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10 dems left-started with 13 (36 Mbuna in tank)
Add 6 dems | 24 | 75.00% |
Do nothing | 8 | 25.00% |
Add 6 dems | 24 | 75.00% |
Do nothing | 8 | 25.00% |
Thanks. I have 36 fish now. The bio load is currently ok as I've got a ton of filtration and water movement. As the fish grow, I plan on keeping 6-7 labs, 5-6 Albino Socolofi, 5 Acei and as many dems as necessary.bmweiler09 said:I think the rule about 12 or more dems mostly applies to a starting number. I think once they have established a colony, the numbers are not so important as long as the dominant male is satisfied with the m:f ratio. If you have Dems easily available, I would pick up some more just to be on the safe side. 41 fish seems like a lot for a 4ft tank though.
Like you said, the issues most likely won't arrive until they start breeding.
Ok that sounds like a much better number.I plan on keeping 6-7 labs, 5-6 Albino Socolofi, 5 Acei and as many dems as necessary.
It's so tough to tell which are males, but a few are really colored up. My LFS never has more than a couple dems, and they're asking $15 bucks a piece, so I'll probably end up ordering another half dozen if that's the general consensus. Thanks for the advice, and everyone else please don't quit voting.bmweiler09 said:Ok that sounds like a much better number.I plan on keeping 6-7 labs, 5-6 Albino Socolofi, 5 Acei and as many dems as necessary.
I while back I lost a couple dems which brought my number down to 10, so I took out a couple extra males and traded them at my LFS for 6 more juvies. You could call yours and see if they could do something like that.
I would have to agree at this point. I just noticed your signature says "1 demasoni" :lol: :lol: :lol:jaymore1 said:When keeping demasoni i think the more u have the better off u will be to start off with.In my opinion starting with 12 is not enough,I would start with more like 20 or so and let them thin them self out which they will do and then ur final number will be 12 to 15.
With all of the filtration and water movement in my tank, dead fish tend to decompose pretty quickly. One of my juvie socolofi got bitten nearly in half by the peacock, and by the time I could get the remains out, the others had pretty much destroyed him. There are a few caves in the BG that certain fish stake out as thier territory and sick fish will hide in. The healthy fish stay with the group out in the light waiting on food, so I'm pretty sure they've perished. I haven't been able to count more than 10 in about 3 weeks, now 9. I would have started with 20, but I thought 13 would be enough given all of the hiding places and tons of other fish.Chunkanese said:letting them thin themselves out i would imagine would be costly. I say add 6. but if your not finding bodies, they may not be dead. Just hiding. Who knows.
Actually the rule of thumb around here seems to be 1 or 12+jaymore1 said:1 in my 75. i know alot of ppl on here would not recommend that but so far it works for me.
6 small fish since january dead (2 albino socolofi), I wouldn't call this a steady stream of corpses. The 2 socolofi didn't last 2 weeks, and they were the weakest of the bunch when I added them several months ago.Frenzy said:How often do you monitor your nitrates/nitrites? If there is a steady stream of corpses being created you might see some spiking of these readings.
Do you totally move the tank "furniture" when you vac the tank?