And so it begins

[SunnyHouTX]

That's right, you're just an enabler

[rgonzales]

Looking good sunny

[SunnyHouTX]

Thanks Robert. You're welcome to swing by if ever you want to broham

[SunnyHouTX]

I was doing my weekly water changes today and came across a couple of deaths in my tanks. Found two Trews dead in the 100 and two Red Eye Ikolas were developing bloat in my 210. One of the Trews was behind a stone so I did not see it till today and from the looks of it, the other Trew which was a dominant male killed it and probably grabbed a couple of bites and got died of bloat. The Red Eye Ikolas showed signs of scale damage and I know that they got this way today. I was observing the 210 and noticed that one of the Red Fin Longolas was very territorial so I have a feeling that the two Red Eye Ikolas were victims of aggression. These two were sent off for treatment at Travis' because I don't have a hospital tank. That Longola was even interfering my Troph. Red Lunangwa Souths when they were breeding, stealing eggs etc.

With all this going on, I decided it was time to move some fish around so that all Petros were tightly packed.

On the plus side, my Troph. sp. Red Moliro colony now occupy their own tank with some yo-yo loaches, no Petro Juvies at all. I did this so that they will gear up their breeding. Also, I have 41 Petro juvies in the 100 now so they should not be as aggressive anymore.

[sunkenmetal]

dead fish that is no fun...

[SunnyHouTX]

I'm glad it's only been a couple and I caught it in time. Maybe the way I packed the tanks will help calm things down

[sunkenmetal]

I'm glad it's only been a couple and I caught it in time. Maybe the way I packed the tanks will help calm things down

Are they killing each other or disease?

[ssrprelude]

Natural aggression. Here comes the fun.

[sunkenmetal]

Natural aggression. Here comes the fun.

I say let them be aggressive. To many species that use to be aggressive have been over bread and turned into harmless fish.

[SunnyHouTX]

Controlling aggression is OK IMO, especially to mitigate deaths. I was not too sure about what size they become aggressive, f rom the looks of it, it's around the 3" - 3.5" mark. Looking at dead fish is not fun, at least for me it isn't, better to watch them fight and live to fight another day and that's why I'm packing them tight. Believe me, they will still fight.

[ssrprelude]

Different breeds get agressive sooner than others. I had Petro Ubari and they were the meanest fish I have ever kept and they were no more bigger than 4".

[Darbex]

Sorry to hear that Sunny

[SunnyHouTX]

Different breeds get agressive sooner than others. I had Petro Ubari and they were the meanest fish I have ever kept and they were no more bigger than 4".

I noticed that they vary in size when aggression kicks in. Longolas start small I guess.

[SunnyHouTX]

Sorry to hear that Sunny

I know man. Didn't realize soon enough

[sunkenmetal]

It will be alright lol