Regretting decision

[C L O W N K N I F E]

My blue johanni is dead set on chasing him all day. Didn't skip a beat. Starting to show nipped fins. Thinking I might come back from work to a wasted thirty bucks

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Ah, thats lame...mbunas are more aggressive than peacocks though, maybe try trading him for a mbuna that is the same size as your johanni ?

 

[krylos]

The johanni is the smallest one there lol. And I had an orange johanni I traded in today to get him because she was a filter coward too. Think I'm going to let this run its course and if it doesn't work out call it a day and just start a new tank instead of doing more to that one

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[krylos]

The peacock won't fight back even though he's got two full inches on him. Maybe he will get bored.

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[Baggly]

You have two of the most aggressive, if not the most aggressive Mbuna (johanni, chipokae) on the planet in a 37 gallon tank with no females to disperse aggression. No offense, this is a nightmare setup and will almost certainly end in dead fish. All male Mbuna tanks are a very delicate, tricky and frustrating thing to do. Even harder to do in a 37g tank. They are much easier to keep when the appropriate male:female ratio is kept. Typically 1m:4f works. With more aggressive fish, i.e johanni, a ratio of 1m:7f is often suggested. In a 37 bf, you might get away with one species, but certainly not Melanochromus Chipokae.

 

[Baggly]

The peacock won't fight back even though he's got two full inches on him. Maybe he will get bored.

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I forgot to hit on this. Size matters not with Mbuna. Peacocks and Mbuna rarely work together except for the most calm Mbuna (yellow labs for instance).

 

[Inglorious]

You are also understocked for a Mbuna tank, usually the practice when keeping these fish is to overstock and overfilter to dispurse aggression. Also you don't have nearly enough hiding spots, or anything to break up line of sight.

 

[krylos]

Okay well I can't put anything more in that tank. The bottom is already cluttered to the point of being full. I suppose I could get another fish or two but yeah it just seems like the blue johanni has a warrant out for the peacock. No other fish bugs him now. In going to build a slate structure for the tank. Here it is as is now.

Sorry for quality this is mid water change.
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[lilpendragon]

You have two of the most aggressive, if not the most aggressive Mbuna (johanni, chipokae) on the planet in a 37 gallon tank with no females to disperse aggression. No offense, this is a nightmare setup and will almost certainly end in dead fish. All male Mbuna tanks are a very delicate, tricky and frustrating thing to do. Even harder to do in a 37g tank. They are much easier to keep when the appropriate male:female ratio is kept. Typically 1m:4f works. With more aggressive fish, i.e johanni, a ratio of 1m:7f is often suggested. In a 37 bf, you might get away with one species, but certainly not Melanochromus Chipokae.

+1

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[krylos]

Okay that makes sense. Well I guess in going to hope for the best with the peacock. The other three get along like best buddies.

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