How do they keep so many????

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Casper2000

Casper2000

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How do LFS keep so many chichlids in one tank and none fight? I've seen them cram like 20 2-3" afro mix in something that looked like a 20G and they all looked fine and happy. There is like no aggro at all. :y220d:

Sorry this has always boggled me and I just had to ask.
 
they are in ther for like a month at most.. and they're too crowded to even make territories..

it's not something you should replicate at home
 
Haha yeah I know I shouldn't try it at home. I just thought it was amazing how they kept it so peaceful. Makes sense though that when you have no room you can't estab. your own territory. Thanks!
 
Juveniles are typically less aggressive then adults for starters but in addition to that the shear number of fish makes it virtually impossible to not only establish a territory but also to pick on any one individual.
 
same thing happens when my cons have fry.. they all get along untill i start taking a few out...
 
I work at a LFS, while there's usually no aggression that's not always the case. I'm constantly moving fish that have been beaten up (SA/CA-Africans mostly) If I find one being picked on I'll throw it in a tank with a less aggressive sp. until they recover. If fact I just rescued a beautiful 6" Green Texas that was in a tank with 3 others it's size. All it's fins were damaged and big chunks of scales missing. I'm thinking of taking it home.

And I had to seperate 2 4" male fronts the other day too.
 
when i got my frontosas and parrots they were 5 inches and they were only in a 30g at most with at least 20 more fish of the same size!
but they were in there 3 months before i purchased them, decided they looked sad, and bought them but they had to stay there an extra 2 months while i bought a new tank (great excuse to get another one LOL ) and got it up and running.
 
They pack the fish in for a reason. Less room means less territory to squabble over. Most of cichlid aggression comes from defending their territories, and if these territories are so small they are virtually non-existant, there will be few fights.
 
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