Fatal Dilemma

[Joshuakahan]

Yeah I scape things around every time I do a water change.

I do have a time-out tank but I only used it once for my Demasoni cichlid. Though, I don't know if fish have the psychological capability to learn why I put him into the time-out tank. Anyways, the funny thing is I reintroduced my Demasoni back into the 75 just now from the time out tank. I expected him to return to his hyperactive state, but I noticed that this time he was the one being pushed around.

That’s the reason for a time out tank, it can reset the pecking order

 

[Joshuakahan]

Most of my experience was with the meaner mbunas (auratus, zebra, etc.). Maybe one day I’ll try some of the less aggressive ones.

You had the nastiest ones lol peacocks are good although from my experience they’re still pretty aggressive. Haps have a much wider range of aggression, some are as peaceful as geos and some as nasty as mbuna and everything between

 

[SalviniCichlidFan]

You had the nastiest ones lol peacocks are good although from my experience they’re still pretty aggressive. Haps have a much wider range of aggression, some are as peaceful as geos and some as nasty as mbuna and everything between

Usually in my experience (this is a very generalized heuristic), the bulkier the fish, the more deadly they are. So I never worry about fire mouths, geos, severums, haps, and peacocks killing other fish because they don't have the mass to do so. However, bulkier fish like stocky mbuna, Red Devils, wolf cichlids, salvini, convicts usually worry me more. It's kind of like a soccer player versus a football player.

edit: though I think the individual species' aggression level is the causational/defining factor