Like the title says. Recently I picked up 4 geo redhead tapajos. 2m/2f, less dominant male is not the best looking as he's been beaten up by the dominant male so my brother is gonna take him in. Question is should I keep a trio or just the pair?
Redhead tapajos pair or trio?
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Trio they do better in groups imo, also space helps.
They are in a 135g with the pair of dicrozoster that's just id recently.
Thats great just in case things get rough with the lowest ranking female.
Yeah I can see that the females are already bickering.
Better in groups applies mainly to juvies, breeding pairs can be perfectly content as just the pair, so 'better in groups' doesn't necessarily apply as they mature. Trios sometimes work if the pair are tolerant of the extra female or if the extra female isn't trying to claim the male or isn't disrupting spawns, something an odd female sometimes attempts. In other words trios including a pair sometimes work, sometimes not. If the third female is troublesome you may find just the pair is better. Just depends.
Thanks think I'll just keep the pair as the 2 females do chase each other and the male does chase the 2 female.
Update on the smaller pair. Took the smaller pie to my bro in Mn and when I got there. Female is dead! I've done this so many times before and this has never happened to me. I had an air pump running. I had the pair in a small cooler with an albino pleco and some exodons. Could it have been the exodons that killed her? Or the male? The male is smaller than the female, so I don't think it could be him. So disappointed.