Reducing aggression

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Macenzi

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I have a mbuna, in with a jd, Texas, fh, all around the same size and the mbuna bullies them all, any ideas of how to reduce aggression with hkm


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• #2

yeah, take him out. keeping Africans with SA/CA cichlids is a no-no

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Gill Blue

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no worries, he won't be anywhere near as aggressive once he's killed off the other ones.

 

Evz jardini

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Defo get him out if poss swap him for somethin American at lfs , if all the Americans survive and out grow him he'll be in trouble anyway

 

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If its left to its own, you will have a bunch of dead, stressed, injured or all of the above. You could crowd the tank with a ton of Africans, but you won't be able to keep the other SA/CA. Species only or over crowding...
BTW, that mbuna will get more aggressive as it gets older...

 

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• #6

As this question is specifically about the behavior characteristics of an African cichlid, I'm moving this to Africans.

 

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Macenzi

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I got rid of him


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Evz jardini

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Best option realy you'd just go through treatment like fun until the fh got big and ripped it to bits , good luck with your other cichlids watch out for that flowerhorn they can be evil once they hit 6"