Just got back and move the cups around again, everyone else is looking awesome! Can't wait to let them loose tonight.
View attachment 664210 View attachment 664211 I put her in the quarantine tank by herself for now to watch and hopefully I can pull her through. So far only one has shown any signs of being sick, but I think that's my fault because she fell into the sink well I was trying to do a water change out of her cup! I had just washed the dishes so I'm sure she was exposed to chemicals. Brought them home and I have been doing 100% water changes in their little cups every 9 hours. I bought my girls last night using Dewclaw83 's advice of holding them up to each other and to see who was the most docile. So I set up the new 20 gallon long, I'm picking up some more plants probably today, going to add a couple of fake plants until my live plants can grow out more, and this is the result. again, very sad, but I saw no evidence of disease and my water parameters were great despite the fact it has been a week and a half since I had done a water change. I think what happened is the Corys were eating all his food before he could get to it and the people who were taking care of my fish wouldn't know that he was starving as they have never really had fish. While it is sad, I'm glad he didn't die of disease. Update: got home over the weekend and discovered that the clown pleco had passed away because he was starving. Some platys and Mollys can be really flashy too, and to me, sororities are so beautiful already, adding a pretty ditherfish only adds to it
Sometimes my females will try to intimidate them at first but they like actually honestly don’t understand it. They’ll just wander right through displays of aggression being like “What? “ lol. I like the larger Livebearers too because they are very active but not prone to nipping. They do a good job of putting some of my females in their place. I like the barbs because they are rambunctious and a little aggressive. And I like the platys because, for some reason, my lights tend to grow this one kind of long stringy algae and the platys just love eating it.Įdit 2: when discussing ditherfish on the other thread, someone else said that more peaceful fish work better as ditherfish. I usually add some kind of live bearer or barb to help break up aggression”Īfter this pic was taken I added some blue mickey mouse platys as my ditherfish.Įdit: The plants have all grown more since I took this pic, especially the dwarf water lettuce. Watch them for a good long while and keep an eye on aggression. When adding them to the tank, ( temperature acclimate first of course) add them all at the same time, I usually dump out in the order of least aggressive to most (One after the other). I'd also recommend complete water changes every 6-12 hours while in the cups so they don't die of ammonia poisoning. This will help teach them that aggression is fruitless. When you get your females, place them in cups next to each other (So they can all see one another) for ~24 hours. I also recommend some floating plants for this (Like Dwarf water lettuce), my females love it. Make sure your tank has lots of hides and plants to break up sight lines. The fins are also more delicate and can be hurt easily. I have one female that will specifically stalk and hunt down elephant ear females. (2 females = 1 bullies the other, 3 females = 2 bully the other, 4 females = more equal distribution of aggression, etc)Įlephant ear females often don't do as well in sororities, as their pectoral fins are flappy and may offend some of the other females. Chances are if they're similar colors/tail types and in the same store at the same time, they might be related, and females from the same hatch often grew up together, so may get along better. When you're selecting these in the store, hold them next to each other and pick the most docile ones for your sorority. “Just a heads up, not everyone supports sororities on here.Īnywho, assuming you mean Betta splendens, you want 4-6 females minimum, 4 is the absolute minimum, 6 or more is better.
We just discussed this a little the other day on this thread: Betta fish help Question - | Freshwater Beginners 439471
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