion about it. Leave it, add more, remove it?? I cut and pasted from my intro. See below and thank you for advice.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ok, I'll stick my neck out.
I have a male and female blood parrot. I didn't know about hybrids when I got them but they have been with me for 6-8yrs. I have 1 red jewel that's my most timid fish and I've had "her" for over a year. I have an acei that I think I've had around 3-4yrs. He was with 5 others but one day I came in to an acei frenzy that had already killed, and were in the process of killing another female peacock. I was able to get all but the remaining acei out of the tank and took them to the LFS. I had bought OB peacocks not knowing that they too were hybrids. I now have 6 of their offspring with 1 male looking completely normal and an outcast that I think might be a subdominant male. I have a yellow lab that I got around the same time as the jewel and also an albino socolofi that was bought around that time as well. I've got some Kuhli loaches that have been in the 75gal longer than any one. I swear they dance on the cichlids heads and they could care less. The socolofi bumps them with it's nose but never tries to bite them. It only bumps them when it's hovering on the sand and a loach is right in it's face. I also have emerald green corry cats that the cichlids don't bother with. Oh, and a red tail shark. On the advice of experienced cichlid people I have bought 4 more yellow labs for the tank. The acei had been tormenting the one lab and I've been advised to add more labs and acei. I had thought a lot about taking the acei to the LFS but husband said no. I really don't want any more of them. I have recently looked up the labs skirt and confirmed that she's a girl and looked down the acei's pants and seen that he's a boy. The acei and lab are the only 2 that have really been giving me trouble and it's just him not allowing her to come out and swim. The socolofi concerns me but so far he just gives chase but has not out and out attacked anyone, yet. The blood parrots are the tank bosses with the acei and socolfi jockying between 2nd and 3rd in command. I like the parrots authority the best. So that's my crazy 75gal. Let it fly.
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