Can someone help me with my aggressive pindani albino

Hi! I recently bought an albino pindani and so far he has been pretty territorial and aggressive . I have three pieces of spider drift wood in my tank and so far he’s claimed two of the three. He mainly digs under one piece and doesn’t let any other fish near it except the pleco. I have a male and female maingano and a possible pregnant jewel cichlid with a male and whenever they go near his territory or hole he chases them or attacks them. I read they are a peaceful non territorial fish and I just want to make sure everything is ok. He is the only albino pindani in the tank but I was thinking he could be crossbreeding? I am new to cichlids and fish tanks in general so Idk. Any help will be greatly appreciated. And if anyone can tell me if my jewel cichlid is pregnant I will attach a pic of the male and female

 

Socolofi are aggressive Mbuna. The peaceful, non territorial information you received about the species is erroneous.
The Socolofi is behaving normally. They dig & defend.
About the only way the mitigate Mbuna territorial behavior is to add many more of them to the community.

 

Socolofi are aggressive Mbuna. The peaceful, non territorial information you received about the species is erroneous.
The Socolofi is behaving normally. They dig & defend.
About the only way the mitigate Mbuna territorial behavior is to add many more of them to the community.

Ok thank you!

 

As stated before me, socolofi are aggressive by nature, mbuna as a whole are. Pretty much any mbuna species can and will cross breed if no suitable mates of their own species are available (and many will even if there are).

As for your jewel, has it always been that fat? It's a short-bodied jewel, so they are naturally more pudgy in the belly than proper formed versions of the same species, but that looks a bit more than it should be. But it looks like bloat.

 

As stated before me, socolofi are aggressive by nature, mbuna as a whole are. Pretty much any mbuna species can and will cross breed if no suitable mates of their own species are available (and many will even if there are).

As for your jewel, has it always been that fat? It's a short-bodied jewel, so they are naturally more pudgy in the belly than proper formed versions of the same species, but that looks a bit more than it should be. But it looks like bloat.

She has been big but never this big. Should I fast the tank? And for the socolofi, Amy chance they are crossbreeding with my maingano ? And can he cross breed with them

 

As I said, pretty much ANY mbuna species can cross breed with any other mbuna species.

I would remove the jewel and treat for bloat.

 

As I said, pretty much ANY mbuna species can cross breed with any other mbuna species.

I would remove the jewel and treat for bloat.

Ok will do. Thank you