Lots of pics past and present

[Stanzzzz7]

I got them from my local fish shop prestwood petzone.They do sometimes stock some good quality cichlids.

 

[dan518]

They look good, definitely better then the ones we get round here

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Here are a couple of pics of my little melanura.
I have three at the moment and they gave me nothing but grief to start with.
They started eating each others scales.I separated the main culprit and waited for the other two to heal.
All three are now back together and the scale nipping seems to have stopped.
Hopefully.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Woke up this morning and the little b###### is at it again.Looks like he has to go.

 

[cichlidfish]

Woke up this morning and the little b###### is at it again.Looks like he has to go.

Sorry to hear

So how many do you have? And I take it you added helleri to their tank?

 

[Stanzzzz7]

I have 3 of them.I know which one is the culprit, it's just such a pain trying to catch him.I added these to the 7foot not long after moving the helleri in there.

 

[dan518]

I have 3 of them.I know which one is the culprit, it's just such a pain trying to catch him.I added these to the 7foot not long after moving the helleri in there.

That will be a fun job,

 

[Stanzzzz7]

That will be a fun job,

It will be a bloody nightmare,it always is.

 

[cichlidfish]

I have 3 of them.I know which one is the culprit, it's just such a pain trying to catch him.I added these to the 7foot not long after moving the helleri in there.

Do you think adding more would disperse the aggression? It seems like they stay in groups, like thorichthys species.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Do you think adding more would disperse the aggression? It seems like they stay in groups, like thorichthys species.

It's not aggression, it's a feeding strategy.
I've seen it before in melanura and hetros.
They sneak up on the victim and pinch a scale.
Once they get a taste for it it's hard to stop them.