Largest bass is being super aggressive towards dithers

[Bennlfer]

Well then I am thinking about taking them out and replacing them with more bass. I am just worried about losing some of those bass.. is there any way to stop it or will the smallest ones always fall prey? Will they stop dying at a certain size?

 

[heatherbeast]

Will they stop dying at a certain size?

...wha? Your bass are small enough that you can still readily buy most species at the 3-3.5 inch range without too much of a hit to your wallet. Anything smaller than that is going to be food.

 

[grmanrocks]

i think you are approaching the issue wrong...if its one or two mean bass why not remove them for a bit, let a new pecking order establish and reintroduce the problem bass?

or get significantly more bass or dithers? my group of 10 adults (sizes range from 10-22") hardly ever squabble over anything except for food. and some would call them over crowded

 

[LukeOscar]

Tinfoil barbs tend to just speedily swim around from my experience. They don't generally stick together and school like you'd think. I had way way better luck with silver dollars. I find even if one is weak the aggression gets spread out. When a tinfoil Barb gets weak it gets centered out and killed.

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[Lambrakopoulos]

Tinfoil barbs tend to just speedily swim around from my experience. They don't generally stick together and school like you'd think. I had way way better luck with silver dollars. I find even if one is weak the aggression gets spread out. When a tinfoil Barb gets weak it gets centered out and killed.

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Agreed! Tinfoils will often swim dispersed, rather than school like silver dollars often do. Harder for a predatory fish to single out the same fish constantly when in a group. Everyone usually takes a hit every so often, but none of them die.

I usually try to have double at least, if not triple the amount of dithers or tank mates when growing out juvi cichla.


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[LukeOscar]

Agreed! Tinfoils will often swim dispersed, rather than school like silver dollars often do. Harder for a predatory fish to single out the same fish constantly when in a group. Everyone usually takes a hit every so often, but none of them die.

I usually try to have double at least, if not triple the amount of dithers or tank mates when growing out juvi cichla.


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As someone else mentioned also. Remove the trouble cichla. He will lose his dominance and may be docile when returned

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[T1KARMANN]

My bass hate my tinfoils I think it's normal and something about them they don't like
Barbs are 14" bass is 15"