How to STOP aggression in African Cichlids | Jay Wilson
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How to stop aggression in African cichlids is pretty easy if you follow the science and the signs. Check out my video where we talk about the ways I combat aggression.
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Hi My name is Jay Wilson and I am an avid African cichlid keeper and owner of NorthFinUSA. I love Keeping Fish and educating folks on how to keep a crystal clear aquariums along with helping Fishkeepers get started in the fish hobby. When I am not messing with Cichlids I am playing with my son and spending time with family. I currently keep Shell Dwellers, African cichlid Predator Haps, Peacocks along with angels, betta, tetras and cory cats. My dream tank would be a massive lake Tanganyika community tank that I am working on currently. Follow me on my fish keeping journey and do not forget to follow me on Instagram!
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Bruh your tank is fire 🔥👌
Thanks for sharing your knowledge you are surely making the impact on my life of a cichlid keeper easier.
Cheers 🤝
Thank you I’m glad to hear it.
Good info jay. Keep em coming bro. Thanks
Will do thanks for watching
Love it Jay!
Thanks so much dude!
Great info and vid as always! Love the ending!
Thank you!
Great info!!! Thank You!
Thank you
Keep it real Jay, love what you are doing!
Always
Great video and great tips!!!
Thanks Josh you the man see you soon!
Love the education J.... man braddah you’ve grown so much in the hobby watching all your videos from the beginning...and seeing the Evolution of J-Wil a true pioneer in our hobby, keep it up braddah much love and aloha!! 🤙🏽🐠🤙🏽
This means a lot to me.
Great informative video Jay 👍
Clean. Thanks
Nice video man thanks!!!!!
Thank you for watching
love to see your stand up routine,too funny jay easy
Thanks man lol
Very nice video j! Love it Bud! Enjoy Happy Daddy's Weekend!
Jay that Tank is looking AWESOME !!!
Great information, nothing but the truth as always.
Appreciate the support Corey!
Seeing this on my weekend and just leaving it on the TV catching what you say in the end really made my day, Bless you Bros. 🙌🏽☺️
Nice information thanks jay
My man!
Stay till the end guys. Thanks for the awesome message!
Thank you Eric!
Wow your tank looks awesome.
Nice video man this is something alot of people struggle with.
Hope it helps.
Great video J this works for all cichlids I keep the south American Predator cichlids have a great weekend buddy
Thanks man I appreciate you buddy.means a lot.
Thanks for the reminder Jay. I needs to purchase some NorthFin, peace✌🏼.
Hahahaha thanks for watching.
Another Great video Jay sorry to hear about your venustus he was my favorite sip also love your little motivational speech always at the end very good with words
Thank you my friend. Yeah it sucks but he loved a long life
I love the background! looks very realistic, love the These thicker backgrounds, where can I buy it?
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New ending style is very motivating.
Thanks for noticing
That Scooby and Shaggy impression 👌...gotta love the combo of awesome personality and solid info!
Thanks bud. Means a lot glad it’s was entertaining!
the real rocky background of your tank is awesome!!!!!!! envy you.............
Thanks
Great video. I keep mbunas and overstocking my 55 gallon tank and adding big rocks worked for me.
Boom boom
First time watching this guy i love the guy since of humor 😂
Thank you so much
Very Nice big glass box u have
Hey jay I'm new to the hobby, and i have a Marineland 60 gallon tank but I don't know what to put in there any suggestions
Fight. Fight. Fight.
Good video bro
Appreciate you and your dedication.
Hey Jay, I have to say that I have almost zero aggression issues with my big haps. They have all got their little spots and ranking, as well as they have all been one unit for a very long time. You gave some real good key points, but in my experience, they don’t come anywhere near the aggression level of some Central and South American Cichlids in regards to aggression. Anyways thanks for sharing
Good to note lol
I want peaceful tank with No fight
Same😂😂😂
Wanting a peaceful tank? I have the best advice fir you😁 get yourself some guppies & gold fish you'll have the most peaceful in the hoby🤔🤭
HELP! Jay, I have a 75 gallon tank with 22, 2-3 inch mbuna in it and I havr three dominant males in my tank and they kept all thr rest of the fish pinned to the top right side of tank. One controlled left side of rockwork, one controlled middle and one controlled right side. Also they were beating up one smaller one. I just, moments ago, removed all the rockwork and now there's only sand in the tank, no rockwork and nothing for the fish to hide behind. Was this too much of a radical change in their environment to the point where they might die considering their was so much rockwork prior to this change and also will this work to reduce and even stop the aggression. My temperature is 76 degrees Fahrenheit and that hasnt seemed to work to slow these 3 fish down in the slightest. I know that time will tell the story in this situation but if you could give me your input and advice from your experiences and knowledge it would be much appreciated. Thank you, all the best... Brandon
I don't have any cichlids yet, but I am always up for knowledge. Still waiting on getting a shellie tank up and breeding.
hey ...I have some African cichlid fish and need to identify them correctly ....will you able to help me on this if I send a vedio of my tank
J Wilson 2024
I’m having trouble finding info on how big female Malawi eye biters get ?? can one co exist with a brichardi cichlid ?
I’ve never really had an issue with over aggression in my tanks and I keep males and females together heavily stocked. The only issue is having to remove the female once she’s holding cause if you don’t break the pairing they will become supper aggressive and super defensive and any two working together is enough to fight and kill any fish of any size..
I do think the scheduled feedings are super important to keep aggression down. As is filter cleaning and water changes.. I can always tell when my nitrates are getting high cause my fish get a little more aggressive then normal. Once my nitrates hit 40-60ppm
Range the fish’s attitude changes.
Even with spawning pairs I’ve been successful in dropping paired aggression by simply moving decorations once a week to make them reestablish new territory. This only works while holding though.. once the female drops they will have now mercy for anything else in that tank less then 4’ away from where they drop the fry.
I’ve only ever had one death and I wasn’t home so maybe the fish died on its own idk.. but it was a Texas cichlid in my mixed mbuna hap and South American tank. It’s setup all wrong by normal standards lol. It’s about half mbuna but have lingstoni venustus in there as well with the South Americans. Likely to change soon though cause my green terror and one of my jacks is finally getting to a decent size however one of the venustus is already 7” plus and isn’t even concerned with being tank boss and is easily the largest fish in there. None of the others mess with him yet but the tank boss is actually a 4” johani lol.. they are nasty little fish. Green terror has been #2 since the day he went in the tank and was only 2”then. Odd thing is I don’t ever separate females and males in any tank no matter the species. I run about a 2 male to 1 female ratio except in my community tanks where I run the proper 5-1 female/male ratios for breeding and don’t have issues other then I can’t give fry away fast enough. Just now getting to the point I have enough extra tanks sitting around to setup some fry tanks though. However I’ve been very successful in both breeding and keeping aggression in check even with spawning in a 60g tank with 40 or so mixed cichlids in it. (Finally got them moved to a 125 last weekend bu they spent the better part of a 6 months in a tank way too small and way too stocked to the point I was having to do daily 80%+ water changes to keep nitrates under 30ppm. I was running 17x filtered turnover on that tank though with 2 wave makers and cleaning filters regular though.
So what I come to is... I think it is a lot more about husbandtry, and actually paying attention to what’s going on then anything else. I don’t watch tv much in the evenings after work. I spend most of my free time sitting in front of various tanks for various amounts of time and enjoying them. (At least when I’m not having to do maintenance on them lol).. I currently have 7 tanks (another 4 in the garage im working on) and stagger my schedules so I work on one everyday soon as I walk in the door. I think this gives me a little more hands on time with each one then most likely have and it’s more a routine then anything so no longer even a hassle. Routine is key.. just like planted tanks like lights on timers fish like themselves like a routine as well. I may miss a feeding by 30min day to day or a water change by an hour or so but it always happens at the same time on the same day every week. I think this is one of the most overlooked and best things any keeper can do is keep to a scheduled routine if it’s 1tank or 100. No different then feeding your dog or cat at the s,e time every night and walking then one last time before bed at the same time every night.. fish are no different then any other pet. They just get stuck living in a glass box.
Want to add after watching a second time.. I keep all my tanks at 80-81* for simplicity. I could alter each specifically for the perfect range like my planted tanks would be way better at 76* but I like to keep everything as consistent between each tank as possible. Same filters, same heaters, same temps, same water chemistry etc.. the simpler it is the simpler it is to maintain several tanks at once. As for territory aggression linke my mbuna tanks.. I buy the fake rocks from petsmart that look like fake holy rock with 10+ holes each and leave most the rest of the tank wide open.. since they are all forced to find territory in the same spot (one hole on top of another) they seem to take much less space as territory. They will dig the hell out of my sand bottom making pits in open spaces but I just rake them over daily when I feed. Only time I don’t rake them is when I can see breeding activity..
Gandhi LOL love it lol
I have two OBs in my 125. One is always chasing the other until it hides up in the corner of the tank. Neither one has fin nippage or damage, just the one almost always hiding. The aggressor only chases that other OB. So my question is, do you think that adding maybe two more OBs it would spread the con specific aggression out?
I don’t know. Could make it worse for the rest.
@@Jaywil07 Hadn't thought of that. Just weird that the other OB is the only one he chases. The one getting chased has alot more color than the aggressor if that could have anything to do with it.
It’s all a game...... honestly mature of the beast
Jay I just found you and subscribed. I true TH-cam app fashion, if I don't leave a comment it takes me years to find the show again, but I wanted to comment here.
The show I saw was you receiving fish from Dave's Rare Fish. You and your son Liam.
You can buy all the cool fish, you can be the world's best decorator and most knowledgeable person, but it means nothing to me as a Subscriber when there are children involved.
You handled your Son with ease, he is intelligent and responsive and interactive. To me that means you spend time with him, quality time and that gets you a subscribe from me. Obviously you are a good Dad and I can't give you a better higher compliment. I can't wait to catch up on your videos, you ever come to Canada you have a friend and a place. Give your Son a high five from your northern neighbors. Merry Christmas!
Kerry thank you for your kind worlds! This means so much. I try every day, I can always do better but I thank you!
Hey Jay I have a fusco that just wont let up on my blue dolphin moori and I love the dolphin ..have i made a mistake by having the two in the same tank
Man that’s rough
You have to figure the lessor of the 2. Maybe you need to pull the fusco
I think that my Cichlids have an idea of when they will be fed! They tend to bunch up at the top of the tank every time that I come near the tank, with my Kenyi Cichlid damn near jumping out of the water to be fed!
Is that a Strigatus I see down there on left looking noiiiiiiiiice! ?
Sure is it’s turned into a beast after all it has been through.
🤣 Great video
the aggression is what makes them fun to keep imho, but yea if they kill each other I take action.
I wanna put african chiclids but I have 3 corydoras and 4 neon tetras, what should I do
I wouldn’t recommend that at all. But it is your tank.
Maybe re home your tetras and Cory’s
Ya I might try that I have a 10 gallon laying around
Thanks
Hey I've 5 keniey male,n they r TAking their space in my tank i've 4 feet tank.& other fishes r 5 Color,nireri,electric blue&yellow,kadango dolphins moori,total I've 20 .My question is i want keep my tank peacefully..right now I decorat with some caves with stones bt still they r showing aggression to ech other i feed them time to time thenalso aggression increase day by day my temperature is 28° is t right? I on my lights only for 3 hours evening then they show aggression..
Please can u tell me how do i deal vth dat???
You have to many different types in such a small environment.
Wat should i do
Hey i knw ive different types but i want solutions can u give it me...?
Ritesh Rananavare yeah get rid of all the different types. I don’t know your aquarium length. Your temp needs to be around 77f
I had to sell a beautiful dragons blood peacock..... It was picking on my Venustus and killed my Malawi trout despite being half their size. It sucks when the killer fish is the show piece of the tank. The struggles of African cichlids is real.
I like the aggression.
i have glass box envy.... I want a monster
Cool
What would be funny if two fish were duking it out with each other while your talking about how to calm aggression lol.
Hahahahahaha
😊😊😊
my cichlids will kill each other if i don't find a way to stop it. they already killed one and I am heart broken because they wont stop fighting no matter what i do,.
Well you need to figure out balance lower the temp get rid of all of then hiding places and let them hash it out.
@@Jaywil07 I turned off the lights and they stopped. i usually have my lights on for 8 hours a day and that might be too much . I've had my 4 cichlids since they were babies and they've grown a lot this past year and a half . they are in a 20 gallon right now . could this aggression be a sign that it's time to get a bigger aquarium ? I don't have any hiding places for them because they always fight over them, temperature is 75 degrees.
Temp is good maybe light back to 5-6 hours. What fish are in there?
@@Jaywil07 I have a nimbochromis venustus (giraffe cichlid) , an electric yellow lab cichlid , a powder blue socolofi cichlid , and a convict cichlid.
is a 20 gallon too small for these 4 fish? i noticed that its kind of hard for them to get away from each other if one is bullying the other. i've been saving up for a 60 gallon and was thinking of waiting another month before i buy it , but I am starting to reconsider buying it now . they don't usually fight like this and they are ExTREMELY calm now that the light is off , so that is helping!
I'm honestly annoyed with cichlids cause of this. I might just switch to goldfish honestly.
I’m sorry
Please stop the impressions. They are very cringe worthy.
python man you asked nicely butttttttttt no I will not stop doing what I have fun doing. But thanks for watching!