will this work?

[vantgE]

I may have, sexed my elongatus wrong and possibly have three males one female, these are the biggest agresers in my tank which contains five johanni and four lombardoi, plus one lab, I've read of all male tanks. But will this work with a mostly female but all male of one species tank, thanks

[xlonelycruiserx]

how big is your tank? and roughly how many females to male ratios

Hung

[vantgE]

sorry it's a 90 gallon I know this is bad but, i have 2 mles and 2 female elongatus, the johanni are 1:2:2 male:undecided:female

[rahim101]

That may work, I'd try it, but be ready to pull fish out if it does not work!!!

[vantgE]

thanks

[xlonelycruiserx]

yeah , should work due to the size of your tank... but have an extra tank on the side incase they go wild on you

[African_Fever]

All male tanks work b/c there's only males, NO females. If you've got all males of one species and males/females of another, you're just asking for hybrids. With no females of their own species the males will pursue whatever is around, regardless of species. With the johanni I'm assuming you have Mel. cyaneorhabdos (since males and females are the same colour) or some juvenile and some mature Mel. johanni (blue males, orange females). Personally, I'd look at getting a couple more of each of everything that you already have, especially elongatus females (if you can find them).

Good luck!