one eyed yellow tail acei mbuna female

[bassgenie]

A couple of months ago during vigorous attempts from my male yellow tail acei to mate with one of my females she ran into a rock and injured her right eye. Her scales didn't look good because he was being pretty relentless to mate and she was hiding on the side of a submersible filter I used to polish that tank. The next day I decided to take her out and put her in a hospital tank. Did the standard salt increase to treat her, in hopes she wouldn't gat sick.
After a few weeks with due dilligence, her condition improved greatly, but unfortunately I realized she blinded that eye permanantly. I left her another week before re introducing her to the pack. Other than the Healed injury, she looked great and I figured sh would fit back in as long as I put her back with lights out and a couple of changes in the rockwork. As soon as I put her back in, the male made a "B-Line" for her and immediately started displaying for herand doing the traditional shake to have her mate with him. After a day I noticed she was really getting beat up again because anytime something apporached from the side with the blind eye, it surprised her in a negative way and she was getting really stressed again and again, hiding behind that filter again.
I wanted to try to let nature work things out, but she started showing stress signs again and started looking sick again. So I scooped her out again and put her back in the hospital.
Was I too premature only giving her 2 days back in the main tankwhat I opserved was that she's having a lot of difficulty adjusting to the partial blindness, but I know I can't protect her forever by locking her in isolation which is bad for mbuna to begin with. Any advice or critique is welcome. Thanks

[DiscusnAfricans]

Are there other females in the tank? After removing her for a few days, this is a "new" female to the male. After a fish loses an eye, it will always maintain tank positions that keep its "good eye" towards the other tank inhabitants. This usually means it will pick spots near the glass or near the top of the water to rest. Unfortunately, the male will likely continue to harass her. Will have to keep an eye on them to see if she can be kept with him long-term.

[cichfrk]

....As soon as I put her back in, the male made a "B-Line" for her and immediately started displaying for herand doing the traditional shake to have her mate with him. After a day I noticed she was really getting beat up again.....This scenario is inevitable. It happened once when I was breeding yellow labs. What I would do instead is to temporarily put the male in an isolation tank(not a hospital tank) for at least 2 weeks. This gives the male a "timeout" sort of while giving your female a time to recuperate from her injury without removing her from her "familiar tank". I'll rearrange the rock work and I'll put him back to the main tank during my big water change.

[Heyguy74]

Is she the only female?

If so you should get a few more to spread his aggresion.

[bassgenie]

They were a quad, but the guy I got them from needed a female back, so now its a trio.

[Heyguy74]

Add more even if they are young.

[bassgenie]

Ok, Thanks. Ill re introduce her with another female and maybe hell focus on the other one. Im hoping she can go back in there. I cant just have a tank running for one fish that's not sick. I posted a WTB Female. Maybe someone has a nice strain and a confirmed female. I agree, I should give him additional females to focus on. I had hoped 2 would be enough. The other female keeps eating or dropping her eggs. So, I haven't seen any fry from these guys. Some new blood may be the perfect solution

[zcfish]

I have a pair of aceis. They're like best buddies and swim together all the time. I mean within inches all the time. Initially I didn't know their sex. One of them getting bigger and bigger in the middle. A few days ago she finally spawned. I didn't see the spawning but the female was beaten up a little bit. Now the male swim alone most of the time and the female hides in the rocks. So I am lucky to have a mellow male.

[m1ke715m]

josh i have one you can have also at my brother-in-laws house.. not sure of the sex but it was in with mostly all male mbuna and didnt spawn so i assume its a male.. you can have it for sure bro

[bassgenie]

Hes usually pretty mellow except when trying to get a female to spawn. I think Id like to just add a female for now and see if it helps. Im not sure if I want another male.

[bassgenie]

Had no luck finding a Female in a timely fashion without having to order. A friend of mine had a Male he gave me from the same lines. I figured it would take his attention off the females. That was an understatement. My Male beat and chased him soo bad, I decided to Take the Original 5 inch Dom Male out and give him a little "Time Out" while the new male heals up and the One Eyed female assimilates back into the Pack. All the fish in there need a break from him, and The "Tempo" has completely changed for the better in the tank. Its back to the normal Mbuna chasing and nipping, but not the relentless "Heat" the big male was causing. Hes an amazingly beautiful specimen, but now I'm reconsidering if I want him back in that tank or if I should just put him in the main Male Tank. Hes a Beast, and will not be in any jeopardy of getting beaten up. He bothers the females so much after the hold that they spit the eggs from stress. Im hoping the new male might be a little "Smoother" if you know what I mean.

Does anyone feel that Yellow Tail Aceis need other Yellow tails around? Ive definitely noticed that they school together more than other types of Mbuna. I know most people dont worry about these things. But I have most definitely seen a correlation between the "Mental State" of my fish and their overall Health and condition. Sorta like humans...

But I guess what Im really asking is, does anyone think putting the large 5 inch Male in my mixed Male Hap Peacock tank is a bad idea? Or should I just after a few days reintroduce him back into the Pack watch closely and hope for the best? But I already think I know how thats going to go.

[Crowned]

What size is the mbuna tank, and what is the stock list? Any other other big males in there? Is there a tank boss now that the acei is out?