Thinking about getting rid of all my cichlids !

[Acipenser]

I am starting to tire of all the fighting, the need for larger and larger tanks just to keep 3 or 4 fish. Thinking about going back to gold fish or maybe a nice community set up.

[charles]

what kind of cichlids?

[ibenu]

You having MTS fights with spouse? Bill has a ton in his tanks, hiding spots galore. i understand different types have different requirements. ratios. There has to be a way you could maybe switch up the strains so you could have many instead of just the 3-4. What size tank you running that only has that many?

That rock that Bill uses for cubby holes is from a neat place down near gilley off of SE marine. Next week Friday I'd like to go..

As I re read your post I realize you may be talking about all the fish fighting... Put it out there what type exactly are giving you trouble maybe some members here have found solutions to what your dealing with...

Starting to grow on me the cichlids are.. Bunch more micro managing required than a community tank to start.. Hopes you figure it out and dont give up as much as I like goldies and all...

[snow]

Start a pleco tank. Or maybe get a couple of stingrays depending on how big you tank is of course. Maybe try saltwater.

[2wheelsx2]

Start a pleco tank. Or maybe get a couple of stingrays depending on how big you tank is of course. Maybe try saltwater.

There's plenty of fighting in my pleco tank....

[snow]

There's plenty of fighting in my pleco tank....

You know what you need? More plecos. The more you have the less they will fight.

[2wheelsx2]

I don't need to do more than 2 water changes a week, and I already have 50.

Edit: the problem is territory. If I didn't have any caves or rockwork or plants, then there would not be any territories. But I dislike glass boxes of water.

[Roaming Ravyn]

I found that there is less fighting in an overstocked tank of Africans. Once you are down to a few they can really focus their aggression.

But I also got fed up - now I am moving to all severums.

[donjuan_corn]

I agree, i moved away from the africans and now have what is listed in my signiature. IT's soooo peacefull and fun to watch!

[TCR]

I agree, i moved away from the africans and now have what is listed in my signiature. IT's soooo peacefull and fun to watch!

its looks like an awesome set up and tetras are awesome colours... a flock of cardinals look really cool