Ok, here is the question of the day fellas.
I recently took home 2 pink convicts. The Salesman or I cant figure out which sex they are. My main concern is that 1 has completely taken over the tank...and the other is limited to a corner of the tank, behind a plant. As soon as the smaller one comes out to "explore", the bully comes out and chases it. The bigger one cant catch the other so I'm not worried about them eating eachother, I'm just worried about the stress level for the smaller fish. Perhaps I have 2 males? Perhaps I have a male and female but the female isnt mature enough yet, so the male is not happy with her. I really dont have the answers, and it seems that no one at the pet stores do either. I feel terrible for the smaller convict, male or female because it has no courage to fight back, it just runs its ass off when the bigger one comes, and when i say bigger, i mean its noticable, but nothing out of hte ordinary, I would say 1 is about a half inch bigger than the other. The salesman said they are either both male, or the female is too imature so the male drives her away. Has anyone every encountared such behavior, they are paired together alone in a 15 galls long tank. Any suggests, comments, insults
, anything? Oh and keep in mind that once food is dropped into the tank, its a nuthouse, the smaller one doesnt care anymore and will do anything for its food.
So their diet is still stable. Very strange behavior though. Sorry for the long post, but i wanted to be as detailed as possible.
Thanks in advance.
Call me the convict with the convicts.
2 pink convicts - male or female not sure?
15 gallon tank. *crazysmil
I recently took home 2 pink convicts. The Salesman or I cant figure out which sex they are. My main concern is that 1 has completely taken over the tank...and the other is limited to a corner of the tank, behind a plant. As soon as the smaller one comes out to "explore", the bully comes out and chases it. The bigger one cant catch the other so I'm not worried about them eating eachother, I'm just worried about the stress level for the smaller fish. Perhaps I have 2 males? Perhaps I have a male and female but the female isnt mature enough yet, so the male is not happy with her. I really dont have the answers, and it seems that no one at the pet stores do either. I feel terrible for the smaller convict, male or female because it has no courage to fight back, it just runs its ass off when the bigger one comes, and when i say bigger, i mean its noticable, but nothing out of hte ordinary, I would say 1 is about a half inch bigger than the other. The salesman said they are either both male, or the female is too imature so the male drives her away. Has anyone every encountared such behavior, they are paired together alone in a 15 galls long tank. Any suggests, comments, insults
, anything? Oh and keep in mind that once food is dropped into the tank, its a nuthouse, the smaller one doesnt care anymore and will do anything for its food. So their diet is still stable. Very strange behavior though. Sorry for the long post, but i wanted to be as detailed as possible.
Thanks in advance.
Call me the convict with the convicts.
2 pink convicts - male or female not sure?
15 gallon tank. *crazysmil