Hi everyone ! I'm currently encountering two problems in my tanganyikan tank. Hope there's some cichlid experts that can help me here.
Problem #1: I bought a couple of wild caught ophthalmotilapia ventralis a month ago. Female dies first n 3 days later whe we went to get another one we found the male died . No bacteria fungus disease bloat. So since we had a female I went n got another male. I feel them regular cichlid food, some cichlid flakes some veggie pellets some mussels. All the other fish love it n thrive . But today the female died again. Now before my male dies what's the cause? Btw there's no injuries either on the fish just like spontaneous death!?
Problem #2:
I bought a huge wild caught male frontosa a few weeks ago for my 200 gal tank. There a huge male blue dolphin in that tank n all went well... Until a few days ago I went n got the frontosa male his wild caught female( they were a couple in the tank from which I bought them) Now my blue dolphin initiates fights with the male frontosa n follows te female even though she also responds in mouth to mouth fights. So why the f does he still stick around with her?? Not even same specie? N now his mouth n face is bruised n he continues to play stupid. The frontosas don't start the fight they really passive. It's blue dolphin that follows the girl around... What going on ??
Problem #1: I bought a couple of wild caught ophthalmotilapia ventralis a month ago. Female dies first n 3 days later whe we went to get another one we found the male died . No bacteria fungus disease bloat. So since we had a female I went n got another male. I feel them regular cichlid food, some cichlid flakes some veggie pellets some mussels. All the other fish love it n thrive . But today the female died again. Now before my male dies what's the cause? Btw there's no injuries either on the fish just like spontaneous death!?
Problem #2:
I bought a huge wild caught male frontosa a few weeks ago for my 200 gal tank. There a huge male blue dolphin in that tank n all went well... Until a few days ago I went n got the frontosa male his wild caught female( they were a couple in the tank from which I bought them) Now my blue dolphin initiates fights with the male frontosa n follows te female even though she also responds in mouth to mouth fights. So why the f does he still stick around with her?? Not even same specie? N now his mouth n face is bruised n he continues to play stupid. The frontosas don't start the fight they really passive. It's blue dolphin that follows the girl around... What going on ??