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henward
06-01-2010, 04:18 AM
the biggest always gonna be most dominant?

i have a group of 14 discus.
5 is medium to small. the rest are big to very large as you have seen in my previous post.

there isnt any major ongoing harassment, though the tank is large, two seem to have it in for each other. a albino male and a checkerboard male.
but .... when it gets tough, they jsut take one ends of the 8 footer.

but i am curious, i i ntroduced a massive 20cm male 3 days after i introduced the others.
so far the most dominant is the albino male - it seems to be the ruler. but in sa ying that, its alot smaller than the massive cobalt male.

is it only a matter of time tahtt he cobalt male will be dominant due to size when it properly settles?

mathao
06-01-2010, 04:30 AM
i'm not an expert on discus but in other fish biggest does not mean top dog all the time

dark_spell
06-01-2010, 06:42 AM
my biggest one is the dominant one in my tank! :alien: