Is this normal?

[RonColle]

My male has been pretty aggressive since I put the once holding female back in my main tank. He keeps them in the corner most of the time unless I walk by or while feeding. What can I do to spread the aggression out? I have 1 dominate male, 2 not dominate at all males, and 2 females. There is also a juvi about 1.25 inches that hangs out in the bottom away from all of them. I plan on selling the 2. On dominate males soon and have a tank full of fry to get some more females.

 

[RonColle]

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[Brookster123]

I don't do Africans but I thought you are supposed to stock females like 5:1 in a mixed sex tank???
Answering your question, yes it's normal, dominant male will keep them there until they die.

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[RonColle]

I'm working on the stocking issue. Just don't want to get something from the fish store to fix it. I'm probably gonna get some females from the guy I got these from. Do some trading.

 

[SherLar]

What species are your Cichlids? I could guess from the pic, but I would probably get it wrong. Some cichlids do require a 5:1 ratio, but as many more do well in lesser ratios, or even as a pair. I think he's probably trying to keep them separate from the other males, and Brookster is likely also correct: he may well keep them there until he kills them.

 

[RonColle]

What species are your Cichlids? I could guess from the pic, but I would probably get it wrong. Some cichlids do require a 5:1 ratio, but as many more do well in lesser ratios, or even as a pair. I think he's probably trying to keep them separate from the other males, and Brookster is likely also correct: he may well keep them there until he kills them.

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