How do you heat your house? : here,in india we do no have those kinda pipe fittings for heating room but instead we have electric heaters that have exposed filaments
I have had other heater tubes crack or shatter and not been able to figure out why. One failure was traced back to a bubbler too near the hang on the side type heater : can it be the reason bcoz my heater was always on side of filter and bubbler now i m a bit satisfiedthanx
and sorry to go sidetrack but i also wanted to ask u all a question about cons
i,first time,saw two convict in my lfs and as i have never bred them,i became excited and purchased only female as male was all tore up by her,the lfskeeper asked me to take him 3-4 days after when he will be able to cope up that situation so,will female accept him and they both were only fish in that tank and can they form a pair and breed or will she again eat him up as earlier
Hello; My current house has a heat pump and forced air ducts that circulate the air in use. This is a replacement system as the house at first had the resistance type electric heaters with elements in each room similar to what you describe. I have kept the old resistance heat units in place but rarely use them as the heat pump is supposed to be more energy efficient. It may save electricity but is not a comfortable heat.
I have a large tank, about 80 gallons, with electric resistance heating elements that heat water for baths, showers and such. This is what I was referring to when discussing the use of boiler filaments. It is very likely that what you are describing and my examples are much different.
My experience with convicts is in the past and limited, but I have had similar issues with dominant fish. I will make some comments but have little confidence that they will work.
One of the methods I have used has been to separate fish as you have, but in the opposite way. If I understand correctly you now have the more aggressive female at home and hope to later add the male, whom she has already mauled. My guess is that the female now being in the home tank and established may well again be the dominant and attack the male when he is later added.
I have removed an aggressive fish in the past and kept it in a holding tank for some time. Then later when it was put back into the main tank, it was sometimes less aggressive. Much of the time an aggressive fish has remained aggressive even with this method.
Another way has been to have a tank divider so that the fish can see each other but not be able to get at each other for a time. Later the fish are allowed together. This has also had mixed results.
Size may well matter the most, both tank size and the male size. I am guessing than in a large enough tank the male may be able to get far enough away from the female so that she may not continue to beat him up. Having structure/plants in place so that the line of sight is broken may also help. It could also be good to have several hiding places around the tank. If he can get away from her and survive long enough, perhaps she will in time accept him.
The size of the male may be a factor, If he is smaller than the female. Perhaps you could house him in another tank and allow him to get some size. Introduce him to the female from time to time to see if this helps.
If he is the only male around she may in time decide to accept him. There may be something about him that she does not like now. She may never accept him. Could the lfs have a different male at some point? My speculation is that this pair combination is not likely to work.
