Mbuna Juvies beating on smallest

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VaranusPanoptes

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Is it normal for Mbuna to pick on the smallest fish in the group? They've took pieces out his caudal fin and scales from his body. They're pretty mean for vegetarians.
 
I can't speak to that, maybe they need a bit of meat in their diet. They may eat mostly vegetable matter but other foods especially if growing (just guessing, think I recall they were not strictly vegetarian)

You can keep the little guy safer by making a cage for him to stay away from the others. Like with needlepoint plastic square sheets / plastic canvas. And a couple fishing weights.
 
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