That chart is too vague. Acei are a pseudotrophues species along with MANY other species with all types of aggression levels. Demasoni will be aggressive to anything that looks like them and vice versa. The afras will most likely be aggressive towards the demasoni. The numbers will spread out the aggression but you still run the risk of fighting between the males of these species. When it comes to demasoni it's best to pick a species that looks nothing like them for tankmates.
Any one mixed ps demasoni with Neolamprologus brichardi
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yeah i guess that's a good point. What other options do i have to mix with demasoni and labs. I don't really like the socolofi albino because i never really liked the albino fish.
Zebras types don't have stripes. I actually have no idea why they are called zebras. They are all from the metricaclima genus. Common names are red zebras( metriaclima esterae) cobalt blue zebras(metriaclima callainos),and ice blue zebras (metriaclima Greshakei). Those are the ones you see most often. OB(orange blotch) zebras are a color morph of red zebras usually, though cobalt blue zebras can also come in an OB form. There's also a pearly blue zebra you see sometimes which is a variation of Metriaclima callainos.
Yeah those charts are not all cracked up to be.. I have Demasoni and Flavus together and for the most part they seem to be ok but both sides have selected to weed out a few members on each side and both are Pseudotropheus types with the Flavus being Yellow and black..
Really you got those two to work together? I really like the flavus and would love to put those guys in too. How many demisoni's do you have compared to flavus?
The reason it worked is because flavus are just as nasty as demasoni. He did also mention that some from each side killed each other off. If you go with that kind of mix it's to be expected. Also I would be aware that adding flavus with labs might be a problem since they are both yellow and flavus are much more aggressive than yellow labs. Just a heads up.
I'd personally NOT take the route of putting two super aggressive species in the same tank if it were my first malawi setup. JMO.
