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Originally Posted by zzlpn
hmmm thats all my faith gone from that shop now & i thought they was pretty good like i say they told me they could be nippy with each other but not with other fish i will keep an eye on them to see how they go on but i am thinking of getting another tank & if im gonna split the chocolate cichlids up from the other fish before any problem's start would it be worth while thinking about breeding them as the tank will be holding chocolate cichlids only any advice on this would be great as i have never done anything like this before but just thought if im gonna go to all the effert of buying & setting another tank up just for that kind of fish would it not be worth while maybe buying a couple more of them & putting 4 or 6 of those in 1 tank & breeding them that way im doing somthing i enjoy looking after the fish & making somthing to cover my expenses  |
With younger cichlids if you have a group of 6 or something, you will find that probably 2 will pair up and will bully the rest. I have 4 Cuban cichlids and they were fine together then 2 paired up and beat the hell outta the other ones. Now they are in a tank with an Oscar and 2 Jack Dempseys and keeps them pinned in the corner attacking them as they want to breed. So I am going to have to get rid of the Oscar, Jacks and other Cuban otherwise they will kill them and they will have to be kept on their own.
You will probably find this happens with your Chocs eventually. I would see what your two turn out like first.