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tell me about demasoni

Started by dpatte, April 05, 2006, 08:43:27 PM

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Steve_2

I have to say that of all fish I've kept, the demasoni is the most variable when it comes to aggressiveness. Right now I have two adults in a 70 gallon tank with about ten 2.5" yellow labs, three adult midnight peacocks, three 3" livingstonis, six 3-4"c. moorii, and a few others. I am not planing on keeping all these fish in a tank that size for much longer...I will be buying a larger tank and I will split some of the species that wont get along as adults(the livingstonis and demasonis for exemple). Anyway, my point is that I only have two in my tank and they are one of the least aggressive fish in the tank. I've had other demasonis a couple years ago that just killed eachother untill there was only one surviver. You never know what you'll get. I would like to get half a dozen more demasonis but I am afraid to get aggressive ones....maybe I should just stick to the 2 I have.


Demasonian

Like repeej says, they generally reserve their hatred for their own kind. Mine occassionally give chase to other mbuna, but usually it's just a quick "psyche" type deal to drive potential intruders away from their caves.

The key is appropriate numbers. At least a dozen should be sufficient, but 15 or more are better. The problem is, that the dominant males tend to pick out the weaker sub-dom males (and females) and harrass them or fight them until they die. In larger numbers, they're more likely to lose their target in the crowd.

pegasus

There is a good chance that larger fish in the tank will tempered their aggressiveness. I have a buffalohead  with them that is doing just fine. I also had my calvus in the same tank, but there was just too much speeding  ;) and all kind of fast actions for their liking, so I ended up moving them.