baby aros

[vincentliu89]

Hello, i have three baby aros in my tank, like about 2 inch each, it seems like one of them keep bullying the other two. The question is that should i take him out? Or its normal for him to do that? Will it stress out the other 2 aros and kill them? please help!

 

[Yoji_嬰孩]

dominance already, remove and just keep the one. Or add some powerheads at the water level (to lower fights) and some plants for the other one to hide out. I would just remove the problem though, but then the next two might start so I say just go with the one.

 

[vincentliu89]

So i should only raise one at a time? hmm?

 

[Yoji_嬰孩]

not saying that, but you already have one thats beating the other in. How big is this tank first of all?!

 

[vincentliu89]

oh the tank is 30 gallon

 

[Yoji_嬰孩]

omg, I hope you have a lot bigger tank ready for these guys as they can easily hit 12" in a year or less. You should get rid of the 2 and just raise one.

 

[BaTsBR]

well, you got two alternatives
1 - get ride of the other 2 that's being bullied
2 - get a bigger tank for them (all of them) - and that's the most important, no matter how much aros you have.
anyway, good luck with them

 

[CICL]

normally it's not recommended to comm only 3 aros. the minimum aros for comm is about 5-6. the more you have, the less aggressive they are and will fight for territory. aros like still water at the surface. don't add powerheads, u'll stress them

 

[kriztu]

what variety are they by the way?

 

[jay17]

aros will be less aggressive if put in groups of 5 to 8.. you could separate each aros or buy more aros but please buy a bigger tank.. a minimum of 150 gallons would suffice ONE silver aro..