putting kelberi with other big boys today

[orinocensis1]

monkey see,,, monkey do..............

Unfortunatly that doesnt always work I did that with my guys I had 2 ocells and a mono with the kelberis and while the mono and ocells ate the krill the kelberis would not even look at it. this almost always works with smaller cichla like 2-4 " but Ive had no luck getting my kelberis off live
They are around 5.5-6" but hey you never know if might work with you and hopefully it will

 

[Nexxus]

hopefully

 

[silverdragon]

re~arrange your decor, and feed prior to introducing

^^^ thats how id do it.. best of luck and keep us updated.

 

[mjuniorc]

Unfortunatly that doesnt always work I did that with my guys I had 2 ocells and a mono with the kelberis and while the mono and ocells ate the krill the kelberis would not even look at it. this almost always works with smaller cichla like 2-4 " but Ive had no luck getting my kelberis off live
They are around 5.5-6" but hey you never know if might work with you and hopefully it will

agreed bro.... i am still having the same problem... but being consistant and patient does the job.... before, my kels would not even look @ anything, nor get close to the food i throw in.. (besides feeders ofcourse)but having one that eats everything they are now getting curious... and tasteing the food, but still spitting it out..,, and soon enough my pockets will be fat again

 

[X-Tank]

agreed bro.... i am still having the same problem... but being consistant and patient does the job.... before, my kels would not even look @ anything, nor get close to the food i throw in.. (besides feeders ofcourse)but having one that eats everything they are now getting curious... and tasteing the food, but still spitting it out..,, and soon enough my pockets will be fat again

You know where to place extra kelberi......
Take some pics please..... hungry to see your cearas... Otherwise I am going there myself.
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[channarox]

what i usually do is to rearrange the decor,add some more if need be,and feed RIGHT AFTER you put in the new fish.GL bro.

 

[CichlaRyan]

wouldnt you want to feed before so when you add him they dont look at the new commer as a food sourse?

 

[channarox]

wouldnt you want to feed before so when you add him they dont look at the new commer as a food sourse?

well....if you saying that,doest it mean the big guy IS capable of eating the smaller one?
then why even try?
but if thats NOT the case....then i think he will just beat up the smalelr guy when put in....thats why i say feed RIGHT after you put the smalelr guy in to get attention away from him.

 

[big dovii]

well....if you saying that,doest it mean the big guy IS capable of eating the smaller one?
then why even try?
but if thats NOT the case....then i think he will just beat up the smalelr guy when put in....thats why i say feed RIGHT after you put the smalelr guy in to get attention away from him.

After they're done eating, they'll just go back to targeting him. I've tried this technique with my Pbass. The only think Ive had work is put tall the other fish in the other tank, throw in the Kelberi overnight by himself, and add all the other fish back to their original tank, that way they don't have territory and the Kelberi will be the dominant fish in the tank.

 

[channarox]

After they're done eating, they'll just go back to targeting him. I've tried this technique with my Pbass. The only think Ive had work is put tall the other fish in the other tank, throw in the Kelberi overnight by himself, and add all the other fish back to their original tank, that way they don't have territory and the Kelberi will be the dominant fish in the tank.

thats true,it doesnt always work when you have big differences in size....
IME,no matter what you do there will still be aggression to the little guy.
one thing you can also do is SCARE the crap out of all of them....thisll cause them to school together.
there...no aggression.