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hi guys,about three days ago,i added a male pulcher(blue acara) to my tank,in there i have 2 b/n,2 tiger oscars and now 2 pulchers,in a 4x2x2.when i added the male,ever since he has been in there my female pulcher,has been doing this weird shaking type thing,she had NEVER done this untill i added the male,and now the 2 pulchers(both about 5inches long)have joined forces and are trying to stand over my tiger oscars(both about 9 -10 inches long)my tigers have a go back,but i dont want my fish fighting,the weird thing is the female pulcher has been in with my tigers for ages,none of these problems started untill i added the male pulcher,so ive got a divider firmly in place to keep them apart,they still try to fight each other throo the divider too,and yesterday i noticed that the female had dug a spot in the back corner of there end of the tank,this is the fist lot of pulchers that ive had,so i dont really know much about them.any ideas guys?

Shaking and aggressive behaviour usually means displaying. If they dug a hole, that means they're going to breed soon.

All natural cichlid behaviour, all in all .

Hopefully you'll see a cloud of fry soon.

mmm,could be. but about ten mins ago i seen her flicking against things in her tank,i read this in the hospital forum,but what does this mean,is she sick or have some sort of irritation,or a parasite?she has NEVER done this before today,its wierd all this started when i put the male in with her

Last edited by hokese at 22-Jan-2006 04:28

well i take it all back,inko you were 100% write,i woke up to eggs this morning,thanx 4 ya info.