male auratus over-rated

[bcurlacher54]

so after reading endless amounts of testimonials i was a little scared to add a 4 inch male auratus to my tank. well as soon as he hit the water the BOSS female auratus who is quite a bit smaller than the new guy, went straight for him. they spun for about a minute and then the big guy runs for his life. and has been running from her ever since. leave it up to me to get the whimpiest male auratus ever.

 

[mfdrookie516]

My male kenyi was the boss of my tank. I had 2 male auratus that would run from him

 

[HUKIT]

That can change quickly with mbuna, your adding a fish to a tank with territories and behaviors already established. Dominance will change over the course of time, so don't be to quick to judge. I've had two red zebra males and one would continuously chase the other, I switched tanks and transfered both fish at the same time and now the shoe is on the othe foot.