I have 3 BP's. 2 of which have decided to shack up together for quite some time now. Lets call them Zeke&Ruth. They have been shacked up in this one particular cup. As many of you know, BP's are protective and territorial, Zeke is very protective of his Ruth and his area. Now this leaves the last BP, lets call him Titus (TT-our nickname for him). Zeke ocassionally beats the trash out of TT when he goes anywhere near his cup. TT is the best eater in the tank and he is also the most fearless in that he always in the front of the tank and he rarely hides, except when he is getting tortured by Zeke. Unfortunately, TT has started to get covered in black spots...we all know what that means, he's gettin' stressed. I will have my larger tank up and running in about 3 weeks. Here is my dilemma....1.)should I just hang on until I get the larger tank up and running or 2.) Should I try to find him a better home for him now. We love the lil' guy cause he just hangs in there and takes it. Zeke is much larger and pushes TT around, but TT just hangs in there. I've tried putting different plants in the middle, in fact I put a wall up near the cup to block Zeke's view. But it's like he smells him comin' around. It sucks to watch TT get black spots, pushed around, and left alone.
But we really like him and dont want to get rid of him...what do you guys think and what would you do if you were me?????
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Re: I really need everyones opinion...
They are in a 40g now. They will be going into a 70g in about 3 weeks. And Zeke does have some smaller firemouths to chase around in addition to Titus. I have a couple of movies on the BPTV tab on the left side of the column. Go to the last page and I have a few videos.
Re: Re: I really need everyones opinion...
i really hope it all works out till u get the bigger tank. even then though, u never know :( if that is the case i hope u have someone special who can give him a new home. keep us posted.
Re: I really need everyones opinion...
thats hard. u dont want to get rid of him,but u dont want him to get bullied all the time either. what size tank do u have now? and what other fish do u have in it? do u have any dither fish that zeke might chase sometimes instead of titus? i hope u get ur big tank set up soon, sometimes all it tanks is more room, but sometimes 3 is a crowd and zeke may just want him gone :( id like to know about the tank and other fish though ( i forgot)