When I stopped by fish store last Sunday, I was only expecting to get some algae tablets and feeder guppies.  Then I saw that they had young green terrors (about two inches long) in stock.  I been wanting to get one for two years.  Without waiting a moment longer, I got the dark runt of the litter that was being picked on by the alpha male in the tank.  Within 48 hours of being placed in my 10-gallon tank, the green terror killed all eight neon tetras and is getting along just fine with the salt-and-pepper cory catfish.

I'm going to have to get a 55-gallon tank in the next year or so. A green terror can grow to be 12 inches long, and my 25-gallon tank is already cozy with a convict, firemouth, and pleco (each six inches long and the pleco will grow to be 12 inches).  I love the bigger fishes since they have more personality than a school of smaller fish, and, when they grow past six inches long, you can feel their teeth as they nibble on your fingers.

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