Bachelor pad of zebras?

[Taratron]

Back in March or so, I picked up 3 L46 from a friend getting out of the hobby. Poor fish were kept with African cichlid fry, in an unheated tank. I was told there had been two pairs (friend got the zebras in a trade a few years prior and lost one during the move) so in theory I should have 2m, 1 f, or 2f, 1 m. For a while I only saw two zebras in caves and celebrated that I had males and a female.

But now I regularly see all three in caves. They seem to switch around who gets what cave though.

Do I have a bachelor pad of three males, or do I need to rearrange the tank, get more caves, etc? The tank is 20 gallons with lots of rockwork and about 6 caves.

[zebra1]

If you can post some photos I could give you my opinion of their sexes. There are a lot of members with a lot more experience than me that could help you. I am glad that you are in Phoenix. I am in Cottonwood. If you want to sell any of your L46's please let me know. I only have 1 zebra that is about 2" in size, sex unknown. lol Steve.

[vanillarum]

It is not uncommon for females to take up hiding in caves, especially if there are few other places for them to hide. And I think they do this purposely to help make it more difficult for us to sex them ! I would suggest adding some other places for them to hide and feel safe, and see if that might bring the female(s) out of the caves. Good luck.