I have two adult Cobalt blue males and two females, the males are so beautiful I can't fathom re-homing them. They've been in the same established tank since juvenile for 3 years now and while they've always been aggressive, it's gotten out of control. I think said aggression led to the death of one of my female yellow labs, but they are always chasing someone around the tank. It has gone from a quick chase to an extended chase in some instances, through the rocks and such.
5 cobalt blue (2 female, 2 male, the fifth is young so I have no clue)
2 yellow labs male
2 yellow tail acai one male one female
1 demasoni sex unknown, i'd guess female.
5 rusties, not sure of sex.
1 ob, sex unknown.
1 BN pleco
All water parameters are good. This is a well filtrated 4ft 55gal with a lot of rockwork and hiding spaces.
I was thinking of removing all the rockwork, rearranging it and changing the tank temp from 81 down to 79.
Please chime in with suggestions. I cannot re-home these guys though.
Lake Malawi Species • Cobalt blue aggression
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Re: Cobalt blue aggression
Temp of 78 is a given so you can try that, but I would not expect it to have an impact.
I would not remove rockwork as the fish are rock fish. If anything I would add rockwork.
Rearranging can have the opposite effect, so keep that in mind.
You won't rehome the callainos, but what about some others? You could add a bunch of callainos females, but you would have to remove an equivalent number of fish.
I would not remove rockwork as the fish are rock fish. If anything I would add rockwork.
Rearranging can have the opposite effect, so keep that in mind.
You won't rehome the callainos, but what about some others? You could add a bunch of callainos females, but you would have to remove an equivalent number of fish.
125G Borleyi, Multipunctata
75G Demasoni, Msobo, Lucipinnis
75G Calvus, Similis, Petricola
75G Demasoni, Msobo, Lucipinnis
75G Calvus, Similis, Petricola
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Re: Cobalt blue aggression
What's a bunch? I have a few Rusties I wouldn't mind rehoming.
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Re: Cobalt blue aggression
Ideally you would add 8 or more callainos females and remove an equal number of other fish. Still 2 male callainos in a 55G could all be for nought.
125G Borleyi, Multipunctata
75G Demasoni, Msobo, Lucipinnis
75G Calvus, Similis, Petricola
75G Demasoni, Msobo, Lucipinnis
75G Calvus, Similis, Petricola
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