Hiahio
03-28-2015, 03:44 PM
Ok, that may be a bit more dramatic than it needed to be. I was going to post this on a thread from when I received my stocking suggestions, but ultimately decided it was worth a new thread entirely. As an update this is a 56g Tall and is stocked with tiger barbs, green tiger barbs, a starlight bristlenose pleco, an electric blue acara, and a female RTS. The hope was that by going female, I could hedge a little bit of the territorial aggression shown in the RTS. However, she has become an absolute menace and the only fish she will not chase is the acara. I have developed a temporary timeout tank in a 3g while I try to figure this out. I am likely about to lose a tiger as it seems he has been way too stressed out and is struggling in his effort to stay in his headstand position at the top of the water. The question here is, what do I do. She was added last and her territorial-ness has been increasing to the point where she believes the entire tank is hers. I hesitate to get rid of her because the entire build revolved around her, but if its the only option, she will go before I give her a 56g tank all to herself. Another pseduo-temporary alternative could be to lay sand in the 56g, rehome my corries there into the community, and give the RTS the 10g all to herself, until she outgrows it and try to reintroduce her later on.
As I know it is asked on nearly every topic:
Ammonia: 0
Trites: 0
Trates: 10-20ppm
Also, I have tried rearranging the tank a few times as I have read in the past that it helps settle down issues related to territorial fish. I have 3 suitable "caves" for her and she used to stick to just one, but recently swapped to spending time in each of them which came just before the territorial displays. Advice would be greatly appreciated since you guys have always been so awesome before.
Mike
(p.s. spoiler alert, I will be putting up a post soon about my upcoming 55g birthday gift!)
As I know it is asked on nearly every topic:
Ammonia: 0
Trites: 0
Trates: 10-20ppm
Also, I have tried rearranging the tank a few times as I have read in the past that it helps settle down issues related to territorial fish. I have 3 suitable "caves" for her and she used to stick to just one, but recently swapped to spending time in each of them which came just before the territorial displays. Advice would be greatly appreciated since you guys have always been so awesome before.
Mike
(p.s. spoiler alert, I will be putting up a post soon about my upcoming 55g birthday gift!)