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thondwe
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I have a 3ft tank furnished with rocks, driftwood and plants in which I have a pair of Hongsloi - both showing very good colour, but generally are very shy.
At the same time I purchased the Hongsloi I asked the shop guy (very keen on the Hongsloi he was) what would be suitable tank mates for these. He sold me a "pair" of A. Thomasi (Dwarf Jeweled Cichlids) - he tried very hard to get a pair but did say it was pretty tough.
Anyway, I'm not sure about these two Thomasi - one seems very agreesive - chasing anything else in the tank esp the other Thomasi. I've tried introducing some Octo's (again on LFS recommendation) but these didn't last very long (either stressed out or actually killed). And some full grown male guppies (from our other big community tank) but one was killed and I had to rescue the other.
The dominant Thomasi sits at the front centre of the tank and that's all we see 90% of the time unless we make an effort to look around the side/back/odd angles.
I've found one comment on the web saying that if a pair don't get on then separate them. So what are my options - really I want to see more of my Hongsloi. I guessing I could try...
1) A few more Thomasi - not sure of the sex of the aggresive one, so another pair in the hope that some proper pairing occurs?
2) Move one/other of the Thomasi to the big community tank - but I don't want them causing a disturbance - it's pretty happy most of the time, some honey Gourami's do try to breed there regularly and baby guppies manage to survive in the weeds to reach maturity.
3) Get another tank - but would struggle to justify a third tank to my wife - she enjoys the ones we have (one was hers before we married) - but there's obviously a limit to the number of tanks in a house.
I'd really like to put some other fish in with the Hongsloi - something for the alge etc - but not if the Thomasi is going to kill them again
Any help appreciated.
Paul
At the same time I purchased the Hongsloi I asked the shop guy (very keen on the Hongsloi he was) what would be suitable tank mates for these. He sold me a "pair" of A. Thomasi (Dwarf Jeweled Cichlids) - he tried very hard to get a pair but did say it was pretty tough.
Anyway, I'm not sure about these two Thomasi - one seems very agreesive - chasing anything else in the tank esp the other Thomasi. I've tried introducing some Octo's (again on LFS recommendation) but these didn't last very long (either stressed out or actually killed). And some full grown male guppies (from our other big community tank) but one was killed and I had to rescue the other.
The dominant Thomasi sits at the front centre of the tank and that's all we see 90% of the time unless we make an effort to look around the side/back/odd angles.
I've found one comment on the web saying that if a pair don't get on then separate them. So what are my options - really I want to see more of my Hongsloi. I guessing I could try...
1) A few more Thomasi - not sure of the sex of the aggresive one, so another pair in the hope that some proper pairing occurs?
2) Move one/other of the Thomasi to the big community tank - but I don't want them causing a disturbance - it's pretty happy most of the time, some honey Gourami's do try to breed there regularly and baby guppies manage to survive in the weeds to reach maturity.
3) Get another tank - but would struggle to justify a third tank to my wife - she enjoys the ones we have (one was hers before we married) - but there's obviously a limit to the number of tanks in a house.
I'd really like to put some other fish in with the Hongsloi - something for the alge etc - but not if the Thomasi is going to kill them again
Any help appreciated.
Paul