Well the Beani is now in his own tank , he started nudging my male jd ( the one he's been hanging around since I put him in) my JD nudged him back eventually and that was it fight ! I sat back and watched hoping one would win and the other would accept it I mean that's how it normally works but like I said before the beani doesn't seem to want to fight it wants to kill and won't let the other fish accept defeat and just keeps chasing and attacking. Since I have removed the beani he seems a little depressed , he used to eat like it was a race in the 180 community but now in his 55 he dont seem bothered and just eats bits n Bob's no where near like before. I'm also running his tank at 24.5 degrees as opposed to the 26 in the 180 I did this temp change over 2 days when I first put him in , do you think he's sulking and bored or do you think he has early signs of bloat from pigging to much in the 180 he used to be in until a couple of weeks ago.
I also read some sort of scientific report on these fish and they kept so many in different tanks at different temp ranges I think it was 26 degrees 28, 29 & 30 . And they said the ones kept in 30 degrees were bigger stronger fish compared to others in the lower temps of 26 which we are all told is there upper temp limit , also it stated that although some were caught in 26 degree water many was caught in 30 degrees water , are we all doing it wrong from what we've read and hence why we all lose so many? Do they usually move from cooler to warmer water to eat ? No matter which fish site I get info from it almost seems copy and pasted from the last one I read and this report is the only thing I've read that says anything different. These fish thrive in the wild , any have any personal experience which didn't end in the fish dying young ? I'd appreciate any tips and insight to what you done to successfully raise them to full size , mine is currently approaching 6"
