My ( yellow )African Chillads are getting bigger and are starting to eat the guppies tails. I am going to get another tank and make that my aggressive fish tank, I just dont know if I can mix them with like lets say the blue African Chillads which I heard are supposed to be more aggressive or oscars or the fish that looks like a blowfish. Any help out there???
2006-11-03 07:32:43 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Africans are very aggressive. My buddy had 3 2inch african cichlids that took out a 5inch oscar and jack dempsey. Right now I have 4 2inch africans (yellow, blue, peach, pink) in a tank with 2 3 inch flowerhorn cichlids, and they get along just fine, no fin nipping at all. What I believe helps is that I have a lot of rocks with good hiding spots so every fish in the tank has somewhere to go, but the layout is spread out enough so they're not crossing into eachother's space. Most of the time, 1 or 2 of the fish will be in their hiding spots and the others are cruising around the tank. Make sure there are some good rocks and some bushy plants (real or fake, doesn't really matter)!
The blue and yellow african's should be fine, i wouldn't mix them with the oscars. I've seen figure 8 and green spotted puffers mix ok with cichlids, but I wouldn't try it myself. Also, if you mix the cichlids with another aggressive fish, make sure their sizes are similar. Toy around with it a bit, but make subtle changes, and be prepared to separate fish that go beyond fin nipping!
2006-11-03 12:21:26 · answer #1 · answered by ilogikal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have african and south americans in a 100 gl tank...so far there had been 12 homicides...they will eat those guppies soon enough. Even the south americans eat the africans...and they are over 5 inches already. My electric yellows are mating like rabbits and when they have babies ..it's like a feast for all. they will totally change the look of the tank digging after babies. Bonnie, a texas chiclid her partner in crime is a black convict...he makes trouble she finishes it. She was the smallest now at about 8 inches...she rules the tank. She has killed about 5 other big fish, Keep no more than 3 to 4 fish...they will fight and kill each other.Africans are better together than S. Americans
2006-11-03 14:59:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had similar problems with several aggressive species when I was keeping fish. What I finally did to ease my mind was to place a screen curtain in the tank to keep them apart. I had a 50 gal tank, and there was adequate room for three different fish groups (one of which was not aggressive). The screens can be made by fabricating a frame from metal window extrusion to fit the area of the tank you want to segregate, then put nylon screen into the mini frame just like you would a window screen.
2006-11-03 07:58:26 · answer #3 · answered by Doug R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mixing them with fish that aren't african cichlids will likely risk the life of the other fish (eventually).
African cichlids are best kept with other african cichlids especially of the same type (for example mbuna with mbuna, haps with haps, peacocks with peacocks, etc).
From the sound of it, you have some sort of mbuna. That being the case most mbuna are compatible with each other and do best in well-sized groups (12-20 of them in a 75gal). You can minimize aggression by adding more females than males, creating lots of rocky hiding areas, and always add four or more when introducing new african cichlids. There's more to it than that, but those are the basics.
2006-11-03 13:28:28 · answer #4 · answered by Kay B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I hear african cichlids are the most aggresive fish and they can only be mixed with other africans(as long as they originated fromt he same lakes in africa). So the blue african should be ok with the yellow. Oscars are from south America(different temp and ph required) and Puffers should only be kept with other puffers. Good luck!
2006-11-03 07:39:13 · answer #5 · answered by pharfly1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Types Of Aggressive Fish
2017-02-24 06:15:16 · answer #6 · answered by milosevich 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you put different types of agressive fish together, you will be minus two fish and possibly one that is really torn up. Even mildly agressive Beta fish are like that, they attack their own reflections.
what you can do is when you buy your new fish tank, buy tank dividers so that way you'll have all of your fish still and the smaller ones will have their tails.
2006-11-03 07:38:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i would not put two types of aggressive fish in the same tank. they might fight. one of them might get killed.
2006-11-03 08:07:30 · answer #8 · answered by kittykatt 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't combine agressive fish. Well, unless you like wasting money.
2006-11-03 10:32:49 · answer #9 · answered by Steph L 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
fish compatibility chart...and great fish website
www.aquariumfish.net
2006-11-03 07:54:37 · answer #10 · answered by mycatsplaysoccer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋