seahorses Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 what would you suggest i have a 4ft tank set up with malawis and a lge 3 ft at the moment i have 5x elcetric yellows 6x colbolt blues 4x aurutras 5x ice blues these are in the 4 foot still young and in the 3 foot 10x electras 4x electric yellows 1x female electric blue 5x ice blues should i put all yellows and colbots plus 5x electras in the 4 foot and the rest in the 3 foot or whats a mix as dont want to croos breed any ideas would be great thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 The most likely fish to cross breed are the ice blues with the cobalt's, and the single fryeri female with the electra.. But that wont be a problem until they're mature. Are the fish very small, juvvies or what? Because with the numbers of ice blues especially it will be a pretty agro tank.. When bigger I wouldn't stick any zebra in a 3ft tank I have tried it but they got bullied maybe if you crammed heaps in you might get away with it, but I know my big cobalt male dominates quarter my 540litre tank when he gets in a mood my wife sits there and watches him and keeps saying she's going to catch him stick him in a naughty tank lol.. How bigs your 3ft? They should be fine when smaller, alot of the people I sold ice blues ended up selling them on as they grew up as they got too agro, and 2 of them had them in 6ft tanks they got sick of their peacocks getting bashed. So keep an eye on them especially with your 4ft tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorses Posted September 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 thanks for that reply now i am ready with the thinking cap on the 3 ft tank is 90x38x50 all fish r still young except for female electric blue was only going to grow them up and then keep only a few of each will the electric blue be ok with the colbolts and yellows apart from the colbolts and yellows will also look at offers to sell or swap for other fish i do have other tanks i can add the fish to to separate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 10 ice blues boy are you going to have fun,if yours turn out anything like mine did just be aware of what can happen,when it does happen it will happen FAST theyare awesome looking, but they can get huge they are personality plus,but if i was you to save having 2 tanks dominated by ice blue i would maybe consider thinning the numbers a bit and having them in one tank, to give the others some space of their own,the auratus should be able to hold their own they can be pretty feisty as well.but then again fish are just like humans everyone is different...........dilemas.......dilemas welcome to the world of africans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorses Posted September 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 i have had fun today i now have 4foot 9x electric yellows 6x colbots 1x female electric blue and 4x auraturs in 3foot 5x ice blues 10x electrics in 2 foot 5x ice blues and a bonus when changeing 4foot found my male brisltenose with eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Looks like you have done, lots of hard work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Theres probably no reason why you couldn't stick everything in the same tank while they're young.. Just watch the aggression and seperate stuff out as they get bigger and agro Congrats on the bristlenose egg's mine breed in african tanks all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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