My male carpintis today has been chasing the female and has her hanging out in the upper corner of the tank. All his fins are up and when ever she comes down he chases her back up. Is this normal? She is sitting up in the top corner, she ate when I fed them so should I separate or is this some type of mating behavior. I am ultimately worried about her well being, I rearranged the tank a bit but it made no difference.
Male carpintis chasing female away
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How big is the tank and how big are the fish? They may need to be separated.
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They are in a 55 until they get a bit larger, the male is about 5" and the female around 4". I may end up trading them in for something more appropriately sized for this tank.
Some times the males get to frisky for there own good. I've had luck using a tank dividers with a hole in it small enough for her but not him. He will calm down after time and you can take it out. But there are lots of other factors that can go in to it, tank size, tank stock, water quality, visual barriers and so on. This is only one option I've also sparked a spawn when the female was removed for a week or two then returned. Hope this will help you and good luck.
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Males will often kill an unreceptive female, often overnight, or even in a few hours in a small tank, this not uncommon. In nature a female can escape by swimming 20 ft away or so, in a tank there is no where to go.
I bought them as a pair, maybe they were just a male and female and were not a true mating pair. I have them separated with egg crate currently as my other tanks are only 10g's. If it does not subside I will have to rehome them.
Just because 2 fish are a pair in one tank doesn't mean they will be in another.
Water conditions such as temp, chemistry, or flow can have an effect.
Some pairs, need the presence of another cichlid or similar size fish in the tank, to solidify the pair bond, keep the males attention and aggressive energy on the interloper, and on protecting his investment, the female, not abusing the female.
Sometimes putting another fish on the opposite side of the divider from the pair is enough, or simply having multiple females.
I have five 3"-5" carpintus in a 75 gal, the aggression (at least so far), has been spread out enough, that no one fish gets battered.
Water conditions such as temp, chemistry, or flow can have an effect.
Some pairs, need the presence of another cichlid or similar size fish in the tank, to solidify the pair bond, keep the males attention and aggressive energy on the interloper, and on protecting his investment, the female, not abusing the female.
Sometimes putting another fish on the opposite side of the divider from the pair is enough, or simply having multiple females.
I have five 3"-5" carpintus in a 75 gal, the aggression (at least so far), has been spread out enough, that no one fish gets battered.
Yeah I have silver dollars as target fish but they are ignored. I am probably going to trade the pair in for something else. Maybe some convicts or I'll just go for some schooling fish.
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Pardon my stupid question... Are you sure theyre male and female? But at least you divided them. Males in this mode can kill quicker than u might think.
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