SAE agression
Two of my 7 S.A.E.s have taken to taken to chasing each other around.They
appear to be sucking the stripes off of each other. After a bout of chase and nip their stripes are barely discernable, but come back overnight. Am I right in assuming this is a territorial dispute between them? What are their reproductive habits and how does one sex them? These are about 2.75" long ( my original is now about 4.5") I am thinking about making one of the aggressive pair go live with the guppies, but I wonder if they will eat the fry. -- Jeff Lowe reply to: j a l o w e 10 @ h o t m a i l dot c o m |
SAE agression
Sounds like normal SAE agression... they aren't the best fish to have,
they tend to end up doing that to every other fish too... eventually, you'll find them sucking off the other fish, then that fish will be dead, and all of the SAE's will be dining on it... I tend to opt for lower aggression algae eaters, pl*cos and Otos... "Jeff Lowe" wrote in message ... Two of my 7 S.A.E.s have taken to taken to chasing each other around.They appear to be sucking the stripes off of each other. After a bout of chase and nip their stripes are barely discernable, but come back overnight. Am I right in assuming this is a territorial dispute between them? What are their reproductive habits and how does one sex them? These are about 2.75" long ( my original is now about 4.5") I am thinking about making one of the aggressive pair go live with the guppies, but I wonder if they will eat the fry. -- Jeff Lowe reply to: j a l o w e 10 @ h o t m a i l dot c o m |
SAE agression
I hate those dam things.. I have 2 that are about 4 inches long and had to
separate them into 2 tanks. They were eating the root's off my little sword plant's runner. they nip at my plants, and boy do they crap alot.. Since they are separte, there is no more agression, and I'm happy.. "RedForeman" wrote in message ... Sounds like normal SAE agression... they aren't the best fish to have, they tend to end up doing that to every other fish too... eventually, you'll find them sucking off the other fish, then that fish will be dead, and all of the SAE's will be dining on it... I tend to opt for lower aggression algae eaters, pl*cos and Otos... "Jeff Lowe" wrote in message ... Two of my 7 S.A.E.s have taken to taken to chasing each other around.They appear to be sucking the stripes off of each other. After a bout of chase and nip their stripes are barely discernable, but come back overnight. Am I right in assuming this is a territorial dispute between them? What are their reproductive habits and how does one sex them? These are about 2.75" long ( my original is now about 4.5") I am thinking about making one of the aggressive pair go live with the guppies, but I wonder if they will eat the fry. -- Jeff Lowe reply to: j a l o w e 10 @ h o t m a i l dot c o m |
SAE agression
Two of my 7 S.A.E.s have taken to taken to chasing each other around.They
appear to be sucking the stripes off of each other. Are they actually sucking on each other? Have you see it? If so, are you sure they are true SAEs, and not CAEs? SAEs don't have sucker mouths. After a bout of chase and nip their stripes are barely discernable, but come back overnight. That is normal for all kinds of fish in territorial disputes. The stripes fade when they are fighting over pecking order. This happens with my clown loaches as well as my SAEs. The color fading is natural and not harmful. And it's not caused by sucking. Am I right in assuming this is a territorial dispute between them? Yes. If they are true SAEs, they will probably settle down once a pecking order is established. Especially with so many fish in the school. (The only time I've had a real problem with SAE aggression was when I had only three of them in a 29 gallon tank. The tank was too small, and so was the school. I put the three SAEs into my bigger tank, and once they were with the larger school there, there was no more aggression.) What are their reproductive habits and how does one sex them? These are about 2.75" long ( my original is now about 4.5") I am thinking about making one of the aggressive pair go live with the guppies, but I wonder if they will eat the fry. I don't know if it's possible to sex them, aside from the usual assumption that the fatter ones are females (if they are in breeding condition). They are egg-scatters, and yours are a bit small for breeding. I have heard that they are easiest to breed when young, but I've also heard that they aren't sexually mature until they are 3" or so. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
SAE agression
"Gimpy" wrote in message le.rogers.com... I hate those dam things.. I have 2 that are about 4 inches long and had to separate them into 2 tanks. They were eating the root's off my little sword plant's runner. they nip at my plants, and boy do they crap alot.. Since they are separte, there is no more agression, and I'm happy.. Odd. I have SAE's, all full size, (4 inches +) in 4 different tanks, bought at different times, and have never had any aggression issues. They occasionally chase each other around, but there's no real heat in the chasing. Is it possible that you have false SAE's, or flying foxes, which *do* get aggressive? Just a thought. billy |
SAE agression
"Gimpy" wrote in message le.rogers.com... I hate those dam things.. I have 2 that are about 4 inches long and had to separate them into 2 tanks. They were eating the root's off my little sword plant's runner. they nip at my plants, and boy do they crap alot.. Since they are separte, there is no more agression, and I'm happy.. Odd. I have SAE's, all full size, (4 inches +) in 4 different tanks, bought at different times, and have never had any aggression issues. They occasionally chase each other around, but there's no real heat in the chasing. Is it possible that you have false SAE's, or flying foxes, which *do* get aggressive? Just a thought. billy |
SAE agression
"Gimpy" wrote in message le.rogers.com... I hate those dam things.. I have 2 that are about 4 inches long and had to separate them into 2 tanks. They were eating the root's off my little sword plant's runner. they nip at my plants, and boy do they crap alot.. Since they are separte, there is no more agression, and I'm happy.. Odd. I have SAE's, all full size, (4 inches +) in 4 different tanks, bought at different times, and have never had any aggression issues. They occasionally chase each other around, but there's no real heat in the chasing. Is it possible that you have false SAE's, or flying foxes, which *do* get aggressive? Just a thought. billy |
SAE agression
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