Peacock cichlid 'semi aggressive'

[Jim Conklin]

Hi folks. I have a planted tank w/ hiding spaces containing about 12-15
tetras, a few otto cats,a pair of German blue rams and a pair of
Apistogramma cacatuoides. These bully my poor blue rams chasing them away
from the front of the tank. The rams have lost their nice color since I
added the peacocks. Anything I can do to stop the bullying? They've taken
over the front of the tank and won't let the rams near. Any suggestions
appreciated. Thanks!
JC

[NetMax]

"Jim Conklin" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> Hi folks. I have a planted tank w/ hiding spaces containing about
> 12-15 tetras, a few otto cats,a pair of German blue rams and a pair of
> Apistogramma cacatuoides. These bully my poor blue rams chasing them
> away from the front of the tank. The rams have lost their nice color
> since I added the peacocks. Anything I can do to stop the bullying?
> They've taken over the front of the tank and won't let the rams near.
> Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks!
> JC


Peacocks are a type of open water fish from lake Malawi, but I presume
your 'peacocks' are the cacatuoides. These apistos are not compatible
with your Rams for the reasons you've encountered. You need another tank
or to move someone out. Incidentally, apistos such as cacatuoides should
be kept in harems (1M, 2 or 3F), so moving the rams out might only move
you to another problem (an overly-harassed female cacatuoide). ymmv
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[Jim Conklin]

Thanks for the help. I'll move the peacocks!


"NetMax" > wrote in message
...
> "Jim Conklin" > wrote in message
> nk.net...
>> Hi folks. I have a planted tank w/ hiding spaces containing about 12-15
>> tetras, a few otto cats,a pair of German blue rams and a pair of
>> Apistogramma cacatuoides. These bully my poor blue rams chasing them
>> away from the front of the tank. The rams have lost their nice color
>> since I added the peacocks. Anything I can do to stop the bullying?
>> They've taken over the front of the tank and won't let the rams near. Any
>> suggestions appreciated. Thanks!
>> JC
>
>
> Peacocks are a type of open water fish from lake Malawi, but I presume
> your 'peacocks' are the cacatuoides. These apistos are not compatible
> with your Rams for the reasons you've encountered. You need another tank
> or to move someone out. Incidentally, apistos such as cacatuoides should
> be kept in harems (1M, 2 or 3F), so moving the rams out might only move
> you to another problem (an overly-harassed female cacatuoide). ymmv
> --
> www.NetMax.tk
>