Black.J

i think i have to many ! i have 3 males and 3 females in the 1 tank the ratio is out right? i dont have money and dont really have any where to put the males so what should i do ? the tank size is 4 foot

Slug

What size tank?

Black.J

its a 4 foot tank

Allie

They should be fine as they are mild aggressive mbuna. I would try to get more females tho.
1 male to 2 females is go with labs.

Black.J

i heard 2 males to 8 females wood that work ?

Escobar

Even 1 male to 3 females is fine.

Angela_96

I wouldn't put 2 males in the same tank of the same species, they will constantly fight over the females.

Black.J

ok so spit the males up so they dont fight which male should i keep the biggest ? colourful ? or the samllest?

Beeker

I would go with the most colorful, with the biggest as the second choice.

Black.J

wat i did was the colourful first and he stayed and now the biggest and smallest went in to my 3 foot tank with my other electric labs

Angela_96

Honestly it really doesn't matter, unless you are planning to breed them for selling.

Black.J

i am breeding to sell them to make some money which one should have i choosen

Matt

You should probably choose the friendliest and the one that is the most matured.

I Hope They Breed

From Matt

Angela_96

That goes on genetics, where you bought them (if they came from a large petstore chain I wouldn't breed them at all). Also there are alot of yellow labs out there so they are hard to get rid of.

Allie

Hello that is what I said...1 male to at least 2 females.....

Allie

No point in breeding yellow labs, they are a dime a dozen.

Allie

If they are the only species in the tank, then it will be a colony and you need more than 1 male.
Labs aen't that aggressive so the fighting isn't as bad.