-stock for my 55g-
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here is my 55 gallon. I use Lava rock because it is inert and the red contrasts well with the plants and fish.
Yes, red zebras are primarily herbivorous.
I would actually advise against this. Sometimes localized territoriality isn't a bad thing. Regularly rearranging everything gives your red zebra (or any other mbuna) opportunities to overstep it's bounds and disrupt any balance in your tank (you're basically re-setting established limits). For example it might be satisfied with just the cave. After a rearrangement it might aspire to claim the a different cave and a larger portion of the tank and react aggressively to trespassers, or a rival which was previousy set up at the opposite side of the tank now decides to establish a territory bordering that of the dominant, creating problems which didn't exist before.
Tank rearrangement is typically a method used in conjuction with the addition of new fish to the tank, but regular rearrangement adds/increases unpredictability in the tank and can result in dire consequences. The 6" red zebra male which rules my 125gal pretty much stays in or immediately around his cave (which no other male of similar size is allowed near). He may shoo away pesky juvies, but that's it, he's content with his territory and doesn't appear motivated to gain more real estate). If I removed his cave, he'd have to establish elsewhere (which would mean evicting another fish from its territory..which would require aggression).
I previously had a socolofi set up a small territory in the rear right corner of the tank. One rearrangement later and he claimed one-fourth of the right-portion of the 125gal tank as its exclusive territory and became a real meanie (primarily because the mbuna which had earlier "kept him in check" by having its territory adjacent to this fish settled in a different area of the tank after the rearrangement).
But with these fish anything can happen and what doesn't work in one tank set up may work all the time in another.
yea true ,
but im thinking why my female killed and how she killed my big male,
he wasnt weak, he was tough he didnt take crap from anyone.
i should put the female and 2 males i have in 3ft
into my friends fully grown oscar tank with 2 big oscars
hell funny if i went there and the oscars are dead and me like
yea true ,
but im thinking why my female killed and how she killed my big male,
he wasnt weak, he was tough he didnt take crap from anyone.
i should put the female and 2 males i have in 3ft
into my friends fully grown oscar tank with 2 big oscars
hell funny if i went there and the oscars are dead and me like
well if you ever do happen to try that, make sure to post what happened! hehehe.
Swap your JD for an Angel.
An angel can live indefinitely in a 29g........a JD cannot.
