I am wanting to stock my tank with more cichlids, I have a 4 inch male jd and a 9 inch pleco in a125 gal and I am ready to start introducing more fish. I here some people say do it all at once so they all can pick there caves and territories and others say a couple at a time, I appreciate everyones input on this .
Adding fish ?
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I have added one at a time and a few at a time with success. IME if you add 1 at a time the rest of the fish notice the new outsider and if your current fish are aggressive the new addition can be singled out. I usually just do a some re-arranging of the tank to through things off a bit, then add the new guy. By the time the fish adjust to the new arrangement the new fish is settled in. I found this to be not needed if you add multiple fish at one time. Just make sure you have sufficient hiding places for the new guys before you add them and you'll be fine
all at once, spreads out aggression from your current dominant fish, , or do a rescape on your tank and everyone is starting over
sometimes things that work for others will not work when you try to add fish.individual fish,sex,species choice will affect things.i agree better to try all at once,re-arrange tank,put the lights out,water change.keep the lights out for a while
that being said , sometimes it can turn into a cluster f really fast , but starting everyone from scratch with new hides, new rescape is the method i use, but i would recomend removing the existing fish at the time of rescape, like the above said , also do a massive water change and do try and keep the lights out or low, i know its hard but you need to monitor whats going on , i am horribly impatient though
I think he pretty much nailed it. Its hard to be patient but remember: fish live for years if properly cared for, one day is an easy amount to wait for that sort of pay off.
@triwolves thanks i love my devils except im currently dealing with my own cluster f, my devils spawned, nice eggs, all was well till they hatched, male went nuts drove the female away almost to the point she was gonna jump out, now i have no idea if i have any survivors if he is gaurding them, there in a 180 gallon solo with the dad and i havent seen anything in a while..... but it has sooo many places they could be holed up, moss ect ect so im at a loss as of what to do ... do i rescape and run the risk of losing any babies i may have left or have my male devil occupy my big tank solo for another month and see .. as a result i have now added a 90 gallon a 55, 2 27 gallons just to house everything until i figure it all out..
my poor female never got hurt he was just being brutal, so she is now in recovery in a 55 solo, i have no idea if i should reintroduce her ... would she eat/attack the spawn should there be any ,
sorry not trying to jack your thread... I got banned for a week right when i needed actual advice the most lol
my poor female never got hurt he was just being brutal, so she is now in recovery in a 55 solo, i have no idea if i should reintroduce her ... would she eat/attack the spawn should there be any ,
sorry not trying to jack your thread... I got banned for a week right when i needed actual advice the most lol
