I'm noticing my chcoolate cichild which now have frys are relatively passive. The tank is fairly well stocked with 7 Mesonauta festivus and 13 clown loaches - some serpae tetra and some other schoolers. Don't get me wrong they protect the frys - but for example as a M festivus was approach the female simply flicked her tail and the m. festivus swam the other way rather than challenge her.
My question is this expected - others have suggested they would tear the tank up with viciousness but i'm not seeing it - probably the only huge negative so far is the damage to some vals they did when they dug their pit. They have gotten to the point where they have begun to marshal the frys around but mostly staying in the plants - the ghost knife did relocate as he used to stay in the back corner near the location where they spawned.
And no the last thing i want is a bunch of little chocolates so i'm not feeding them or explicitly raising the frys.
My question is this expected - others have suggested they would tear the tank up with viciousness but i'm not seeing it - probably the only huge negative so far is the damage to some vals they did when they dug their pit. They have gotten to the point where they have begun to marshal the frys around but mostly staying in the plants - the ghost knife did relocate as he used to stay in the back corner near the location where they spawned.
And no the last thing i want is a bunch of little chocolates so i'm not feeding them or explicitly raising the frys.
