crdave Posted May 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Hi Pat, do you mean 25% before adding the girls, put them in and then do a 25% change a week later. Or should I put them in after the second change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crdave Posted May 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Saw some peppered catfish today.Would they be ok to put in my second girl tank that I'm starting up now. It's another 2ft tank with same setup as the other. These cats looked very similar to bronze corys in size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figure_8 Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 I've had peppered corys in with bettas with no problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debstep Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 I have had peppered in as well with no problems, I would think just about any sort of Cory would be fine. Cheers Deb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crdave Posted May 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Looks like I'm off to buy some on the weekend. Saw some others as well. I think they were called blacktops but I'm not sure. Have to go have another look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 I find that the HM females are the most mean to eachother, all the others i have kept got on relatively fine but my hm ones always seem to attack eachother! Although they were nicer with plants and little territories etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crdave Posted May 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 I put three female CT's in the tank an hour or two ago and so far not one fight. Just check each other out and swim away.Sometimes they don't even swim away ,just hang around. They were in one of those auquaone three barracks tanks while in qt where they could see each other so maybe that has helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 HM females fight because they have been raised like males... in isolation, and that raises aggression by far than if they had been raised in a coom tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 good point. Do CT females get jarred too? I haven't spawned CTs in years, can't remember! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 I would say that some breeders jar ct females too, since they would want to preserve their finnage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figure_8 Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 I jar all my females... ct, hm, dt.. don't make no difference to me :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debstep Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 I jar all the babies the the females go out into a girl tank once the egg spot shows- I have found the worst for being snippy are the PK's out of mine but still it only seems minor (fingers crossed) Cheers Deb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
najrick Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Same as Deb in that we jar all our fish. With the exception of very nice females the rest end up going into one of our community tanks. Some of these such as ones we keep for breeding will go into floating containers. They all end up having a bit of a flare at each other and will fight. Those from the same spawn tend to fight less with each other. Those straight from barracks/jars tend to want to fight the most but they soon get over it especially when the matriach of the tank comes over to sort them out. Lots of plants and hidey spots help as does having other fish varieties in the tank to divert their attention. As for one type being more aggressive than the other I can't say I have seen anything defintive. Some individual females are just downright nasty but I haven't isolated that down to any colour or type just individuals. (Putting on my battle helmet and ducking for cover I'll say "Bit like in real life" ) From my experience the red's might be a little more aggro than the rest (including CT's) followed by the CG's and Blues but not by much. Our Marble CT's don't seem to have much of a care factor for any sort of fighting. If anything I've noticed the lighter coloured ones such as Cambodians, Platinums and Opaques (the few we have had) are the least aggressive and the ones not picked on by the more aggressive one. Could be a colour thing and a less perceived threat? Cheers, Pat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crdave Posted May 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Mine are three blue ct's and they are getting along really well.They actually spend a lot of time in one corner of the tank together and swim around together quite often. Heres me worrying about putting them in there thinking they might tear each other apart. It's heaps funny at feed time when they all line up and look up at you. I hadn't named them but now they're the Charlies Angels. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Nice names pics? Just be very careful when you're thinking of adding more people, you dont want to stir them up now that they have established a life of harmony with eachother... And still keep an eye on them, incase they still decide to become enemies :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crdave Posted May 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 Yeah Steffan, I thought that, and I reckon I will just keep these three in the tank. Seems a bit of a waste of space but I don't want to risk breaking the peace and the other female I was going to put in there has a very quiet nature whereas these three are a lot more active. I'll keep a close eye on them but so far they are all being good girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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