Evil baby beuttikoferi!

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So I was cleaning out the 10g where I have the two baby dels and the baby beuttikoferi and I noticed that my dels' fins were torn up! I checked out the new baby beuttikoferi and it's fins were fine!

I added food and that's when trouble started. The dels started getting busy looking for food and when they got to close to the baby beuttikoferi, she/he attacked them! I thought she was going to take one of their eyes. :(

Has anyone else seen this sort of aggression in baby polypterus? Are Toyins baby bichirs wild caught too? And if they are wild caught, is that a factor behind the beutt's aggression?

TIA for the help :)
 
I have seen this behavior in beuttikoferi before. I saw the exaxt same thing during feeding time. Luckily no fins or tails got torn but the aggressor had his mouth clamp onto the tail for a few good minutes before letting go. This type of aggression only happen during feeding time.
 
All of Toyin's bichirs are wild caught even the baby ones. Fish can have different temperament so some can be very shy and docile while others can be very aggressive and territorial. The buet is probably just being territorial and I've seen that type of behavior with my CB juvie endlis and dels. Bichirs are generally very tough creatures so torn fins won't kill them and they usually settle down after a while, but if damage starts to become very severe or if the buet continues to be very aggressive then you'll have to separate them.
 
Thanks for the help guys. The damage isn't too bad, it looks more like the buett has grabbed their tails and when the dels bolt away their fins were ripped in the teeth.
 
I have 4 2-3'' cb senegals right now in a ten gallon food doesn't seem to be an issue
however territory is
right now #1 has claimed the to of the hydro sponge #2 under the sponge #3seems to have claimed the heater #4 a fake log.
all seems well with #3 and #4.#1 and 2 seem to take turns chasing eachother from their
lil bichirdoms there has been snapping and minor tail damage-Anne
 
so the fact my delhlzi and albino will rest on top off each other and the biggest food issue is my guppies appear to related piranhas and will try to eat any thing resembling food, will in fact literally swarm it is not normal?
I wish you well with you fiesty little beuttikoferi I think they are beautiful but I can never find one around here.
 
My brain hurts every time I try to read that post bluestar :ROFL:

Umm, it's normal for bichirs to pile on top of each other, actually, the aggression is what's out of the norm.

I thought it settled today, but now that I check them again, it's still chasing the dels. I can't stay frustrated with it because it's such a beautiful bichir!! :ROFL: Bright yellow and green, it's a nice conrast to the grey and black dels. :D

As far as pirahna livebearers, no, that's not normal :ROFL:

Buett's are rarely seen in LFS (unless your LFS is awesome!) so ordering through Rehoboth is the best bet.
 
i haven't seen any aggression between any of my polys, but my ornate likes to pick on my tat
 
i wouldn't keep these 2 species together as the buttie grows it will probably attempt to kill your bichirs,polys aren't very territorial towards other fish especially large aggressive cichlids,a friend of mine couldn't keep a 10" buttie in with 4 12"-14" oscars as it was just too bad tempered
 
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