Female dominant
- Thread starter Rakeboy
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I have had this happen before when raising groups of cichlids. The male eventually always passes the female
I have had many dominant females.
One example.
I purchased a bag of 6 juvie Vieja bifasciata, turned out to be 5 females, and 1 male, where the females kept the male from getting enough food so he was temporarily stunted.
Once I gave him a separate tank, he quickly outgrew them all.
Another ex I had 3 male Tomocichla tube, and a friend had a slightly larger female.
He gave me his female, and she quickly killed 2 of my males mated with the other, and killed him soon after spawning.
Below, here she is with a string of wrigglers, after killing the male
One more.
I had a bag of 5 Vieja zonatus, where the female killed all but 1, mated with him least 3 times, then bumped him off.
Same thing happed with a pair of Tomocichlia asfraci, where the female killed the male, and then ate the spawn.
From my point of view, dominant females can be very common.
One example.
I purchased a bag of 6 juvie Vieja bifasciata, turned out to be 5 females, and 1 male, where the females kept the male from getting enough food so he was temporarily stunted.
Once I gave him a separate tank, he quickly outgrew them all.
Another ex I had 3 male Tomocichla tube, and a friend had a slightly larger female.
He gave me his female, and she quickly killed 2 of my males mated with the other, and killed him soon after spawning.
Below, here she is with a string of wrigglers, after killing the male
One more.
I had a bag of 5 Vieja zonatus, where the female killed all but 1, mated with him least 3 times, then bumped him off.
Same thing happed with a pair of Tomocichlia asfraci, where the female killed the male, and then ate the spawn.
From my point of view, dominant females can be very common.
I currently have a 210g with 3 festae, 2 females and one male. I've raised them together since about 2" and the dominant fish is a female about 10". She's very calm until there's food in the tank, then she's an absolute beast! I'm hoping that one day the male will surpass her in growth, but I'm afraid to seperate them and then re-introduce. He's pretty much the same length, just nowhere near as beefy.
LOL, fishroom on a budget! Nah, honestly I can't put the tank in it's final location until I finsh the fishroom infrastructure. Moving a 210g is a nightmare already, imagine with sand and rocks!
