"Gill Passman" gillspamattaylorpassmanspam.co.uk wrote in message
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"Gill Passman" gillspamattaylorpassmanspam.co.uk wrote in message
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Hi All,

I had 3 Iodotropheus sprengerae (Rusty Cichlids) in my Malawi
tank.....two
have gone - one female I found, the male has just vanished...I guess
there
must be some carnivores in the tank....I stripped it down...

The remaining female was very distressed and I expected a death
tomorrow/overnight without any action....

From my reading I understand that the Rustys are more peaceful than
the
others and can become victims quite easily....rest of the tank
contains....

4 Pseudotropheus Saulosi Juvs (sold to me as something else but still
not
convinced)
2 Aulonocara Hybrid OB Peacocks
4 Maylandia Lombardoi
3 Melanochromis Cyaneorhabdos (Electric Blue Johanni)
2 Yellow labs
1 Snowball Plec

What I have done is move the remaining Rusty (she would have been dead
by
morning I'm sure) into my ex-isolation tank. I've provided her with a
cave...the occupants are one betta, two platy fry and two otos....

Will this work.....I'm thinking unless for some bizarre reason it
works
she
goes back to the shop.....I don't believe I can put her back into the
Malawi
tank...

Gill


She'll need to back to the shop :-( Everything is peaceful at the
moment and
she is regaining her confidence.....feeding is a nightmare - I'm not
sure a
Cichlid Stick eating Betta is really going to be good for his long term
health...


Nothing in your Malawi tank really stands out as an aggressor, so I would
chalk it up to routine mbuna in-fighting. The Rustys don't have a
reputation as being the mildest or most aggressive. It just depends on
where in the pecking order they fell.

I don't think some Cichlid pellets would harm your Betta, just mix it up.
Rustys do need more veggy-based diets than Bettas or your typical
omnivorous cichlid, and eventually I can see trouble in paradise with a
Betta and a Rusty in the same tank ;~).
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