danval Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 Hi I have recently purchased a veil tail male fighter and over the first 24 hours he seemed fine but now all he wants to do is swim fast from one end of the tank to the other. Is this normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 Yes it is normal - if the tank is peaceful and he is happy enough he will swim up and down. Its also normal for them just to hang in a corner but they look much nicer in action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted June 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 Thanks Adodge. Here is a pic of the culprit. http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/vie ... &members=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 nice looking fish - I've got one very similar in colour to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 Yeah very nice fish . adodge I think you have every colour of fighter in every fin type don't you :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 lol Cam, you'll have to fly up and look - I've got a good 400 + here at the moment (way too many), but imo you can't have enough. But I don't have any pure black pure white (close though) solid green or coppers and no half moons or plakats but pretty much everything else in between Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 I'm sure you'll get them eventually :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroy Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 lol Cam, you'll have to fly up and look - I've got a good 400 + here at the moment (way too many), but imo you can't have enough. But I don't have any pure black pure white (close though) solid green or coppers and no half moons or plakats but pretty much everything else in between Do you have any double tail adodge? Would love some pure black ones also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted June 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 Yeah he is nice. Picked him up from the pet shop just the other day. Courier arrived with a new lot of fighters while I was there so got the pick of the bunch. Got a real nice female that i will put a pick of tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 actually - no not currently, forgot to add them to the list :oops: have had them but not a great quality, found a really nice male by mistake (labelled female at lfs), but he developed dropsy before I had a chance to do anything with him. They're not really my thing but I saw some very nice ones up here last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted June 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Pic of my female taken with flash on http://www.picturetrail.com/members/edi ... d=19598312 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 I can't see it. it says I have to log in. Are you going to try and breed them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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danval Posted June 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1479/1 ... 470451.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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danval Posted June 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1479/1 ... 470450.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Shes got the same colouring as my female and your male has the same colouring as my male :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted June 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 I have been feeding her up on all sorts of live insects. She seems to love jumping spiders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted July 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 This so called female that i bought from a local pet shop turned out to be a male as he has just blown a bubble nest!. I swear one morning I checked on my large male and her(him) she had verticle bars on the body???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 apparently males can get those stripes as well and my female blows bubbles but doen't make proper bubble nests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted July 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 so she could still be a female? the nest is only small and when I have put her in with the male she turns pale and becomes submissive. She is constantly flaring at he male in a nearby tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Yes, she could still be a female - when she paled off did she get horizontal dark lines on her side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted July 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Yeah she did got the horizontal lines. Ihave another smaller female and this female is way bigger than her, as big as my male. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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