Ive been trying to get fish to breed for a while now and my texas cichlids are cleaning off stuff, dancing around each other, and defending one spot from the rest of the fish in the tank, but i am worried because my buttikafari is running them off from there "spot". the butti is still lsomewhat a juvinile but idk if i should take him out and put him in a ten untill the breeding is over and the fry have hatched. A little help please?
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I know this gets said a lot, but based on your tank setup, your most serious problem is that you have way too many fish in your 55G tank
* 4 Texas cichlids - - a 55G can maybe handle 1 small Texan
* 1 Jack Dempsey - - a 55G can handle 1 JD by itself, maybe a pair
* 1 electric yellow - - ok, so an African slipped in, that is not a big deal
* 1 Red Terror - - this is nuts, too big for your tank, sure to be trouble
* 1 Green Terror - - a 55G would be OK for the GT, by itself
* 1 Buttikoferi - - another bad idea, the 55G is way too small, and the butti will cause too much trouble
so, bottom line is that in my opinion your set-up is the problem and you will never make this work . . . I would strongly encourage you to either get many more tanks, or take just about all of your fish back to the LFS
if I have not accurately described your tank setup, let me know . . .
* 4 Texas cichlids - - a 55G can maybe handle 1 small Texan
* 1 Jack Dempsey - - a 55G can handle 1 JD by itself, maybe a pair
* 1 electric yellow - - ok, so an African slipped in, that is not a big deal
* 1 Red Terror - - this is nuts, too big for your tank, sure to be trouble
* 1 Green Terror - - a 55G would be OK for the GT, by itself
* 1 Buttikoferi - - another bad idea, the 55G is way too small, and the butti will cause too much trouble
so, bottom line is that in my opinion your set-up is the problem and you will never make this work . . . I would strongly encourage you to either get many more tanks, or take just about all of your fish back to the LFS
if I have not accurately described your tank setup, let me know . . .
all my fish are litterly just out of there juvinile stage and i am slowly getting rid of some as the get bigger
Buttikafari kid;4372413; said:
fair enough, but they are still an unstable mix, and yet you are trying to get the Texas cichlids to breed?
I guess I just don't get what you want out of this . . .
for example;
I have a pair of Managuensis, with spawn in a properly filtered 225g.
I would no way introduce any other fish in this set-up.
Just the tenacity of my pair in captivity, with fry, scares me enough to not put my bare skin anywhere near the surface of the water. I can only imagine what kind of stress they would have if another fish was to invade their spawn.
And I'm sure they would defend it with their life...
I have a pair of Managuensis, with spawn in a properly filtered 225g.
I would no way introduce any other fish in this set-up.
Just the tenacity of my pair in captivity, with fry, scares me enough to not put my bare skin anywhere near the surface of the water. I can only imagine what kind of stress they would have if another fish was to invade their spawn.
And I'm sure they would defend it with their life...