Put my bully in time out..

[Jakepen]

Is this ok, my cobalt zebra has been chasing everyone a lot. So I decided to put him in here for a while. Is this ok, how long slash should I leave him in here?

 

[Aquamandan]

How long are you supposed to leave a fish in timeout?

 

[Malawimaddness]

If he is the dominate fish giving him a time out will not change that, change you decor around create a new scape and new hiding spots and let them establish new territories

 

[slayer72]

Is this ok, my cobalt zebra has been chasing everyone a lot. So I decided to put him in here for a while. Is this ok, how long slash should I leave him in here?

My cobalt zebra has bully tendencies, luckily the Auratus keeps him in line.

 

[snowman17]

That didn't work for me with my auratus after almost a day, but worth a try it might calm him down but like what was said before try rearranging the decor, try doing it at night so when your done it's dark.

 

[CalebZachary]

Did you spank him too?

 

[snowman17]

In a way I did lol chasing him around the tank he had a few scales missing after Lmao.

 

[CalebZachary]

LOL. I bet you had fun with that.

 

[Jakepen]

Haha, Ya they're quick. I finally trapped mine in a cichlid stone, had the net in front of the hole for thirty minutes easy. He wouldn't come out, finally he did and I got him. This was after I took him out of "timeout". He didn't learn anything. I took him to my lfs, I think I'm gonna start getting rid of my mbunas..

 

[snowman17]

Naw it wasn't fun took me a good 15 getting that little bastard, he's back in the main tank and still chases but my red zebra is the one he can't top so he's been keeping him in check. And nooo don't get rid of em lol

 

[Jakepen]

I don't want to, I like them. But it's to stressful mixing peacocks and mbunas

 

[Sleeves]

my cobalt blue zebra was doing the same thing. The way I fixed was by re-arranging the tank scape and adding more cichlids to the tank.

I have learned in my experience, when African Cichlids get aggressive, add more it chills them out

 

[Jakepen]

my cobalt blue zebra was doing the same thing. The way I fixed was by re-arranging the tank scape and adding more cichlids to the tank.

I have learned in my experience, when African Cichlids get aggressive, add more it chills them out

Ya, that's one way to go about it. Some people say though, if you stock the tank correctly you shouldn't have to over stock

 

[Sleeves]

Ya, that's one way to go about it. Some people say though, if you stock the tank correctly you shouldn't have to over stock

very true... mine was definitely understocked at that time

 

[snowman17]

Yea mixing mbuna and peacocks will be a battle I would do one or the other

 

[Sleeves]

Yea mixing mbuna and peacocks will be a battle I would do one or the other

true...but it defintaely makes for an active tank