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@BenOchart

3 жыл бұрын

@John Crute What are you talking about John???

3:14 "They were keeping PEOPLE ? away from the area?? " LOL! That made me chuckle Ben. Ya I saw this behavior a lot when I had Cichlids.

Never heard that before. I eager to see what happens going forward. Keep us posted. Thxs for sharing 😀

The intro made me think of a South Park episode...... you have me intrigued.....

Amazing... I have a 4" Red Zebra and a 4" Electric Blue that all year have been digging pits and lip-locking to the death... It got so bad and unenjoyable, I traded off the big Blue... Now the tank is harmonious and so enjoyable again... Just wish I would have seen this video before last week, would have liked to keep Blue, as he was my first fish. Keep up the great work, Ben!

That was funny....” I don’t judge”. Glad you don’t. LOL!!😁

Aggression is a crazy thing. I have a red shoulder peacock that I bought when I set up a new 125g back in June. He was one of the 1st 4 fish in the tank. I ordered 15 mid size males 3-4” in size and added them a week later. The fish went off and tried to kill every fish in the tank. I don’t know where he got the energy he never stopped! So I plucked him out and put him in a 60g tank by himself with 1 large bristle nose pleco. I tried yesterday for the 3rd time to put him back in the 125g. Did a water change, while both tanks were 1/2 empty I added him again. I tried all the normal things like moving around the decor, turning the lights off, etc. I left the lights off all day yesterday and over night. This morning I turned the lights on to feed them and I could see the tension in the tank. He once again went off. Shredded up a lemon Jake pretty badly. Chasing a much bigger OB that was the tank boss. So I plucked him out again and put him in my 10g hospital tank. The 60g is going to be used as a grow out / quarantine tank for some fish I ordered. This is the last straw for this fish! The 125g is a pretty calm for cichlids without him. So I will see if a LFS will take him or I will have to cull him. I hate to do that because even though he is not full grown he his a beautiful fish. Maybe if somebody took him and added to a tank with full grown fish he would tow the line. I doubt it!

Great tip! Mine are doing that as well.

Absolutely right .... To the point...

Great discussion Ben, I kept cichlids years ago and I really did see that kind of behavior displayed! I also saw it in angelfish (even though they're cichlids I kind of think of them differently) I had some that just wreaked havoc in my tanks! I didn't know much about fish keeping back then and it didn't go too well!! I really enjoyed the video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! I'm always learning with you for sure! Have a great day! 🌿🐟🌿💚

@BenOchart

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mary, I appreciate your support of the channel!

Thanks, makes sense

Evening from Australia love your show

@BenOchart

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ricky and I thank you for stopping by.

I have a vinnie and a blue dolphin who do the same think, I keep filling in the holes and a few days later its dug out again in the same spot. It seems to be the venustus that does all the work.

first post : Nice so many ppl facing same issue , anyone else have similar aggressive fishes?

@johnburman9800

3 жыл бұрын

In my homemade 280 gal, beyond overstocked and over filtered I see this periodically. Lots of cover keeps it from getting bad though. Doubt I can use this great tip, not enough open substrate, mostly rocks and wood.

@BenOchart

3 жыл бұрын

Mbuna John?

Interesting 🐟🌿👍😊

I thought long and hard about this post, I have kept Malawi Cichlids for 15 years and sadly never found the miracle answer to the aggression problem, moving décor, breaking line of sight, caves, time out tanks, etc. They were all very temporary solutions. Lock 15 serial killers into a confined space and eventually it will "kick off" . There is a killer D and A gene in these majestic fish so all you can do is keep plenty of meds on hand and be ready to pick up the pieces. Cichlids are great but come at a cost, you have to be on your A game always.

@johnburman9800

3 жыл бұрын

Keeping them again, probably 8 years this time probably 16 out of forty years altogether, No all male setups ever. No deliberate rearing or to sell, just fry show up and life goes on. Much more cover in my tanks. 2 × 2×71/2. That two feet deep makes a huge difference in the whole formula of how many in a tank. I'm keeping upwards of a hundred in my big tank.

I have two brothers and I'm 99.9 sure they're both male brothers, who do the circling thing. Then they just swim away, no nest made but it is usually after a water change. Sure hope it's just confusion I've have my share of "guaranteed males" from the breeders being females and creating havoc in my all male tank. That's how I got the brothers in the first place! LOL I kept four males out of 18 fry and ave the rest to a mom and pop store.Thanks for the info you always have great videos!

Your tank looks awesome 😀

@BenOchart

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😁

@shalamanrogers6892

3 жыл бұрын

@@BenOchart your welcome i have some Livingstons myself😄 they look great in my opinion

I have a fusco and an acie that started fighting, so I separated them then upgraded to a bigger tank. When we put them in with the other fish, suddenly the acie acted like a male dog chasing a female in heat. The fusco wanted nothing to do with them but started attacking the other fish, so back out it went, which cause the other one to lose it and start being very aggressive for some reason, I’m at a loss. I do suspect fusco is a female due to lack of coloring and it’s a 5” fish.

Hello! I just found you because of this video. Thank you for the advice, though it might have been a little late for one of my fish...which is why I am here. I was attempting to build an all-male - lake malawi cichlid tank (40 gal) by learning how to sex fish by their color/egg spots on dorsal fins and pointed/rounded top fins. I had 11 cichlids and a rubber-nosed pleco and they were fine when they were juveniles. Some of the fish are hard to sex when they are smaller and if they are like demasoni, where males and females look the same. My fish list: Labidochromis Caeruleus (Electric Yellow) Pseudotropheus Crabro (Bumblebee) Pseudotropheus Demasoni Pseudotropheus Johanii Pseudotropheus Socolofi (Mara Point) Pseudotropheus Lombardoi (Blue Zebra) Pseudotropheus Callainos (Cobalt Blue Zebra) Pseudotropheus Callainos (White Pearl) Metriaclima Estherae (Cherry Red Zebra) Metriaclima Estherae (Orange Blotch Zebra) And what I believe to be a mixed mbuna between (Pseudotropheus Socolofi) x (Metriaclima Estherae). I did not breed this fish, I bought it from petsmart as an assorted mbuna cichlid. I would love to know what this fish actually is, but I have been looking online for a while. It's characteristics are like that of a socolofi only dingey orangish-green with black tips on its fins, black along the top sail fin, and faint stripes on its body with more noticeable ones on its face.. I recently lost my Electic Yellow Lab because he was at the bottom of the order (being less aggressive than the other two types). He would attempt to swim away from the others, but would sometimes swim into/around the breeding hole thing the other fish started making..and would be attacked making his fins all torn. He was too stressed and I felt like I should have taken him back to the store, but he died overnight. All the other fish get along, and I believe I know who is most likely male/female, but three fish I believe to be male have been building the nest hole and a week ago I found fry (now eaten). I noticed they would start digging right after water changes, so this video makes sense. I will fill in the hole and see if that changes their behavior. I suspect the lombardoi and the demasoni may be female, but it's been the two Callainos and the mystery fish that's been in/around the nest. Mystery fish and white pearl actively digging, blue zebra swims in occasionally and doesn't get chased out.

I wish I would have found this earlier I vented all my fish and took out the couple females I found then a couple months later my Apache and my benga started doing this then my benga and my ob red empress during this time I was racking my brain re venting fish it was a nightmare lol I see this video now tho afterwards idk if what I was searching didn’t match enough or what but great info thank you

Have the same problem with my trout and venusta. I cover it up and the next morning it’s back. Changed the decor, moved it around and same results. Becoming a pain because the giraffe is keeping everyone in check! Not fun

I to have a very aggressive Kenyi. I have put him in time out 3 times, changed decor put him back halfway during a water change with the lights out after water change with lights out, but within hours he is back at it. I’ve now got him back in time out this is his last chance. It’s a shame as he is a beautiful looking fish, he just has serious Aggression issues.

Hi Want to know how to do if i want to reintroduce a male mbuna in my tank?.. Please I've removed it about 3 weeks because of aggression

Great subject: I seam to get this after a water change as well and I’m sure everyone in the tank is now male. But they seam to like trying todo The breeding dance non less

@BenOchart

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps staying in practice, who knows, right?

I'm dealing with a male Kenyi ( Yellow with brown bars) and hes super aggro, a Johanni and a Cobalt Blue Zebra. These fish are super aggressive and the only thing that made them ok to deal with was an even more aggressive Yellow Zebra that I do not have anymore. How can I make them less aggressive? I have separated them from the tank. I've put them in separate and same tank for weeks, but once I put them in the main tank its the same old same old angry fish. These fish are absolutely beautiful and I cant display them like I want. Any suggestions?

@BenOchart

2 жыл бұрын

One reason I stopped keeping Mbuna was the crazy aggression they would get into. The best advice I can give is to provide them with a large tank and a lot of caves, far enough away from each other so that they don’t feel like they are constantly defending their turf.

I laughed too hard at the confused and I’m not judging LOL . Funny enough I just put some new stock in my 135 and this exact thing happened. I just rearranged the deco problem solved

@BenOchart

3 жыл бұрын

Gives them a different confusion to deal with, LOL!

Are 2 Oscars better to keep together or 3, from aggression point of view as on the internet it says that if ones keeps 3 together then 2 of them may bond up and beat up the 3rd. But I thought that keeping 3 would be better for aggression prevention. So, what's the real deal? Pls help

@BenOchart

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I don't have experience with oscars. I imagine if 2 pair up there could be a problem for the 3rd one, especially if it's a male. But I suggest you do some research and find someone with experience with oscars. Perhaps someone at my FB group can help: Ben O'Cichlid If you try to join the group please be sure to answer all the questions. Thanks.

@swapnilmondal8871

3 жыл бұрын

@@BenOchart I surfed everything on the internet but nothing conclusive. Thanks a lot anyway for the gp name but I am not on facebook😅. Also would love to inform u that I bought 2 lemon oscars😁 but still confused if I should buy 2 more or only one more. Also love from India Ben for ur future endeavours.

Is there any chance of a male malawi cichild simply turn a famale when living in a all male tank? 🤔

@johnburman9800

3 жыл бұрын

Depends a lot on age. I let fry stay and get lots of females. But still see this phenomenon.I blame it on captivity. In the wild this is very rare.

Bennn how do I get some stickers

@BenOchart

3 жыл бұрын

Send me your name and mailing address to: ben.o.cichlid@gmail.com

Gay fish! Who knew?! 😁👨‍❤‍👨🌈

@BenOchart

6 ай бұрын

Who am i to judge? LOL!