Cuban spousal abuse

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Jack Dempsey
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Ok so it happened again. Right before my cubans were ready to spawn my male beat my female up pretty bad. He always bites the hell out of her belly and now all the scales are gone in that are and she is looking rough. in an effort to dilute aggression i added the centrarchus to the tank to distract the male. It has worked except now the centrarchus are getting the crap beat out of them by both the male and female cubans. The female seems to be doing ok so I left her in the tank with male.

Anyways I recently bought a fenestratus and it should be here by tuesday. I am hoping that will give the cuban male something to bully and maybe he won't be so nasty toward his mate. What do you guys think about that? Any other suggestions? I have tried reducing water temperature but my male seems more aggressive at lower temperatures. Any ideas or suggestions?
 
Thanks man. My cubans acted much better with the midas pair in the tank. Maybe that was the problem. Until they get big enough, maybe the fish will do better in a "community" setting.
 
Well, just sounds like your male is having some attitude problems (teenager maybe? ;)) and when he gets aggro he has no one to take it out on besides the female.
 
That might be true. He does chase the hell out of the silver dollars but then so does the female.
 
SOunds like your male is very persistant and horny lol Ive had similiar incidents with trying to pair or spawn fish. my solution was to add dithers to the tank like clockwork said. instead of SD's or tinfoils, i use other cichlids. And i dont spend tons of money on them. a group of small convicts or growouts from my umbee and dovii spawns work wonders for me for a couple reasons, first they are very tough and fast and end up inflicting more damage on eachother than from the pair im trying to spawn and two i have so many that they are basically indespensible lol also it will help your pair from inflicting as much damage to eachother and will most likely team up to defend a spawn spot against intruders and help the female to be able to the point of laying eggs with alot less body damage. MY last example was my Festae pair. it worked great, but as soon as they spawned i had to remove all dithers lol
 
yea I had a Problem with my cuban Pair then I add 2 Jewel Cichlids and a male convict and now they chase them all day once in a while they chase each other but for the most chase the other fish. I tried 4 silver dollars and then the next day they were all dead so thats when i bought the Jewels and the convict. I might even buy some more jewels
 
Thanks for the advice FWP. The thing is the female has been trying to get the male to spawn for weeks. She has shown all the signs and the male did not show the least bit of interest. Then when the male gets serious he beats the hell out of her. Hopefully the new fen will unite the pair like how they were united with the female midas. My female is one tough fish though. She took a nasty hit from my male midas and kept swimming. She will be ok.
 
I think you may just have a jerk male. Your pairs parents were bonded at 3". And now Clockworks pair, I don't think have shown any aggression in three years to my knowledge. I have used big dithers to breed aggressive pairs in the past. Maybe a lone Pearsi or other large cichlid that wont torment them. I have a pair of the most aggressive Argenteas I've ever kept and they are only kept from killing other fish or themselves when kept with a large peaceful pair of Carpintis. Good Luck!
 
Yup, I got the most mellow pair of Cubans ever from Cavamart and later on gave him the most aggressive pair of argentea ever. Fair trade right?
 
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