True, but if I remember you have very heavily planted tanks which breaks up sight lines and allows for hiding places, plus if the tank is big, usually means the parents won't chase too far. Transplant those fish to a more typical setup - smaller tank, less planting, fewer hiding places, and watch the carnage begin... > Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:28:41 -0700> From: matt@wrongcrowd.com> To: > gsas-member@thekrib.com> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Auction African Cichlids> > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 06:14:01PM +0000, matt kaufman wrote:> > But, > they're not africans. Texas: New world. Africa: Old world :-)> > LOL, good > point. I read "africans" and substituted "cichlids."> > The breeding pair of > these which I have protect their nest area, but > they are mostly concerned > with chasing away fish which have the same > sort of body shape. Loaches etc. > don't concern them as much. And they > haven't been responsible for any > injuries or undue stress that I can > detect. > > Sometimes the papa fish > will face off with my tramitichromis > intermedius, who is about the same > size, and they'll make faces at each > other for a minute. :)> > > -- > Matt > Staroscik> matt@wrongcrowd.com | http://wrongcrowd.com> > _______________________________________________> GSAS-Member mailing list> > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _________________________________________________________________ Take a break and play crossword puzzles - FREE! http://games.msn.com/en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=flexicon_ wlmemailtaglinemarch07 _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member