purplecatfish Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 I've kept these before and they can be extremely aggressive :an!gry towards each other when there is only one pair but especially if they turn out to be both males :an!gry . Three is better as they seem to take turns beating each other up. The only way I found to reduce the aggression is to create multiple hiding spaces, with the best hiding spaces having several entrances/exits. It gives the victim :tears: a chance to leave a spot when the aggressor :evil: decides it wants to be there and provides alternative refuges. They also have a taste for guppy eyeballs . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted August 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 =( this morning he was swimming round fine and I just checked up on him and he is dead. looks like there was some serious damage to his LHS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ismart120 Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Sorry to hear that. Looks pretty bad, it wasn't that bad before I take it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted August 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 not on the LHS but he was in a net breeder by him self so I'm thinking movement may have opened it further/ or he could have gotten an infection though the area didn't look infected to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ismart120 Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 Hmmm, ok, I forgot it was in the net. See what others think but it may have been a bacteria problem? Or some disease? I'd be surprised if it was movement alone that opened it up that far though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted August 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 yea I'm thinking probably bacteria thing that got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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