Hi All,
I recently added 8 new pets to my 50G. The pets currently are as follows:
Kenyi: 2 Females/1 Male
Cobalt Blue Zebra: 2 females? 1 Currently Juvenile
Bumblebee: 1 sex undetermined/juvenile
Yellow Lab: 1 sex undetermined/juvenile
Mixed Mbuna: 1 sex undetermined/juvenile
Psued Acei: ? 2 Males/1 female
Red Zebra (Juggernaut!): 2 Female/1 Male (morphed-all same color!) Possibly 1 juvenile small male
Common Plec: 1
Hardware:
2 Aqueon Quiet Flow 55/75G HOB Filters; Top Fin Air2000; Aqueon 200w Heater;
Aqua scape:
African Cichlid Sand; White Coral; Assortment of Artificial Plants
Ok so the Acei, Red Zebras and Plec have been residents for eight months. The others were added two weeks ago and I followed procedures offered to reduce aggression. It was time for a major cleaning and redecorating so the current residents were removed, aquarium redecorated with added coral. Some items were left in the set (i.e. Rock structure and Tree trunk) that the Male Kenyi took as residence. The Male Kenyi solicited the desires of the female Red Zebra and were close to mating. The male Red Zebra didn't take kindly to this. Those two fought with the victor being the Red Zebra. Now the Red Zebra male chases the two subordinate Red Zebra's back to the other side of the tank. The aggression was great enough that I removed the rock structure and the tree trunk cause they were gathering points for aggression. since I used all coral it has minimized some aggression but the kenyi still is keeping one side of the tank near the plants as his territory. The female red zebra keeps going near him and doing a shimming type dance until the male red zebra chases her away and a standoff ensues between the Kenyi and the Male Red Zebra.
See pics below. Your thoughts are greatly appreciated. The tank is cycled and all other parameters are in check.
I recently added 8 new pets to my 50G. The pets currently are as follows:
Kenyi: 2 Females/1 Male
Cobalt Blue Zebra: 2 females? 1 Currently Juvenile
Bumblebee: 1 sex undetermined/juvenile
Yellow Lab: 1 sex undetermined/juvenile
Mixed Mbuna: 1 sex undetermined/juvenile
Psued Acei: ? 2 Males/1 female
Red Zebra (Juggernaut!): 2 Female/1 Male (morphed-all same color!) Possibly 1 juvenile small male
Common Plec: 1
Hardware:
2 Aqueon Quiet Flow 55/75G HOB Filters; Top Fin Air2000; Aqueon 200w Heater;
Aqua scape:
African Cichlid Sand; White Coral; Assortment of Artificial Plants
Ok so the Acei, Red Zebras and Plec have been residents for eight months. The others were added two weeks ago and I followed procedures offered to reduce aggression. It was time for a major cleaning and redecorating so the current residents were removed, aquarium redecorated with added coral. Some items were left in the set (i.e. Rock structure and Tree trunk) that the Male Kenyi took as residence. The Male Kenyi solicited the desires of the female Red Zebra and were close to mating. The male Red Zebra didn't take kindly to this. Those two fought with the victor being the Red Zebra. Now the Red Zebra male chases the two subordinate Red Zebra's back to the other side of the tank. The aggression was great enough that I removed the rock structure and the tree trunk cause they were gathering points for aggression. since I used all coral it has minimized some aggression but the kenyi still is keeping one side of the tank near the plants as his territory. The female red zebra keeps going near him and doing a shimming type dance until the male red zebra chases her away and a standoff ensues between the Kenyi and the Male Red Zebra.
See pics below. Your thoughts are greatly appreciated. The tank is cycled and all other parameters are in check.