Recently, I had a customer tell me that he had a tank with a mix of Sa/Ca cichlids and one was always chasing the others (Trimac or Flowerhorn we never could decide). He said he treated it like a dog, and when he saw it chasing the others he would put his hand in the tank and push it back or just scare it back with his hand in front of its face. He said that after a while the fish would know not to chase the others because he would just sort of continue in this fashion every time he saw any aggression towards the other fish.
He stands by it, but I didn't think fish were smart enough to understand discipline, maybe cichlids might be an exception since they seem pretty smart, but it still seems a bit farfetched. I have heard the technique where you just feed your red devils everytime they get aggressive towards tankmates and they become so full they just don't care to compete for anything. Has anyone ever heard of something like this?
I called him "The Fish Whisperer".
He stands by it, but I didn't think fish were smart enough to understand discipline, maybe cichlids might be an exception since they seem pretty smart, but it still seems a bit farfetched. I have heard the technique where you just feed your red devils everytime they get aggressive towards tankmates and they become so full they just don't care to compete for anything. Has anyone ever heard of something like this?
I called him "The Fish Whisperer".
