Red Tail not eating???

[West1]

west1,any aggression going on in them?
yea.
tats can be stubborn buggers.
mine occasionally ate when i didnt watch during the first mth.
but now he follows me around waiting for feeders.

There is some aggression in the tank. It has calmed down since the first couple of days. At first my Tat would rush the new Tats and one morn. I woke up to find my larger Tat (one of the new ones) had some blood i his right eye. It has healed up now and you cant even tell that he had a gash in his eye. Now they school here and there but my old Tat is still trying to be the more dominant one. All Tats have settled in and are more comfy. I can tell by their color and they are not as scared anymore. They eat in front of me like no tomorrow (this is new since adding the 2. My old Tat would only eat when they crossed his face, now he follows his prey).
I'm curious what the turn out is going to be as of monday, cause I;m going back to the starving died. I am just going to keep a pc of silversides hanging from a pc of fishing line. I have this in there now when I add feeders and they all take shots. If I starve them I'm wondering if they will take more shots???? Or get more aggressive???

ya it always takes them a few to settle in. plus having friends to play with helps too

Yeah, I guess so.
They dont really have any bite marks on their body anymore (plus the new ones bite/fight back) and all wounds have pretty much healed up.
I do see they follow each other or chase each other here and there. So I hope it is playing around rather than aggression

 

[pwmin]

sounds good, west.


i got some more comets yesterday and it ate 2 of them. i am going to quarantine the rest (i know i should've quarantined them all) and will continue for 2 weeks. i hope it will eat some of the other food i throw in there in the meantime. i got a 901 (110) powerhead and put in there (upgraded from smaller one) and it likes to swim in the current. seems to be settling in more. even though it's been a PIA, it's quickly becoming my favorite fish

 

[West1]

sounds good, west.


i got some more comets yesterday and it ate 2 of them. i am going to quarantine the rest (i know i should've quarantined them all) and will continue for 2 weeks. i hope it will eat some of the other food i throw in there in the meantime. i got a 901 (110) powerhead and put in there (upgraded from smaller one) and it likes to swim in the current. seems to be settling in more. even though it's been a PIA, it's quickly becoming my favorite fish

As much as I would rather add comets, I stick to Minnows. I feel if I keep them for life I would be causing harm to them in the long run from the spines of goldfish (or If I sell them, I want the buyer to get their moneys worth).
This is strictly MOP, and yes I do spend more on minnows but I do it for the fish

Keep us posted on how your Tats doing

 

[vamptrev]

There is some aggression in the tank. It has calmed down since the first couple of days. At first my Tat would rush the new Tats and one morn. I woke up to find my larger Tat (one of the new ones) had some blood i his right eye. It has healed up now and you cant even tell that he had a gash in his eye. Now they school here and there but my old Tat is still trying to be the more dominant one. All Tats have settled in and are more comfy. I can tell by their color and they are not as scared anymore. They eat in front of me like no tomorrow (this is new since adding the 2. My old Tat would only eat when they crossed his face, now he follows his prey).
I'm curious what the turn out is going to be as of monday, cause I;m going back to the starving died. I am just going to keep a pc of silversides hanging from a pc of fishing line. I have this in there now when I add feeders and they all take shots. If I starve them I'm wondering if they will take more shots???? Or get more aggressive???



Yeah, I guess so.
They dont really have any bite marks on their body anymore (plus the new ones bite/fight back) and all wounds have pretty much healed up.
I do see they follow each other or chase each other here and there. So I hope it is playing around rather than aggression

they will get pretty territorial but if they all stay healthy they will be able to put up w each other. if one dosnt grow as fast as the others, u have to watch they dont try to take out the weakest link