How to deal with Aggressive Fish - African cichlid Aggression
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ส.ค. 2024
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In this video I will show you how to deal with aggressive african cichlids.
I will answer the questions "why are african cichlids aggressive" as well as give many helpful tips and tricks to strop african cichlid aggression in your tank.
1:53 : Preventing fish aggression - Buy Compatible fish
3:51 : Preventing fish aggression - Respect minimum tank requirements
4:21 Preventing fish aggression - Buy more fish
5:10 : Preventing fish aggression - Overpopulate
6:07 : What to do if there is aggressivity in your tank?
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So many videos are referenced in this one. Here is the full list.
You have some serious video binging to do! Enjoy!
🐟Mbunas : th-cam.com/video/W37ljimti-I/w-d-xo.html
🐟Aulonocara : th-cam.com/video/jJCwX9FqfYg/w-d-xo.html
🐟Haps : th-cam.com/video/kDc9gicNDZQ/w-d-xo.html
🐟Frontosa : th-cam.com/video/zWUyuuVASyw/w-d-xo.html
🐟Lake victoria : th-cam.com/video/hQCgoEbqCsc/w-d-xo.html
🐟Cichlids breeding : th-cam.com/video/Eud1BGVtbk4/w-d-xo.html
Good day I am wondering if you can assist me. I have a male cichlid citron and he is very aggressive he has almost wiped out all my other cichlids I wonder if you could advise me on what type cichlid would be compatible with him?
I'm breeding my male jewel cichlid with a female salvini cichlid
I'm breeding my male jewel with a female salvini cichlid
A few things. In arranging (or rearranging) rocks and other decorations, disrupt the line of sight from one area (end of tank) to the other. Use flower pots with the open mouths facing the two rear corners of the tank. Use more rock caves in the middle of the tank. Always use females at a 3 to 1 ratio with each male to disperse his attention. Overfeeding reduces active aggression. And needless to say your tank has to be big enough to accomplish this.
I have found that isolating an aggressive fish to rehabilitate him is an old wive's tale you can still find repeated in the literature, though isolating a harassed fish can rebuild their health and add size.
Thank you for sharing your experience 🐟
@@QuebecCichlides I'm breeding my male jewel cichlid with a female salvini cichlid 😊
@@QuebecCichlides I'm breeding my male jewel cichlid with a female salvini cichlid 😊
Hi. I'm a new sub. I've had a 75gal mbuna, lake malawi cichlid tank and I'm usually dealing with aggression. I love your idea. And I will try out the ones I haven't tried. Thank you so much for the great video and i look towards watching more
yer awesome! I learn something new every time I tune in :] you are my go-to girl when I'm having an issue I can't figure out. thanks for all that you do!
Thank you 😊
Awesome video! Great tips! Thanks for sharing.
Love the content and back round music! I just upgraded to a 140 gallon tank for my 14" Fire eel. I have around 30 mixed Mbunas and plan to add around 30 more.
Also. I've used 2" and 3" plumbing fittings. Like street t's and y's. Just pile them up and that helps with aggressive behavior. Adds a ton of hiding spots.
Nice video with the advise that can help!!!About me and my Malawi cichlid tank I bought my first fish in a young age and they formed day by day,week after week a school and when they got bigger I added some more at the same size or little bigger and then I got a real school,they swim together,they eat together and the more they do is just chase each other time to time with no harm done!!!I overstock,I feed the right food in small amounts as possible I turn the lights on only 4 hours from 7 pm to 11 and I think that all this routine makes them act well and they are happy,active and they respect each other!!
Changing the landscape @ night just a little & adding the fish can help. Put your alpha in a time out box.
I envy your opportunities to enjoy the hobby on a much larger level. What you've probably already found out is that customers with endless questions & no intent on buying along with hundreds of gallons & tanks to clean can suck the joy out of some of your love for the tropical industry. It always helped for me to keep a large personal tank in the store that could be appreciated by all but not any of them would be for sale. Save the joy & excitement for yourself everyday with that tank & it will help the years stay filled with love for these fish.
Be blessed.
Cool video. Early congrats on 6K subs
Thank you 😊 Every time I hit a new +1k I go crazy! This is so exciting!
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Thank you 😊
good ideas, thank you
You rock!! Great video!!
Thank you 😊
great video as always! really helping me with my new mbuna tank :)
Thank you🤓🐟 I'm glad that I can help
@@QuebecCichlides can't wait to breed my male jewel cichlid with a female salvini cichlid 😊
@@QuebecCichlides yup can't wait till I breed my male jewel cichlid with a female salvini cichlid 😊
Great video good info😊👍
Great video and this video is so helpful for me. Thank you for this video.
I'm happy it could help 😊
Love your videos on Malawi Ciclids 😊
Thank you🐟
Great video Quebec....Nice One
Thank you😁
Thanks a lot!
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Great as always. I'm currently setting up a Mbuna tank, I've been getting groups of six, once a month, on my second of three sets. Each time I'm re-setting the rock scape and that seems to be working. Then I'll be setting up my Peacock/hap tank the same way.
You're doing it right. This way, you'll have a harmonious tank 🐟
@@QuebecCichlides as I said I will be breeding my male jewel cichlid with a female salvini cichlid 😊
@@QuebecCichlides I will be breeding my male jewel cichlid with a female salvini cichlid 😊
New Sub..love the videos
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@@QuebecCichlides will bombard you with questions
Greetings, I have a question. Im not really new to fish keeping as ive had fish my whole life but im new to african cichlids as I have only had a dolphin for about 4 months a 2nd dolphin for about 2 months both in the same tank . One is about 3.5 inches and the ohter about 2.5 . I have 1 sunshine peacock about 1.5 inches in a separate tank and im getting 2 juvenile dragon bloods and 2 tangerine tigers in the mail tomorrow. My goal is to have them all together so I can start a reef tank . My question is is the 3.5 and 2.5 inch dolphins already to big to add the 1.5 -1.75 inch peacocks . Should I just keep the peacocks separate in the other tank or is it safe to add all 5 of the smaller ones now before they get bigger so they can be " friends" im aware to watch for signs of bullying and agression i just want to make sure they are big enough that the dolphins wont eat them
I just send my fish into time-out until they behave. Oh wait, that's my kids.
LoL!
@@QuebecCichlides Don't laugh! I actually pulled my big bully out of the display tank and sent to the quarantine prison. He was not happy to say the least. The dynamics of the display tank changed completely while he was gone. The fish were allowed to swim anywhere they wanted. They looked so happy swimming freely. After 2 weeks of solitary confinement, I put the bully back in the display tank. At first he looked a little lost and his tank mates didn't pay much attention to him. All was good for a while until he started re-establishing his dominance. However, it is much better than it was before.
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Great video Richelle, I'm struggling with Venustus, I put 3 different Venustus and I need to removed them because are the most aggressive fish
Venustus can get aggressive if the tank is too small. When I talk about this in the video, I had venustus in mind.
Minimum 75 gallons to keep them happy
I have just 2 Siamese algee eaters in my tank ,one is bullying the other doesn’t let it eat and so it hides and sometimes is shaking , the bully fish is growing while the other is staying the same I am waiting on some plants to be delivered ,also have few plants in there . So now I placed a divider between them ,at the first the bully wasn’t happy was jumping swimming like crazy but now after couple of days it settled while the other one is more relaxed and got it’s colour back and eating . I am worried about adding more fish just in case it will bully them .
Currently having issues with my Neolamprologus brichardi. Large Male was courting a female but next morning he is chasing her far out of his territory and even invading my N. savoryi's cave and booting him out too. He is being a proper problem. Not sure on how to fix this issue but I will try the methods talked about in this video. Thankyou!
My aulonacara is killing my dolphin hap, what can I do? I am thinking about returning the aulonacara to the store.
Nice video Richelle,i subscribed to your channel n°6011.....thank you.
Thank you! Welcome to my channel!🐟
No matter what I do my dragon blood won’t stop harassing all my peacocks
Hello, I am from Ecuador in South America, I love your videos. Can I send you a picture of my new mbuna aquarium? If you can give me some advice, I will appreciate it!
Bye the way? Mbunas with hap dolphins! Will it work? Sorry for my spelling!!! Im Norwegian! 😊 Love your vids😊
I wouldn't mix those two together. Their diets and behavior just don't mix.
Don't worry about the spelling. Hi from Montreal :D
I have mbunas haps and Victorian cichilds recently had to rehome my Labino Mbuna he was being so mean and nasry towards the others i tryed seperation ect didnt work so rehoming him was my only option.
may i ask, why is 1 of my jellybean chasing one jellybean cichlid and my 2 blue pollar parrot chasing each other and chasing 2 of my jellybean parrot, pls help, idk who is male or female :at all :/
Loved it!🤣🤗💙🐟💙
What’s your thoughts on keeping peacocks and Haps but having both males and females? I’m thinking about buying them as juveniles and it’s hard to always get males.
No problem there :) Just make sure the tank is big enough for their adult size.
Here are some videos you might like :
Peacocks : th-cam.com/video/jJCwX9FqfYg/w-d-xo.html
Haps : th-cam.com/video/kDc9gicNDZQ/w-d-xo.html
@@QuebecCichlides jewel/salvini hybrid are the greatest 😊
@@QuebecCichlides jewel/salvini hybrids are the greatest 😊
Mam I have been lived 2 cichilds fishes in my tank one fish is biting to another fish (there is any solution)
Yes you need more fish
Check out my videos on compatibility and add what’s compatible with your fish
I have a male and a female Kribensis, when breeding they are monsters! I have to remove everything that moves in there tank or they will bully them to death! What can I do? Can I separate them and just keep males together? What can I put with a male Kribensis as a show piece fish? Angle fish?
I have kept mixed Mbuna and peacock tanks for a while in different tanks over the years yes it can be done but sometimes you need to use every trick in the book to manage the aggression apart from adding Valium so would I do it again yea, would I recommend it to a beginner hell no. The other thing to watch is the Aquarium temps if there is to much general aggression and you have room in your temperature range to do so try lowering the temperature a touch. Also with the pH I add Calcium Carbonate (Limestone) to one of the external filters just start in small amounts and monitor the pH mine sits stable at a pH of 7.4 with about 7 pieces of around 3 inches in a 450 Litre tank and hardly moves with water changes but as I said start in small amounts and monitor the pH as your starting pH and Limestone Nutralising values will be different than mine (and yes that’s Nutralising with an S and Litres 😂😂)
Can you keep Mbuna with Tropheus? (assuming same size)
Very informative video!
Oh I forgot to mention that. Oops. Yes you can keep them together but they need minimum 55 gallons and the tropheus need to be kept in groups. Tropheus are crazy...and crazy hangs out with crazy 😂
@@QuebecCichlides yup jewel cichlid/salvini hybrid are the greatest
@@QuebecCichlides jewel cichlid/salvini hybrid fish are the greatest 😊
An interesting thing you mentioned about how a dominant fish will share his cave in time of danger had me wondering how a dead fish found his way into the bullies cave. I've always wondered how a dying fish managed to wedge himself under a rock before dying. I recently found out how. His tank mates, namely the big bully, will wedge him into his cave. My last dead fish was so deeply wedged under a rock that I could not pull him out without removing the rocks. Has anyone else observed this behavior?
I have peacocks Mbundu and three lake Tanganyika all in one tank. I got them all from a pet store were they all came from the same tank. I must have luck out no aggression problems. But I should’ve watched some videos before I purchased any fish my mistake I counted on the pet store to give me some advice.
Do you guys buy fish? I know you probaly don’t but I have 8 mbuna and I wanted to start a saltwater aquarium
I had the same problem so they had beaten up a couple of my cichlids one really bad I put both of them in hospital tanks to heal up for about five weeks. Bought a 20 gallon tank took the two aggressive cichlids out move them to their new home rearranged the main tank a little bit not a whole lot put the fish that were in the hospital tank that were beaten up back in the main tank and the aggression has calm down quite a bit. It’s been a lot of trial and error some fish have died because of mistakes I’ve made a couple from being just stressed out being picked on. Anybody that thinks keeping fish is easy It’s not
Thank you for sharing your story. You had a rough start. We grow when we learn )
QuebecCichlides I have learned To observe and look for certain things every day to try and get on top of the situation before it gets out of hand like my first bout of Ich Before I realized what it was it Wiped half the tank out. Not to mention taking the tank completely apart cleaning it Replacing the saying things like that. Then the second stupid thing I did was buying a used sump A nice one that came with a filter sock I should’ve threw the filter sock away even though I washed it it poisoned and killed three beautiful fish I mean within less than two hours turned almost pale white dead.so yeah it’s been a learning experience but I’m also proud that I saved quite a few of them. I feel These mistakes have helped me to learn what to look for what to do and what not to do
If a do a water change will the aggression stop
I had that but all good now got some new fish
The best way to fix aggressiveness :D Plus, you get new fish! Everybody wins!
Can i kept oscar with vieja chichlid
Please make a video on albino rabbit eyed chichilid..I mean snow chichilid.your videos are very nice.I am an Indian...your pronunciation is awesome.
Hi Anwesha, check out my videos on mbunas 🥰 The information is accurate for snow cichlids (pseudotropheus socolofi albinos)
@@QuebecCichlides Thanks a lot.
What was the idem she said for fixing fins ????
Melafix 😁
@@QuebecCichlides thank you!!!!!
Have ass peacock tank 75 gal. Complete blue with black trim cichlid I have that is a bully to some and biting have about 8 in tank with few big rock in center
My electric yellow mbuna very agressive, he keep on chasing the other yellow mbuna 😭😭
Starting at the 8:40 mark F-F-F 😂😅🤣😆
Legitimate question. The difference between cichlides and cichlid (or cichlids)???
In english it's cichlid/cichlids in french it's cichlidé/cichlidés. My store name is in french but i can't use accents when creating an account. That's why it's written cichlides everywhere :P
In english it's cichlid/cichlids in french it's cichlidé/cichlidés. My store name is in french but i can't use accents when creating an account. That's why it's written cichlides everywhere :P
In english it's cichlid/cichlids in french it's cichlidé/cichlidés. My store name is in french but i can't use accents when creating an account. That's why it's written cichlides everywhere :P
I thought so, but just verifying. Cool channel! 👍🏻
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The best idea is to get them all when they are 1" or smaller and grow them out together. Always get more than u need it is small so it is much cheaper anyway. Once they reach 4"-5" start thinning your stock and keep the best one u like. I do this all the time and save a lot of money this way or even make my money back selling those fish. This will guarantee a peaceful aquarium but please don't sell your 1st 2nd or 3rd tank boss even if they don't look beautiful.
Thanks for sharing your secret technique ;)
I do everything you talked about. Other than I do keep convict cichlids with my Africans. They do very well but I wouldn't recommend it for everyone. Mine are use to hight ph 8.5 from tinny little wigglers. I haven't had any aggressive activities since I removed all the females. You should take a look some time it's a pretty chilled out tank.
Convict females are crazy lol. I'll check your tank out once I get a moment.
I stick my Big old hand in the tank and chase around the Bully .. then help out the bullied. I use my Giant Hand to Bully the bully, giving the bully some medicine .I never touch them just Move towards them and chase them away it sort of the same behavior the bully is doing minus contact.
I have tiny hands, this works but is not as efficient as you lol ;-)
Sadly, I had to Remove the bully from my Tank a couple days after this comment, I took the Bully fish back to the Tropical fish store. A Green Terror adolescent was the Bully in this case , bullying 3 blood parrots , the store traded me The Terror for another Smaller Blood parrot now I have four Derpy happy blood parrot fish. They pick on each other and play like cats and do not seem as scared now. This is the first time I've kept Blood parrots, They are super fun fish to watch.
I like your zebra cactus
Yes they chase each other 24/7 and hit the sides they move so fast they are hard to view.
do jellybean cichlid dwarf parrot fish change gender?
Here's why I'm infuriated at the fish industry. I can buy a pair of cichlids from my local fish store but it turns out the male is harassing the female so I realize I need more females to dissipate the aggression. Alas "these fish are not easy to find!" the local fish store informs me, so I'm off to search on the internet but, if I'm lucky, the only option is to buy a bunch of unsexed adolescents and "hurry up! The stock is low!". Will they grow up to be all males? Who knows! And why some of them are deformed? Because they were inbred.
It sounds like you're unlucky with the fish stores surrounding you :( Before buying anything, you're going to have to do a lot of research to make sure you're not getting swindled.
If you're from Canada, you can order directly from our website, we have many african cichlids. quebec-cichlides.com/
Thanks for the very educational video. And my wife thinks the only reason I watch your videos is because of how attractive you are.
Hahaha Be careful, do not look for problems with your wife, because we always lose
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If a do a water change will the aggression stop