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Hi everyone.
I am hoping for a bit of advice on how to handle my current situation.
I have 7 tapajos (geophagus cichlids) with 50 ish lemon tetras. Here is a horrible cell phone pic on the tank today as a reference.
My two largest one seem to be moving out an about all the time. They have divided tank in two down the middle but mainly occupy the front half's of the tank. This leaves the back part of the tank for the other 5 to use. In that back area the 5 exist well together but still have somewhat smaller territories.
The main piece of driftwood on the left half is hollow behind it and 1-2 of them hang out there.
During feeding time they will all be eating fine together with no issues. They all show great color for their age and are otherwise healthy.
I feel the two largest ones defend their areas so well that they don't allow the smaller ones to come up front or explore much of the tank.
But the big ones won't harass the smaller ones so long as they keep out of their territories.
My question is will this eventually even out a bit better? Like as the smaller ones get larger with they be able to compete a bit more for space? Or is it as simple as just not enough room?
The 2 largest ones are maybe 4 inches while the smaller ones are 3-3.5 inches.
Here is a pic of them eating, this can give you an idea of their sizes. And you can see they all do fine during eating times.
I am hoping for a bit of advice on how to handle my current situation.
I have 7 tapajos (geophagus cichlids) with 50 ish lemon tetras. Here is a horrible cell phone pic on the tank today as a reference.

My two largest one seem to be moving out an about all the time. They have divided tank in two down the middle but mainly occupy the front half's of the tank. This leaves the back part of the tank for the other 5 to use. In that back area the 5 exist well together but still have somewhat smaller territories.
The main piece of driftwood on the left half is hollow behind it and 1-2 of them hang out there.
During feeding time they will all be eating fine together with no issues. They all show great color for their age and are otherwise healthy.
I feel the two largest ones defend their areas so well that they don't allow the smaller ones to come up front or explore much of the tank.
But the big ones won't harass the smaller ones so long as they keep out of their territories.
My question is will this eventually even out a bit better? Like as the smaller ones get larger with they be able to compete a bit more for space? Or is it as simple as just not enough room?
The 2 largest ones are maybe 4 inches while the smaller ones are 3-3.5 inches.
Here is a pic of them eating, this can give you an idea of their sizes. And you can see they all do fine during eating times.
