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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / August 2003one fish being chased by the others, help
In my tank (55g) I have these fish and a pleco... Iodotropheus Spengerea (a little baby Rusty) Labidochromis Exasperatus (my most expensive fish at 9 dollars) Nimbochromis Venustus (I think he will get big) Pseudoropheus Acei (the boss of my tank) Pseudoropheus Kennyi (just a normal fish) Is seems that everyone chase the little baby rusty fish... is this because the rusty is a female, or is it because the rusty is the smallest fish in the tank? I do move the rocks around trying to get the rusty hiding spots, but whenever the rusty pops out to say 'hello', all the other fish go around s/he. Help Was the Rusty the latest fish introduced to your tank ? If so it Just might be the new kid in the tank syndrome. Lee Crossley no, expect for the Labidochromis Exasperatus (10 days from the store), I got them all together... they are all 2 weeks from the aquarium shoppe... also, during feeding time, Rusty seems to be able to get the food well enough... > Was the Rusty the latest fish introduced to your tank ? If > so it Just might be the new kid in the tank syndrome. > Lee Crossley Competition for food will create a natural heirarchy of who goes first, who gets the most.... and indeed, if it's the smaller, it will be recognized as a competitor by another cichlid and be kept in check by the boss, then by the next one, and so on... i've had the competition problem and it was solved by feeding on seperate ends of the tank, or called target feedings... Using one food to distract another fish to feed a specific fish.... > In my tank (55g) I have these fish and a pleco... > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Help In my case, when these things happen, I cannot do much. I only have one aquqrium. African cichlids will eventually eat the weak one, so again they have plenty of food to eat without my intervention. And I have more chance to go shopping for a replacement killer.. <-- remember there was a movie with chow yun fat? That is life... > Competition for food will create a natural heirarchy of who goes first, who > gets the most.... and indeed, if it's the smaller, it will be recognized as [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > > > Help |
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