HELP?! PLEASE

[FireMouth914]

hi all, i have a question for you. i have a fishtank in which i have 2 cichlids in, i believe they are africans. ive had them for about 7 months now. the thing is i bought them together when they were about 1 inch long and they have been fine till now. 1 of the fish is digging up a hole for itself and it wont let the other fish swim around, it confines it to one corner of the tank....why is this???

 

[fishboy]

I think they are mating Do u know that they are the same kind???

 

[FireMouth914]

i guess they are the same kind, when i bought them they were in the same tank labeled "assorted african cichlids"...1 is powder blue and the other is yellow with black vertical stripes along its body...thanks

 

[fishboy]

hmmm.......how big r they?

 

[FireMouth914]

theyre about a finger length, maybe a lil bit more....

 

[fishboy]

Which fish is digging the hole?

 

[FireMouth914]

well, im not exactly sure because i dont know which is male and which is female...or if there even is both sexes in the tank....how do i find out?

 

[luvfishies]

They are probably both males. The DIGGER is defending territory, the other is a rival as far as the digger is concerned.

Can you post pics? Some "assorted" Africans are mutts (crossbred), others are pure.