Matman1110
Aquarium Advice Regular
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Hey,
I have a 47 gallon upright tank that is currently housing 9 fish. My tank is doing pretty good except there's one fish, an ice blue zebra cichlid, who relentlessly pursues fish bigger than itself. This mbuna is about 3.5 inches long and is constantly badgering my beautiful 5 inch Nimbochromis Fuscotaeniatus. He was also fighting with my yellow lab. For some reason he leaves the smaller fish alone.
Here are my list of fish and their (sizes) in inches
-Ice Blue Zebra (3.5 inches)
-Yellow Lab (4.5)
-Nimbochromis Fuscotaeniatus (5 or 5.5)
-Nimbochromis Livingstonii (3)
-Electric Blue Hap male (3)
-Electric Blue female (3)
-Lemon cichlid (2.5)
-Common Pleco (5)
I know ive broken alot of rules for keeping africans but my tank is actually been doing very well. Its just this one mbuna that is bothering the chemistry of the tank. Ive heard that crowding tanks can control mbuna aggression. Should i add more mbuna cichlids to my tank?
I have a 47 gallon upright tank that is currently housing 9 fish. My tank is doing pretty good except there's one fish, an ice blue zebra cichlid, who relentlessly pursues fish bigger than itself. This mbuna is about 3.5 inches long and is constantly badgering my beautiful 5 inch Nimbochromis Fuscotaeniatus. He was also fighting with my yellow lab. For some reason he leaves the smaller fish alone.
Here are my list of fish and their (sizes) in inches
-Ice Blue Zebra (3.5 inches)
-Yellow Lab (4.5)
-Nimbochromis Fuscotaeniatus (5 or 5.5)
-Nimbochromis Livingstonii (3)
-Electric Blue Hap male (3)
-Electric Blue female (3)
-Lemon cichlid (2.5)
-Common Pleco (5)
I know ive broken alot of rules for keeping africans but my tank is actually been doing very well. Its just this one mbuna that is bothering the chemistry of the tank. Ive heard that crowding tanks can control mbuna aggression. Should i add more mbuna cichlids to my tank?