What Happened To My Acei?

[lee420]

Yesterday one of my aceis was dead and i get home from work today and the other one is like this. He was attacked right? No other species in the tank has signs of anything

 

[MBOU]

He has either been absolutely mullered by the other fish or he has a bacterial infection, if it happened over night... its the other fish. He will probably be killed if you don't separate them.. I always found the acei to be really quiet and peaceful as mbuna went and therefore likely to be bullied if you had a tank with thugs in.
 
For me.... and entire tank with a 50/50 split of either Yellow or White Labs and Acei would be the most stunning!

 

[lee420]

My big red zebra seems to be the dominant one in the tank, has to be him. Guess i gotta give him to my lfs

 

[char la]

in that size tank, with mbuna, you need a lot more fish to spread the aggression. otherwise you will get 1 or 2 particular fish dominating the entire aquarium. dont get rid of the red zebra, another will just take his place, just get more fish!