New Orino problems

[MHcblues119]

Ok so i picked up a 7+in orino from another mfk member...i let him sit with a drip for a few hours. They threw him in the tank. As soon as he hit the water my mono and him started flaring their gills and going at it.(not bad, just showing whos boss)

Well now my poor orino who is bigger then the mono just sits in the top corner of the tank behind my overflow. his been in the tank since sunday and has not eaten yet

should i be worried? His fins are torn a tiny big but not bad

 

[HULON]

do you just have one mono&Orino ? I'd say the orino lost that battle and is definatly being bullied you may have to seperate and try again later on as always more fish create more distractions but if you have no intention of adding more fish i would seperate for a while ....

 

[bassinmike85]

words of advice, i go threw pbass all the time..but not anymore..what i have noticed once u have a pbass so long in a tank he will bully anything/everything u put in the tank..best advice seperate them asap..good luck..

btw..if you can seperate for a while n put the orino back in, before u put him back in, feed the mono goldfish n fill him up..i do the alot when adding new fish n it works..

 

[fish junkie]

Amazing how many orinos are being bullied lately it used to be the other fish getting beat on .When i have a new fish and i know i have a bully fish living in the tank i pull the bully fish out and let the new fish gather his bearings for a few days . Then do a water change and move everything in the tank around so it looks different and add the bully fish back in the tank it gives both fish an even chance also make the structure ie,rock work drift wood etc offer more then two places for a dominant fish to chill out usually then the fish will just trade places versus chase each other all the time .

 

[MHcblues119]

Well The orino is only the second bass in the tank...Im growing out 3 more small monos...and might pick up jimmies brokos. So there will be more going into the tank. And there also with 2 dats, motoro, oscar, endlie, giraffe cat

 

[MHcblues119]

Heres a crappy cell pic of the 2 fish...the orino is the front one...and the mono is in the back...this was taken sunday

 

[Morledzep]

what did the orino eat before you bought him? peacock bass can be very food fixated. if he's never had anything but live you're going to beat your head against a wall getting him to eat anything else.

i'm winning the battle, but i've had some bad losses to fish that won't change off of live. i feed a combo of meat (tilapia, shrimp, catfish, swai, chicken breasts, chicken hearts) and Hikari cichlid gold and Carni sticks.

i recently lost one of my ocell/mono mutts because he just wouldn't eat anything but live, i was buying him live fish every other week just so he would eat SOMETHING.. but he still starved himself to death.

the advice about doing a big water change and moving the decor around so it looks and feels like strange territory is a good one, it's worked many times for me when i've added new peacock bass to an established tank.

 

[MHcblues119]

He was jsodwi old orino. He was eating tilapia and shrimp with the occasional pellet or 2. One monday i bought 20 goldies and threw them in hoping he would chase them around...And he didnt=[...I actually ordered 2 of those 36" fake bamboo plants so im going to redo the tank with riverstones/sand when they come in.

 

[Morledzep]

yep, that might be the answer.. good luck, i'd hate to see anything bad happen to such a beautiful orino.

 

[bridgefisher]

Amazing how many orinos are being bullied lately it used to be the other fish getting beat on .When i have a new fish and i know i have a bully fish living in the tank i pull the bully fish out and let the new fish gather his bearings for a few days . Then do a water change and move everything in the tank around so it looks different and add the bully fish back in the tank it gives both fish an even chance also make the structure ie,rock work drift wood etc offer more then two places for a dominant fish to chill out usually then the fish will just trade places versus chase each other all the time .

+1 on this. Also if other tanks are not available, Eggcrate for light fixtures is easy to cut to size and split your tank into two sides. I had a 135 split into 3 sections with 3 different sizes and species split up. when they all are similarly eating and a reasonable size pull the egg crate.