Yellow Lab's Stressed?

[Danxo]

Hi all,

I have been keeping 4x yellow labs for a few quite a few months now without any issues, and have recently introduced 2x Labidochromis sp. "Mbamba" - I believe that the issue is they are all male, and since introducing the Mbamba's, 1 in particular has decided to take over the tank, chasing everyone around and stressing them out. Now, my yellow labs are turning black and aren't being as active as they previously have been. Is this due to stress??
They have plenty of hidey holes & caves, but seem to just sit in the open and get chased - even though the worse looking one is bigger than the Mbamba

Cheers.

 

[LilBabyEmma]

Sounds like stress to me. Might want to move all the rocks around

 

[spadoc79]

yeah probably stress...i'd rearrange things...what size tank is it?

 

[Danxo]

I moved things around shortly after I noticed the chasing begin, as I read that this resets the territories - but I may not have moved things around enough. I will try this again tonight and let ya know how that goes. Also the tank is roughly 40g

 

[ecoli73]

how big is the tank?

 

[COG Commando]

What are the tank's dimensions??

 

[Danxo]

40 gal

tank dimensions are 91x40x40 cm's

 

[COG Commando]

40 gal

40G breeder? So 36" x 18"

 

[malcolm1]

roughly 36"x16"x16", about 39 gallons. have you tried placing tall plants to have "sight breaks"?

 

[Danxo]

roughly 36"x16"x16", about 39 gallons. have you tried placing tall plants to have "sight breaks"?

I have not tried this but will give it a shot - thank you!