Do you guys think It can work out well???

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Armand

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Hi.

Yesterday I picked up a female hump head Flower Horn of about 4.5 inches with the Idea her to share tank with my 5.5" Green Texas...

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Of course that I wouldn't toss FH just like that in the tank with that aggy Texas -Im not stupid- so I put a tank spliter and now they both are in their own share of the tank.

Just at soon as Texas saw the FH he started to buff as a peacock and some stripes appeared in the last third of it's body...Do you think it was because he felt FH was a female???, it looked like some mating reaction I believe.....

What I have in mind is to leave that spliter one, two, three months or as long as it takes for them to get used to see each other and eventually remove the spliter, at the same time I'll throw one or two handfulls of barbs and silver dollars for spreading any possible agression and I will rearrange the setup to brake territories and include some stuff to create some caves for them to hide.

What's your opinion lads? What do you guys think are my chances for this cohabitation work out well???.


Cheers.
 
Tank size?
 
Female FH's can snap at the drop of a hat, and if this one does it could potentially tear your male carpintis a new one.
Generally it's far safer to add a much smaller female FH to the equation, or be prepared for the worse case scenario.
 
I think you will be fine. However, I suggest something others may disagree with. Remove the divider. See if they get along with each other. If not, you can always put back the divider with careful monitoring. I suggest this because if they do get along with each other they may be able to grow up together, giving them a better chance at getting along at a larger adult size.
 
RD. said:
Female FH's can snap at the drop of a hat, and if this one does it could potentially tear your male carpintis a new one.
Generally it's far safer to add a much smaller female FH to the equation, or be prepared for the worse case scenario.
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You could be right although as I see the current scenario I wouldnt imagine how this FH female could tear my Carpintis apart, he's mean and FH seems so quiet and besides she's littler than the Carpints..... As i see them both acting I would worry for the FH instead but who knows...


white15 said:
I think you will be fine. However, I suggest something others may disagree with. Remove the divider. See if they get along with each other. If not, you can always put back the divider with careful monitoring. I suggest this because if they do get along with each other they may be able to grow up together, giving them a better chance at getting along at a larger adult size.
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To tell true I fear removing the spliter now, Carpintis has been acting very aggy, he pretty much changed his behavior now FH is with him, although I dont know if that behavior is due to FH is a female and he wants to mate of just he is aggy and wants to kick the heck outta her....
 
You should buy a new tank then if you never plan to put them together. The longer you wait, the less likely putting them together will work. Really 45 gallons is not going to be enough for either fish when they grow up! Good luck, they are both beautiful fish! I own a couple of texans myself and they are beauties!
 
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