Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:25 am
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Hey all. I was told that cichlids in their natural habitat have to defend an area of 4 sq. ft. around their nests to keep predators away from their eggs/babies. Is this true?
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clunkster Topical Tropical Royalty
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:12 pm
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Personaly i would say not true as 4 sq ft is one hell of a big area I know there are some big cichlids but not that big
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funkyj Topical Tropical Royalty
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:16 pm
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I agree with clunkster. I would think it would be closer to one foot from the nest. If the fish had to defend that far away, another predator could easily come in and dine.
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mpp Moderator
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:02 pm
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I think it depends on the size of the fish partially. Here's an interesting video where some large African cichids take on a terrapin that outweighs the fish by a fairly large margin.
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My kribs defend and harass any fish that comes within about a foot and a half of the nest site and they're small cichlids.
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pegzee Guppy
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:28 pm
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Hi funkyj--one foot out from its' nest would be about 4 sq ft because if you figure 1 foot out to the north, south, east, and west, right? To me, this is truely amazing for their size, wow.
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funkyj Topical Tropical Royalty
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:44 pm
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pegzee wrote:
Hi funkyj--one foot out from its' nest would be about 4 sq ft because if you figure 1 foot out to the north, south, east, and west, right? To me, this is truely amazing for their size, wow.
I see it as a 1' radius. Not necassarily 4 square feet. North, northwest, northeast, south, southwest, southeast, east and west would be more like 8 square feet. Notice in the vid that mpp posted that they aren't really that far away from the nest when they start to defend it and those are big cichlids.
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I know there are some big cichlids but not that big
To me, this is truely amazing for their size, wow.
