Fighting Frontosa's

[bob`_your_dog]

Hey, I recently added a 2nd baby front to my malawi tank in the hope that he'd keep my other front company. He's bout half the size of the larger and is allways getting chased by him (i dont know if they're males - but i like to think they are)

I shifted my entire tank around in the hope that it might smooth things out between them, the little guy is allways trying to make friends, slowly going up to the bigger guy and following him with his fins down and all that, but to no succses. I realize that i maybe should of tried to get a bigger 1 but it looked alot bigger at the shop (in a tank with baby neons)

Anyway, is there any chance that they'll cool down and make out or should i think of returning him?

 

[semper fi]

you could add some dithers to the tank. give the bigger one something to be chasing instead of the littler one. you might find you dithers disappearing though, so don't be surprised. i have used danios with fronts. larger fish like your front are hard to get tankmates for. adult fish are not as readily available as the juvies. does the littleone have a place to run and hide from the larger one that he cannot fit into? this might help, but it might also cause the smaller one to hide.