I bought them not knowing what their sex was, but found out later they were all males. Trying to add some females, but not sure if this will work. I read that the ratio doesn't matter, but to this extreme?
I had trouble with multiple males with both acei and labs. Also, unless you have a 72" species acei tank, I would trade the extra males for females and shoot for 1m:5f.
If they are small they will be fine for a couple of weeks.
How are you sexing them?
You can definitely sit back and wait for trouble to start...you don't have to act in advance.
The originals are sexed based on both venting and how they appear (Mostly dorsal fin).
They are not really small, 3-4 inches. I can take some extra males out and stick them in my 55g Ndumbi species tank, but it is not a long term thing =/.
Correct.
I have a lot of extra tank, I'm just not sure how I want to shuffle everything around, and some of the acei's have a downward facing tail, so I wasn't planning on breeding them anyway. There are only two males I want to breed, and the others would be put into a different tank. I just don't have that tank set up yet...
i have 2 and 2 myself. everybody seems to get along just fine. got a cpl more growing out but these 4 are massive adults. got em free from a local guy and wanted to up the numbers. theyre kinda boring TBH just swimming back and forth all day every day rofl. but they do keep the little guys in check.. (sheer size) just thought id toss in my experience with em.
I think you're talking about the OB Labeotropheus Fuelleborni. Not really black and white though. Females are usually more orange/black, while the males are more of a blueberry blotch. Could just be the way it looks in the vid though.
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