Matto Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 hi i have a pair of nicuagruan cichlids that are destroying my tank digging around but are not breeding! they are in a 130 litre aqua one 620t with a young pair of t-bar cichlids the ph is around 7.4 i dont no why they are not doing it any ideas ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 Are they being aggressive towards the other fish as well? Are they digging holes together or just randomly rooting around? Are these the same fish you asked about getting here: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=37924 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 that tank is too small for a pair of nics alone, let alone a pair of sajica's too! the footprint is very very small. I had 2 bolivian rams claim the entire bottom of mine. thats enough for 1 nic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 the reason they are causing such problems is because that is what they do. Ive had to rehome nic's even though they are considered rare here in the manawatu - simply because i was having faaarr too many issues with them. to solve your problems, either remove the nic's or put them in a much larger tank. not much can be done really, such is their nature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 As above your volume of water is OK but perhaps with a 3ft of 4ft tank would be better. Ramp up the temp also to 27-28 degrees and make sure you have lots of cave hidey hole option. Once they decide to spawn they will nail the sajica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 How big are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted August 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 the female is about 12cm and the male is about 15cm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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