HELP cichlid problems

[15058]

o well how fast do they grow

 

[15058]

how fast do they grow

 

[blue2fyre]

Depends a lot on tank size, feeding schedule, water changes, temperature.

 

[15058]

water is 82 degrees feed 2 times a day some times throw couple of fish in there to eat and 20% water change every week

 

[blue2fyre]

Eh hard to say.

My haras were a little over an inch when I got them. They are 4 inches now a year later.

 

[15058]

ok how many gallons is a 4 foot tank

 

[15058]

is there anything i can do to limit aggression

 

[blue2fyre]

Many tanks are 4 feet long. One of the easiest to find and most affordable is a 55 gallon. To limited aggression I would rehome the auratus. You can also add more mbuna and more hiding places to the tank. This gives fleeing fish a place to hide. By adding more fish the aggression is spread out so no one fish gets singled out.

 

[15058]

soyour saying if iget a 55 gallon put tons of hidding places and to leave the auratus in the 30 gallon/ then could i put more auratus in with it

 

[blue2fyre]

No in a tank that size the auratus would kill one another until only 1 was left.

I would rehome the auratus. Take it back to the pet store.
Then get a 55 gallon fill it with lots of rocks/hiding places then add your red zebra and yellow lab and add more of both species. In a 55 gallon you are looking at about 15 fish give or take. You could add another species with the zebras and labs. Something like rusty cichlids, or some type of afra.