Black Widow Tetra

[D1s]

Evening all its been a very long time since i last posted on the site so first off how are we all? What id like to ask is are black widows fin nippers? The misus bought a simese fighter which seems to have settled in ok, ( i have no worries with this fish with regards to other fish as i havent got any other fish that resemble a fighter). But my worry is that will the widows nip his fins. Ive done abit of reading up but nothing states if they do or dont. Many many thanks

 

[fishprotector]

They are known to be a little nippy, but if you keep them in a largish shoal (depending on tank size) then it should keep the nipping within the group.

 

[D1s]

I have six widows And my tanks is 65g. I hav 6 gold barbs aswell hich i was assured they were very pieceful fish. Its wierd because all my fish bar a couple seem to keep quite close to the fighter which ive never seen before. The fighter at the moment is staying around the spray bar hidden in the corner.

 

[ninjacheesefish]

I reckon that would be okay, I mean aslong as they're in a group, like you have, fin nipping should be minimal. If they were in a smaller group I would say maybe not.

Just keep an eye on it, if it gets too bad you'll need to seperate them.

 

[fishprotector]

I would say that is enough (just) to keep any nipping between themselves.

 

[D1s]

Ok thankyou. As im sat here he has come out a couple of times and the other fih have not gone too close. Fingers crossed.