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kolokotron Fish Egg

Number of posts: 16 Location: australia Thank You Points: 0 Registration date: 2011-08-11
 | Subject: fin pickers Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:55 am | |
| All i have as tank mates to a lone lf alb is a few pristellas,
The brisltely spends more and more time hiding,
Initially it would cruise around on the glass and everywhere, now I never see it
I think the pristellas are pecking at the flowing fins, I plan on removing them.
Would this be a fair assumption |
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butterfly Juvinile Bristlenose


Number of posts: 146 Age: 64 Location: Arkansas USA Thank You Points: 6 Registration date: 2011-08-13
 | Subject: Re: fin pickers Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:11 am | |
| Sounds about right to me. Cacrol |
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Aussie guy Juvinile Bristlenose


Number of posts: 106 Age: 32 Location: Perth, Western Australia Job/hobbies: Fish, Rockclimbing, Animals of every kidney Humor: I'd tell a joke, but I can't think of one :) Thank You Points: 5 Registration date: 2011-04-27
 | Subject: Re: fin pickers Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:33 am | |
| Are you seeing any actual fin damage kolokotron? Or has your albino just taken to hiding?
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kolokotron Fish Egg

Number of posts: 16 Location: australia Thank You Points: 0 Registration date: 2011-08-11
 | Subject: Re: fin pickers Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:10 pm | |
| Fairly confident theres some damage,
Bit hard to see him now and he very rarely " opens up" for a decent look |
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Aussie guy Juvinile Bristlenose


Number of posts: 106 Age: 32 Location: Perth, Western Australia Job/hobbies: Fish, Rockclimbing, Animals of every kidney Humor: I'd tell a joke, but I can't think of one :) Thank You Points: 5 Registration date: 2011-04-27
 | Subject: Re: fin pickers Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:00 pm | |
| kolokotron Just wondering how many tetras do you have in the tank with the albino? |
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kolokotron Fish Egg

Number of posts: 16 Location: australia Thank You Points: 0 Registration date: 2011-08-11
 | Subject: Re: fin pickers Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:01 pm | |
| Only three pristellas and 1 alb lf in a 5 ' tank Ive got 4 more lf alb coming, |
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Aussie guy Juvinile Bristlenose


Number of posts: 106 Age: 32 Location: Perth, Western Australia Job/hobbies: Fish, Rockclimbing, Animals of every kidney Humor: I'd tell a joke, but I can't think of one :) Thank You Points: 5 Registration date: 2011-04-27
 | Subject: Re: fin pickers Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:41 am | |
| Is it possible that adding a few more tetras will diffuse the aggression? From what I understand tetras are happiest in schools of 5+, perhaps rather than getting rid of them adding a few more might diffuse the fin nipping behaviour? Some one else may have more experience with pristella tetras cause I have had them and never seen fin nipping, which is not to say they are not capable of it.
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kolokotron Fish Egg

Number of posts: 16 Location: australia Thank You Points: 0 Registration date: 2011-08-11
 | Subject: Re: fin pickers Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:45 am | |
| I initially had an large school of them and a larger school of neons in a community tank setup. The angels I had at the time as small as they where eventually made short work of most of them. When I went shopping around for some bristlenose for the community tank and spotted the albino lf, quickly decided I want to breed these stunners. Got rid of all my community fish except the 3 remaining pristellas and an enormous brood of mystery snails. The pristellas have now been removed. Set up now consists of 1 x 400lt 5 ft tank w/ a few hundred ( approx ) mystery snails and 1 male lf alb bristlnose. I have 4 at about 4/5cm coming in the next week or so, So if anyone in adelaide has a lf alb female for him I am interested ( hope that requests not outta line Mr Mods ) |
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