Tropical Aquarist

Okay so I have a six gallon with three julies in it. I am almost positive that they are the Julidochromis ornatus. They are still juvinile and about 1.25 inches long. Well one of them is a agressive to another. What i think it is, is that I have two males and one female. I think this becuase the agressor only goes after one other, and some one has dug out the sand to form a small cave. I know that these guys breed in caves, but Im not usre if they are old enough yet. These are my fist Afrcian Cichlid, so I might just be paranoid. They seem to feed together nicely, but when it gets later in the evening, the agressor is a total bully. Any help would be sweet, especialy if you have had these guys before.
Thanks

Shawnie

the tank size is playing a huge effect! even at the small juvie stage, they need min of 20g for the 3 of them...females will be larger than males and they dont usually tolerate each other ....6g is going to end up with the weaker ones dead
id upgrade them as soon as you can with allot of caves and such to hide in and call their own ..

Tropical Aquarist

Yeah I think that I made a mistake. I am going to try o return to my LFS cuase I only got them a few days ago. I think that I will just make this tank a small community.

Shawnie

great idea~! I hope they take them for you
did they know what size tank you were putting them in when they sold them to you?

Toddnbecka

A six gallon tank is suitable for a single betta or some inverts like cherrry shrimp. It's really too small for a community of fish.

aquarist48

Hello Tropical Aquarist. I agree with TnB. 6.5g's is a bit small for a community tank. As stated you could have the Betta, Cherry Shrimp and maybe even a few Mystery Snails.
Best of luck!
Ken

Shawnie

you could have a nice little school of sparkling gourami's!