Tips for super nasty peacocks?

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señor_pescados_felices

señor_pescados_felices

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I have a 270g (6Lx2Wx3T) with roughly 20 peacocks in it and two mbuna. 6 of these peacocks I purchased as adults while the rest are just entering adulthood. I thought I had picked out all males but as they grew up 4 tuned out to be female. I have not measured but I would venture to say the large ones range from 5-6" and the smaller ones range from about 2.5-4".

Two of the large peacocks have decided to take turns relentlessly chasing all the others into the corners, most of the time even the females. While one is out the other sits in a cave and waits his turn. This goes on 24/7 and I have tried redecorating and leaving the lights on all night.

They are all still eating well, but once the food is gone the two dominant males go back to ushering all the others back into the top rear and the corners where they are to spend the rest of the day.

My question is: where did I go wrong?

Should I not have mixed the small with the large? Should I have already torn down the decoration so that I can catch the females? I dont know what else to do, and have a nice slate fortress about 1.5' tall and running the full length of the tank, so constant redecorating is not an option.

Thank you for taking out the time to listen to my woes, I like to make sure I add all the details just in case any bit of the extra info helps to solve the problem.


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You said you stocked some females by mistake. The aggressive fish probably wish to spawn with the females. If you don't want the females or fry then remove the females. If this is an all male tank, do you have 20 different species of peacock. Conspecific males will fight with each other as well.
 
If your not breeding them take the females out as was said. Differant species of alll males is the best way to go.
 
exaclty what everyone else said, if your going all male, go all male. The few females will always cause aggression among the males. And you should only have one male of each species of peacocks.
 
What type of Peacock are the two aggressors? Are they some type of Jake (jacobfreibergi ) Peacock? These are the most aggressive types and some individuals won't work well almost no matter what you do. Try removing the females first. If this doesn't work, move the aggressors out of this tank. I've had Jakes in the past that just kept things stressful at all times in certain situations.
 
Oh man, the key to an all male tank is one male of each type, and none that are too similar in looks either. With having multiple males of the same type, most will not show full color.
 
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