Can a 55 gallon tank with about 14 demasoni be mixed with 4 male peacocks? Or are the demasoni to rough?
Demasoni and Peacocks
- Thread starter Dego510
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Dems are more intolerant to their own kind than any other fish (they will also terrorize any fish with similar coloration/barring). They are best kept in a group of 12+ to spread out aggression amongst themselves, so 14 is fine for them.
Mixing Mbuna and Peacocks is also not the best thing, their diets & temperment greatly differ. It doesn't mean it's impossible, but it would be better to not mix them for the Peacocks sake.
My advice is to go with a Demasoni/Yellow Lab tank which is a proven successfull tank with nice coloration. I would do the 14 Dems and maybe 4-6 Labs, you can even substitute a few Acei for some Labs. Just remember that Labs & Acei will get much larger than the Dems and will outgrow the tank so may need to be thinned over time.
good luck
Mixing Mbuna and Peacocks is also not the best thing, their diets & temperment greatly differ. It doesn't mean it's impossible, but it would be better to not mix them for the Peacocks sake.
My advice is to go with a Demasoni/Yellow Lab tank which is a proven successfull tank with nice coloration. I would do the 14 Dems and maybe 4-6 Labs, you can even substitute a few Acei for some Labs. Just remember that Labs & Acei will get much larger than the Dems and will outgrow the tank so may need to be thinned over time.
good luck
I do currently have 2 Acei and 6 Yellow Labs in there also, however, I was wanting to get rid of the Acei and replace them with 2 male sunshine peacocks for example.
fishyface;3554645; said:
I wouldn't add the Peacocks, but it's up to you. If you do, I would make sure to research and feed them all accordingly. It's possible you'll have probs, it's possible you'll be fine, just one of those things. But, it's not a natural combo of fish, but just my opinion.
best of luck
Not a great combo,I put a few peacocks in with my demasoni and they looked like crap so I moved them.Things are too rough for peacocks in an average mbuna tank.Some combos can work but demasoni in a small tank? Im thinking its likely you wont be happy.More good yellow color on a full grown male lab than any sunshine peacock too.