Demasoni Stocking Question.

[guidedbyechoes]

I was wondering is it just the male thats overly territorial? Would it be possible to stock just 3 females?

 

[guidedbyechoes]

I was wondering is it just the male thats overly territorial? Would it be possible to stock just 3 females?

no one knows?

 

[Ferris]

With Demasoni - the females aren't far behind the males in terms of aggression. Better to get just 1 (M or F) or lots IME - they can be feisty little so and so's.

More general info on them here: http/www.fishforums.net/content/Cichlids...pheus-Demasoni/

 

[guidedbyechoes]

With Demasoni - the females aren't far behind the males in terms of aggression. Better to get just 1 (M or F) or lots IME - they can be feisty little so and so's.

More general info on them here: [URL="http/www.fishforums.net/content/Cichlids...pheus-Demasoni/"]http/www.fishforums.net/content/Cichlids...pheus-Demasoni/[/URL]

So keeping just one is possible? Are they only agressive to their own species or all speicies?

 

[Ferris]

I've always found a single Demasoni does OK in a mixed tank - they will claim their own territory and defend it but if you don't go too over the top with stocking and make plenty of caves etc - that should be OK.

I would avoid any similar looking species like P.Elongatus and many of the Afra genus - Demasoni generally won't tolerate fish of a similar appearance.

 

[Ace Of Spades]

I've always found a single Demasoni does OK in a mixed tank - they will claim their own territory and defend it but if you don't go too over the top with stocking and make plenty of caves etc - that should be OK.

I would avoid any similar looking species like P.Elongatus and many of the Afra genus - Demasoni generally won't tolerate fish of a similar appearance.

Mine gets along grandly with two 3 Afra's, but this just may be lucky, He relelntlessly hated the other demonsi tho, lol...

 

[Ferris]

I've always found a single Demasoni does OK in a mixed tank - they will claim their own territory and defend it but if you don't go too over the top with stocking and make plenty of caves etc - that should be OK.

I would avoid any similar looking species like P.Elongatus and many of the Afra genus - Demasoni generally won't tolerate fish of a similar appearance.

Mine gets along grandly with two 3 Afra's, but this just may be lucky, He relelntlessly hated the other demonsi tho, lol...

Some Afra's are OK - it completely depends on the specific species. The ones to avoid are the likes of Nkolongwe and Njambe, which are darker in colouration and look more like Demasoni.

 

[Ace Of Spades]

I've always found a single Demasoni does OK in a mixed tank - they will claim their own territory and defend it but if you don't go too over the top with stocking and make plenty of caves etc - that should be OK.

I would avoid any similar looking species like P.Elongatus and many of the Afra genus - Demasoni generally won't tolerate fish of a similar appearance.

Mine gets along grandly with two 3 Afra's, but this just may be lucky, He relelntlessly hated the other demonsi tho, lol...

Some Afra's are OK - it completely depends on the specific species. The ones to avoid are the likes of Nkolongwe and Njambe, which are darker in colouration and look more like Demasoni.

Yeah thats why I said I may just be lucky, as all these cichlids have a genetic agression then their own personalities righT?.

 

[Ferris]

I've always found a single Demasoni does OK in a mixed tank - they will claim their own territory and defend it but if you don't go too over the top with stocking and make plenty of caves etc - that should be OK.

I would avoid any similar looking species like P.Elongatus and many of the Afra genus - Demasoni generally won't tolerate fish of a similar appearance.

Mine gets along grandly with two 3 Afra's, but this just may be lucky, He relelntlessly hated the other demonsi tho, lol...

Some Afra's are OK - it completely depends on the specific species. The ones to avoid are the likes of Nkolongwe and Njambe, which are darker in colouration and look more like Demasoni.

Yeah thats why I said I may just be lucky, as all these cichlids have a genetic agression then their own personalities righT?.

Yep - some of them haven't read their profiles telling them how they should behave.

 

[Ace Of Spades]

I've always found a single Demasoni does OK in a mixed tank - they will claim their own territory and defend it but if you don't go too over the top with stocking and make plenty of caves etc - that should be OK.

I would avoid any similar looking species like P.Elongatus and many of the Afra genus - Demasoni generally won't tolerate fish of a similar appearance.

Mine gets along grandly with two 3 Afra's, but this just may be lucky, He relelntlessly hated the other demonsi tho, lol...

Some Afra's are OK - it completely depends on the specific species. The ones to avoid are the likes of Nkolongwe and Njambe, which are darker in colouration and look more like Demasoni.

Yeah thats why I said I may just be lucky, as all these cichlids have a genetic agression then their own personalities righT?.

Yep - some of them haven't read their profiles telling them how they should behave.

Maybe these fish should research theirselves before they ar eput up for sale. Silly fish

 

[guidedbyechoes]

Is there a species that has the bars like the demasoni but are orange?

 

[kj23502]

No to my knowledge. Here's a cool one that's actually from Lake Victoria, but that's ok to mix w/some Malawi's:
http/www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1572

 

[guidedbyechoes]

No to my knowledge. Here's a cool one that's actually from Lake Victoria, but that's ok to mix w/some Malawi's:
<a href="http/www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1572" target="_blank">http/www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1572</a>

That is a crazy cool looking fish. Most of the lake victoria fish looks really nice. What about its eating habits? IT says in the article it only eats plant matter. Will that make it a really picky eater?

 

[kj23502]

I would say that unless it's wild caught it will probably do well on the flake and pellet diet. A few mbuna from Malawi only eat plant matter too. Most of them do just fine.

 

[Ferris]

Female P.Saulosi and M.Estherae are the only Mbnuna that spring to mind with an overall orange colouration but neither have distinctive vertical bars.