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introducing new fish to tank

Discussion in 'Cichlids' started by stephaniebray, Dec 23, 2009.

  1. stephaniebray

    stephaniebray Thread Starter New Member

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    hello, i have a 55 gal african tank and wanted to add some more fish...they are anywhere from 3-5 inches. If i add a few smaller ones 1-2 inches, will the bigger ones bully or eat the smaller fish? I havent purchased a new fish in months and was thinking about it.
     
    stephaniebray, Dec 23, 2009
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  2. buzz4520

    buzz4520 Well-Known Member

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    when i added smaller fish to my african tank, i did a water change and moved the decor around some turned the lights out and covered the tank with a couple of towels added the new fish. left them in the darkness for several hours. imo this confusses the older fish and when you do remove the towels and turn the lights back on they( older fish) are more concerned with what happened with the darkness and tank change up. i noticed with my fish by doing it this way there was less bullying going on. if i were to just acclimate the fish and add them to the tank my socolofi (dominant male & tank boss) would just go "nuts" and go after the new fish, by doing it how i described above he's more into finding his log cave and not pay too much attention to the new fish.
     
    buzz4520, Dec 24, 2009
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    blowfishRus6 New Member

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    thats a pretty good idea
     
    blowfishRus6, Dec 28, 2009
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  4. OJHAMCMCO

    OJHAMCMCO New Member

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    I have a issue with getting mbuna that I don't have yet, my tank boss is a huge labidochromis cheruleus (electric yellow) any way I have all sizes in my tank and there are little scuffs all the time but never a death the above article will work!! I have recently switched to playsand and flat bricks stacked so that it's like an appartment building and at night they all have a cave to sleep in!!
     
    OJHAMCMCO, Apr 12, 2010
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