I have 2 leopard bush fish I bought both in december 2017 one was a bith larger than the other over the year the smaller one has over taken the other one. The one that has grown quicker is about 4.5 inches the other one bearly 3 iches I have seen some pushing around from the bigger one but nothing serious when I had them in the grow out tank the one that is now smaller was more dominant and always ate first but now in the bigger tank things seemed to have changed
leopard bush fish big size difference
- Thread starter bathawk
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keeping a eye on the to make sure not too much bullying going just the size difference got me thinking
On wednesday I noticed the bigger one roughing up the smaller one so I decided to move the smaller one as it kept hiding behind the filter now the bigger one seems to have gone into a sulk and keeps looking at the filter where the smaller on was hiding looks like they can't live with each other or live without each other.
It may not be pretty but how about a tank divider?.....another tactic I employed in similar situations was to chase the aggressor around the tank with my net for a few minutes.Obviously I wasn't around everytime they got into it but I would do that when I was present to catch the activity and the fighting eventually stopped.
I have been doing that when I see the bigger bullying the smaller one I would chase the bully around with a plastic rod at the moment the smaller one is in another tank hopefully it will put on some size and I can put it back in the bigger tank
Try feeding it a little more and more often than the bigger one....and bump up it's water chages.
