I am fairly new to mfk.com, and this will be my first forum post (other than for marketplace and introduction).
I am not sure if I am posting this in the right category but here i go.
And if i am not doing it at right area, please direct me to the correct forum. While your at it, i am seeking advicw for a stock idea for my 125 tank, where would i go for that?
Also please excuse my grammer, as i am writing through my phone with no auto correct. Thanks
So recently i paired up my 2 year old female red devil with a 2-3 year old midas. I introduced them in my 125 tank. It wasnt a good idea but at the time i just threw in the midas, not seperating them and slowly introducing them first.
Now my female RD is a super calm fish for its kind, it previously lived with about 5-10 other medium to very small (from frys to juvie) fishes in a 100 gallon hexagon tank and did not attack any of them.
When i put the midas and red devil together they were alone in the 125. After few hours of settling in, the RD and midas starting attacking each other vigorously, I did a lot of research beforehand and found this normal, so it wasn't a concern for me. The female held its ground and sometimes the male would back off or sometimes the female would back off. But after about 2 and a half days, they stoped fighting and started living with each other peacefully.
They both started moving all the pebbles to one side and created a big empty space. The male would follow the female around expecting and waiting to fertalize her eggs, but she never laid any. This went on for about 2 weeks.
I decided to seperate them with a divider in the 125 since i knew the males become aggressive if females dont lay their eggs.
I only seperated them for about 2 days because they did not want to be seperated at all.... Both, especially the male was always by the divider trying to go through it (it was quite sad actually
)
So i removed the divider.......
@@ohh i just remembered, when i introduced the two and they fought for 2 days, none had serious injuries like many that i've seen before. Other than a little damage on lips, there were no riped fins or scales.both were pretty even but yea the male was still a decent size bigger than the female@@@
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So i removed the divide and let them be at it again. About 3 weeks passed but still no eggs... And the whole process, i did raise the water temperature to 80-84
I moved them to a 55 gallon with no pebbles or decorations, only te essentials and a flat plate.
They have been in there for about 2 weeks now and still no eggs....
Male is more aggressive now while female does nothing at all except eat.
Still no major damge though
So what am i doing wrong?
Will Appreciate the responses and ideas. Thanks
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I am not sure if I am posting this in the right category but here i go.
And if i am not doing it at right area, please direct me to the correct forum. While your at it, i am seeking advicw for a stock idea for my 125 tank, where would i go for that?
Also please excuse my grammer, as i am writing through my phone with no auto correct. Thanks
So recently i paired up my 2 year old female red devil with a 2-3 year old midas. I introduced them in my 125 tank. It wasnt a good idea but at the time i just threw in the midas, not seperating them and slowly introducing them first.
Now my female RD is a super calm fish for its kind, it previously lived with about 5-10 other medium to very small (from frys to juvie) fishes in a 100 gallon hexagon tank and did not attack any of them.
When i put the midas and red devil together they were alone in the 125. After few hours of settling in, the RD and midas starting attacking each other vigorously, I did a lot of research beforehand and found this normal, so it wasn't a concern for me. The female held its ground and sometimes the male would back off or sometimes the female would back off. But after about 2 and a half days, they stoped fighting and started living with each other peacefully.
They both started moving all the pebbles to one side and created a big empty space. The male would follow the female around expecting and waiting to fertalize her eggs, but she never laid any. This went on for about 2 weeks.
I decided to seperate them with a divider in the 125 since i knew the males become aggressive if females dont lay their eggs.
I only seperated them for about 2 days because they did not want to be seperated at all.... Both, especially the male was always by the divider trying to go through it (it was quite sad actually
)So i removed the divider.......
@@ohh i just remembered, when i introduced the two and they fought for 2 days, none had serious injuries like many that i've seen before. Other than a little damage on lips, there were no riped fins or scales.both were pretty even but yea the male was still a decent size bigger than the female@@@
.
.
So i removed the divide and let them be at it again. About 3 weeks passed but still no eggs... And the whole process, i did raise the water temperature to 80-84
I moved them to a 55 gallon with no pebbles or decorations, only te essentials and a flat plate.
They have been in there for about 2 weeks now and still no eggs....
Male is more aggressive now while female does nothing at all except eat.
Still no major damge though
So what am i doing wrong?
Will Appreciate the responses and ideas. Thanks
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