Bullying, What Is Sane And What's Not
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QUOTE (mickthefish @ Sep 30 2008, 10:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Liz, you ain’t gonna lose her but if i was you i’d be expecting to see some fry flirting at the top of the tank soon.
she’s in the process of pregnancy and because of that your male will not leave her alone, in the best circumstance the female would be happier in a tank of her own but us fish people rarely have a tank thats free to do this.mick
Sorry I didn’t reply Mick, I didn’t want to be rude, but my pc is making havoc again. How long does a pregnancy of a micky mouse platy take. Oh uh, I just realized I said somethimh very silly about a fish called micky….phew..(goes of to wave herself some fresh air in her very red face)
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QUOTE (Reva @ Oct 2 2008, 10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>she’s just trying to find a way to get away from the male…hide a moment to rest, and then start trying to go forward again. It’s a nervous thing she’s doing.
look at this thing:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod…fm?pcatid=14698
you can use that type, or a simple net cube that hangs on the inside of the tank . You can also get a tank divider and make her a little side room. or you can get a few more females for the male to chase, and a lot of plants.
The male is getting pretty violent. I tried to get Minny and put her in the guppy breeder with no success, but micky (see Mick? micky withhout a capital MWell
/biggrin.gif” style=”vertical-align:middle” emoid=”:D” border=”0″ alt=”biggrin.gif” /> LOLthis is why I dont have swordtails anymore. Cant stand the stress of catching the fry.
I always say to myself that they would make good live food for my angelfish or leopard bush fish. Then I feel sorry for them and in a panic , start fishing them out and setting up a nursery tank…I feel for ya girl *nodding sagely* yep…have a glass of wine And a bubble bath
Can I instead have a cappucino, plz? I don’t drink alcohol (there is good reason), but am a coffee-addict now,
” border=”0″ alt=”wink.gif” /><br />I had a long good think last night and I came to the conclusion that: A, I had a wonderful learning period trying out tropicals, but: B, I can’s stand the hectic of all that hunting and chasing and losing fish I just became friends with,: C, the 60 l tank is just too small for my idealistic wishes and finally : D, while it was a splendid learning curve, I would do the wisest thing to stay with one or two species in the 60 L tank, like tetra’s in a nice how do you call that again, a shoal? And to top it off with: E, I am so not gonna worry about bullying fish anymore. I wont replace them when when they have gone MIO again, instead I will just go out and get me the same amount of tetra’s. I have seen that there is an abundancy of tetra-species and they also are the only group of tropics that stayed peaceful all the time. What’s your opinion about this? <img src=)
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/ph34r.gif” style=”vertical-align:middle” emoid=”:ph34r:” border=”0″ alt=”ph34r.gif” /> from point alpha to point zero, not realy expecting anything… but there he was! Or a she, it’s too tiny to tell the difference, I almost hitted the ceiling! But then I came down very calm, very easy, very focused. Where the bleep did it just go? There he is, I whispered, not to scare him off again, he lives inside of that shell. Maybe there are more of them. darn, he is older then I expected, he already has black fins and a black tail, it must be a platy. But my micky and minny have no black tails or fins. Could the mummy have gone astray? And I just came to (my) conclusion that I may have overpopulated that small tank. I didn’t expect to see any youngsters, but now I am constantly stalking the area where I saw the platy-child the last time. If he is a sole survivor, I hope he makes it into adulthood. Boy, this is exciting! Sssth, Lizzy, a sniper makes no sound….where did my mark go?…Yep, there he is.Our local water is hard as a rock, but that doesn’t seem to be a problem as far as I can tell. When it has rained I filter that water and use it in both tanks. I also boil water and let it rest for a few days before I use it in the tanks. Besides of that I always use EasyLife to soften the water and to help the filtering. I have recently bought a 12 l. tank, but it has nothing extra, no light, no heater, no filter, not even a “roof”
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” border=”0″ alt=”wink.gif” /> )started bashing in on everything his size, no discrimination of sex. He was realy lashing out which makes him sink considerably in my respect. The only thing that works is killing all the light. I almost had Minny, but she almost jumped out of the tank and had my poor heart rocking like Guns’nRoses or Metallica. I am slowely but steadily reaching the conclusion that I should not have messed about and stick with my beautiful goldies, who are missing a lot of my attention these past few weeks.</p>
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” border=”0″ alt=”wink.gif” /> I have several of the plainest waterplants in it and because of the darkness that acompanies fall, I give it some extra light with a bureau-lamp right on top of it. I was planning to make a sick-bay from it. But there is not any money left to further build it up at the moment, so it is just a plant tank for now. I have discovered a second platy baby though and they are coloring orange with black fins and tails.</p>
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