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I love that fish you got. I actually want the same fish and am planning to house mine with a group of C. Moori and a Phenocvhilus Tanzania. Yeah I'd also ditch the nasty stripped fish. They are real aggressive and your pretty fish won't be pretty anymore. Good luck
Allan01230;3123861; said:
Thanks for the advice, I was not aware of this (my fault for taking lfs advice) I will be watching them very closely. They seem to be fine at the moment, happy chasing each other rather than the Lithobates. I will change the rocks in the tank weekly to try and minimize aggression. I am getting a quote for my new tank, 7 ft beauty
, in the next couple of days, can't wait!I personally have found my agressive mbunas to pick on other mbunas more than on the haps or peacocks... I had one big blue zebra tearing the other mbuna males to shreds because there were females ready to spawn and even though the other zebras were not trying to spawn with his females he was still tormenting them to the point I needed to remove him and what I did was put him in an empty tank by himself for a few weeks then I decided to try him out in my 55 gal with peacocks, haps electric yellows and calvus he is completely mellow and keeps to himself, so you just have to observe and see what works and what doesn't but it does help to have an empty tank to give dominant male mbuna a time out 
greenearthlawns;3126105; said:I personally have found my agressive mbunas to pick on other mbunas more than on the haps or peacocks... I had one big blue zebra tearing the other mbuna males to shreds because there were females ready to spawn and even though the other zebras were not trying to spawn with his females he was still tormenting them to the point I needed to remove him and what I did was put him in an empty tank by himself for a few weeks then I decided to try him out in my 55 gal with peacocks, haps electric yellows and calvus he is completely mellow and keeps to himself, so you just have to observe and see what works and what doesn't but it does help to have an empty tank to give dominant male mbuna a time out
Exactly Green. I always try to impress that fact instead of using a general guideline as the tank size is usually what is the biggest factor. That doesn't mean Mbuna aren't more aggressive then Peacocks or Haps. In many cases it comes down to what you are comparing each other to, as well as how much space you have to work with. In my tanks and experience, I've seen aggression between the types less then 10% of the time and in medium tanks I think it's a good mix myself, but that's just me. I'd avoid the larger Piscovore type Haps in either case.
100l tank is too small for haps - so good you are getting 7ftr 
to reduce agression mbuna-utaka, get yourself livingstonii, as they get bigger then other and when they are in the tank swimming around, mbunas behavior changes - and they will follow him swimming in open water 
PEACE..
to reduce agression mbuna-utaka, get yourself livingstonii, as they get bigger then other and when they are in the tank swimming around, mbunas behavior changes - and they will follow him swimming in open water PEACE..
One mbuna is different than have a tank with several in it. Tank size is important, but I have tried mixing long term in 100+ gallon tanks. His set is more than one mbuna, it is several.
I also suggested to watch the stocking, not to scratch it totally. Every setup is different, so keep an eye on it, and figure out what you will do in case you have problems.
I also suggested to watch the stocking, not to scratch it totally. Every setup is different, so keep an eye on it, and figure out what you will do in case you have problems.
