fishes dying 1 by 1(bullying)

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sook9

sook9

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before i start this stock has-1 blood parrot(boss) 1 aulonocara (6-7 inches) 2 mbunas left(1 red zebra and 1 Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos about 5 inches) and 1 julidrochromis regani(the reason i cannot add any new fish) tank is a 70 gallon long tank

i have been loosing fish in the last few months or since i started this hobby again,probably the loses are from stress- i've had about 12 fishes 2 kenyis that reached 15 centimeters had to remove then due to extremely aggresivity they clamied 90% of the tankas theirs,they were rehomed and now i am down to 5.

every fish that is so below in the dominating scale in the tank dies within months due to extremely being bullying around some of the fishes jumped the tank sometime.

what i can do!
 
Research...reasearch....and more research before buying new fish or adding new fish to your tank. For the current issue re-home the most aggressive one that bullying everyone in tank or re-home all others one.
 
i did research and many pages told me the aulonocara could only be a pyscho against other males or fishes that look like him,not that he would scared all of the fishes in the tank.

the bloodparrot was from a friend who tank break after he hit it for accident,but the bloodparrot is allright the aulonocara doens't mess with him
 
sook9 said:
i did research and many pages told me the aulonocara could only be a pyscho against other males or fishes that look like him,not that he would scared all of the fishes in the tank.

the bloodparrot was from a friend who tank break after he hit it for accident,but the bloodparrot is allright the aulonocara doens't mess with him
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the simplest answer is rehome the problem fish, its that easy. yo ucan try breaking line of sight with driftwood or structure but that small of a tank its probably smarter just to take out the aggressive fish.
 
duanes said:
I have always found any mbuna and most other African, or other cichlids to be much too aggressive to be kept with Aulonacara.
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at first my aulonacara almost died in the first day i introduced him,now he bullies the mbunas he bullied to death my biggest auratus he was about 15 cm(6 inches)
 
Mbuna should just be kept with mbuna. Iam surprised that the aulonacara beat on the mbuna. Either way you need to check your stocklist.
 
I'm sure ill take some heat for this, but here goes.

Aulonacara can be kept with Mbuna. They can even be kept with tangs and Vics to be honest with you. The blood parrot isn't an issue either. Your issue is stocking. It's not what you are stocking, but how much you are stocking.

African cichlids are nasty, territorial fish. There will be a dominant male in the tank no matter what, you can keep pulling them out, guess what... Another one will establish dominance, then you pull him... And so on and so forth until you have one fish.
The trick to stocking is to keep wayyyyyy too many fish in the tank and then you can mix lakes.
I service several cichlids tanks in offices and I have over 50 fish in some 6' tanks, all closing in on 5".
I would say get a ton more fish and add em at once not one or two at a time as they will get destroyed. I would say you can pretty safely go up to 35 fish in there (providing you keep up with water changes).



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f22 said:
I'm sure ill take some heat for this, but here goes.

Aulonacara can be kept with Mbuna. They can even be kept with tangs and Vics to be honest with you. The blood parrot isn't an issue either. Your issue is stocking. It's not what you are stocking, but how much you are stocking.

African cichlids are nasty, territorial fish. There will be a dominant male in the tank no matter what, you can keep pulling them out, guess what... Another one will establish dominance, then you pull him... And so on and so forth until you have one fish.
The trick to stocking is to keep wayyyyyy too many fish in the tank and then you can mix lakes.
I service several cichlids tanks in offices and I have over 50 fish in some 6' tanks, all closing in on 5".
I would say get a ton more fish and add em at once not one or two at a time as they will get destroyed. I would say you can pretty safely go up to 35 fish in there (providing you keep up with water changes).



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i would have to upgrate my filtration system but yea you right
 
Honestly, that's always my answer. I know it sounds crazy, works literally 100% of the time.


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