Golfnut Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 I had a molly that was trying to chomp my baby cichlids, the babies are about the size of small neons. Anyway I moved the molly to my zebra tank, and well I went to change some water on a different tank.... when I went back, my molly got chomped all over and was gasping for life. I eventually had to put him down as it was too sad to see him gasping like that. I never knew zebras were so "territorial/mean". Now I know. Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevchewy Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 This is why cichlids are sold with the advisory that they are not community fish (you'll see signs are all the big chain fish stores of this). Mbuna are quite aggressive with the few exceptions of Yellow labs, acei, and rusty's. Even though they are less aggressive than most Mbuna i would still never keep them in a community tank. Sorry to hear your loss! Tough way to find out if something is going to work or not. A suggestion would be to though in one of those small breeder tanks that you can pick up from the LFS (local fish store) to hold the fish safely next time. nev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red 265. Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Even some types of cichlids don't mix. Take for example, White Top Afra and Friebergi. When mixed in the same tank, the male Afra will kill the Friebergi males. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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