JadeCrusader
Mostly New Member
Questions #1:
I originally got two black/orange Variatus (one male, one female). They got along great and the female even had babies. Then a month or so later we added in another black/orange Variatus girl with more clear fins and they also seemed to get along fine. Then we added in some tetras and a Yellow/Black Variatus girl a couple of months later and have been having trouble keeping the tetras alive, but that's in another thread, lol. Anyways, ever since I added in the Yellow/Black female and the tetras my male has been SUPER aggressive. He leaves either courts the Black/Orange female with the clear fins or leaves her completely alone, and he chases the original female and the Yellow/Black female like crazy, even to the point of slamming into them! The Orange/Black female is really starting to seem tired, and the Yellow/Black just hides as best she can. Any ideas??? I don't know what to do. I was hoping they would get along well and make babies, etc, but now he's just being a jerk to them
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Question #2:
What is the best ground covering thing I should put in the tank to keep the babies from getting gobbled up? They had about 5 babies once and within two days they were all gone.
Here are pics of my tank, and I can get more if you need them, hopefully more clear ones too since I can use my husband's camera. These were just taken with my phone.
I originally got two black/orange Variatus (one male, one female). They got along great and the female even had babies. Then a month or so later we added in another black/orange Variatus girl with more clear fins and they also seemed to get along fine. Then we added in some tetras and a Yellow/Black Variatus girl a couple of months later and have been having trouble keeping the tetras alive, but that's in another thread, lol. Anyways, ever since I added in the Yellow/Black female and the tetras my male has been SUPER aggressive. He leaves either courts the Black/Orange female with the clear fins or leaves her completely alone, and he chases the original female and the Yellow/Black female like crazy, even to the point of slamming into them! The Orange/Black female is really starting to seem tired, and the Yellow/Black just hides as best she can. Any ideas??? I don't know what to do. I was hoping they would get along well and make babies, etc, but now he's just being a jerk to them
.Question #2:
What is the best ground covering thing I should put in the tank to keep the babies from getting gobbled up? They had about 5 babies once and within two days they were all gone
.Here are pics of my tank, and I can get more if you need them
, hopefully more clear ones too since I can use my husband's camera. These were just taken with my phone.
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