Festae Grow Out Question

[sbrady5pts]

Hi Everyone,

I am trying to grow out a pair of festae and currently have 5 4-5" inch festae. The largest of which is definitely a female. i would also guess that the second largest is a female and the smallest seems to be the best bet at a male.

The larger female is pretty dominant, but not overly aggressive or violent. I do not want her to slow the growth of everyone else or just significantly out grow the potential male. Do you think I should separate the group? Or just leave them for a while?

 

[PYRU]

Depends on your tank size.

 

[Hoplo]

Depends on the tank, but if you remove her now there is a chance that she will get overly agressive, and un friendly making it impossible to reintroduce a male to her at a later date. I personally would just over feed such taht all the fish get enough food, and wait untill two pair up before removing any.

 

[Rocksor]

Separate the fish into different tanks. Stress from an aggressive fish can slow down the growth of the other fish.

 

[duanes]

I had half dozen Vieja bifasciatum growing out, the largest were the females, and they would always out compete the 1 male for food, and he remined half their size until I put him in his own tank, fed regular amounts, and did lots of water changes. He caught up and surpassed the females in just a couple months.

 

[sbrady5pts]

They are in a 125 currently… The feedback I have seen is really leaving me torn. I was thinking about removing the smaller fish and beefing them up for a few months and then reintroducing them