Topic: Observing Agression and Biotope Questions......

[Grasshopper]

Ok so 2 + 2 should be ok? Now if I go for all male or all female would this help keep the violence down? 

[tracey]

If you want to keep the violence down, then it would be better to go with all females.  Two males of the same species will still fuss and fight over territory, even if there are no females to chose from.

[Grasshopper]

Will females be eaiser on my "dither" fish? Or will it just cut down on the cichlid homicide rate? <:::

Thank you...

[JC]

Well, dither fish are dither fish. They're there to distract form the direct aggression between cichlids, and sometimes as is thier job, they get stuck in the middle . Other than that females are generaly just a tad less territorial when it comes to the other tank occupants and don't make nearly so much of a fuss over being alphae.

[fnesr]

in my experience two females will usually get along with each other pretty well and keep to themselves. they will stand up for themselves when threatened (usually as a pair) however generally won't be the instigators of aggression like males cons can often be.