Battle scars from the night

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Jack Dempsey
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So i went down this morning to check on my "pond" and found my red oscar with a bunch of fresh battle scars from the night. He is 12"-13" long and seems to feel the need to fight with my rare oscar(the male i assume) and my bahia red tail doesnt take any bs from him as you can see from the pic. I was down watching them this morning and he locked lips with the bahia red tail and the bahia proceeded to push him to the surface and out of the water. It was quite a sight to see. Very impressive display from my bahia. Sadly i think this red oscar will be killed over the next few days but i dont know for sure.

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Hes in there so the male doesnt kill the female. Sacrificing a $5 oscar to keep a rare $150 oscar alive is a necessary evil. The Bahia Red Tails are a breeding pair that have spawned 2 times in my pond and i would sacrifice 100 $5 oscars for species preservation all day long to keep the bahia line going.
 
Why necessary? Divide the enclosure.

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OR you could get ideas from MFKers who manage breeding aggression in different ways, AND successfully!
Bahias are not endangered, only less common on market.

You just won a Mean People Suck Award.
 
sorry to say, but in my opinion this is cruel....if the only way to breed the red tails is to sacrifice others then don`t breed them, sure fish get killed all the time when kept together, but to knowingly put them in just to get beaten to death so the "more valuable fish survives" is no better than the people who use "bait dogs" to train their fighting pitbulls.
 
After this red oscar gets "sadly" killed, he will have to be replaced with another one & then another... until owner gets fry. The LFS must think he's into rescuing adult oscars. or maybe answers craiglisters: Free To Good Home.
Lazya$$ breeder management strategy. must cut down on breeding habitat size, hiding/escape places etc.
I truly hope this approach is not commonly practiced.???

I'd really like to know the answer to that question.
This thread just screwed my mind for the day. especially Re: Shopping for unique fish= "Yayyyyyyy..."
NOT.
 
Just to clarify its not the only one in the pond that has fight marks. There are 2 oscars an azul peacock bass and a red belly pacu that all have marks. I couldnt say who the one is doing the damage, my best guess is the clown knife because he is the biggest. My pond has the following in it

21" clown knife
2 - 12" to 13" red oscars
breeding pair of bahia red tails 13"
7" yellow acara
13" red belly pacu
14" florida gar
19" orange flower ray
17" marbled motoro

The little acara, the clown and the rays are the only ones with no marks on them. I think its ludicrous to even consider separating them all. Fish fight right? Territories get established? Is this not nature? Honestly i dont think anyone will die.
 
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