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I am looking to set up a tank and while there's a wealth of information out there, contradictions always show up. I understand male cichlids will color for mating. I've read that if only one male exists, it may color less since it has nothing to dominate. So you should have 2 males, one to be dominated and one to dominate. This makes sense to me in a single species tank but what happens when you add species?
I often see 1:X M:F ratios posted, do the males of other species cause the competition to stay high throughout the tank? Or will these single males just exist and not compete/color that hard?
I often see 1:X M:F ratios posted, do the males of other species cause the competition to stay high throughout the tank? Or will these single males just exist and not compete/color that hard?