I asked for the one with the most stripes!That Del has really nice solid uniform stripes! (And a non-tubby body shape.)
What did you ask them to pick out for you?
Congrats! Looks like they are already buds.
thank you! Yeah I'm hoping they aren't the ones who nipped my del.
thank you! She's so pretty!
Definitely looks like a poly attack to me. I saw one of my smaller ornates bite the tail of another larger ornate and hold on for a good second or two the other day. I was about to go break them up then it let go. Similar injury.Man, your luck!
Watch closely over the next few days to see who the culprit is. It could just be establishing new heirarchy with the poly pack.
Would a barb be able to hurt the Del that much? Are either of the other polys injured? I think it's more likely that it was another poly, personally but I have never owned barbs.
They did a great job picking for you - that's a great looking Del!
If you like the green tiger barbs you would probably like Torpedo barbs. They are a much rarer type of barb and get around 6 inches or so. They make a good poly tank mate for a planted aquarium I have witnessed a setup from a guy near me who had a lot of poly's in multiple tanks (where I bought my largest sen and 3 ornates) he had 6 Torpedo barbs, 2 sens, 1 huge Del in a planted aquarium. Looked good. I wanted his Del so bad but couldn't justify the cost and risk of adding to my setup due to its size.
Torpedo barb= Denisons barb= Roseline shark= Denisonii barb. It's a barb and known plant eater unfortunately. You may be able to curb their vegetation appetite by suppling zucchini, kale, nori. Didn't work for my filamented barbs, a close relative. They ate all that and my plants too. They are a great fish once larger size to live happily along side most polys. Very active too.
My bad I didn't realize they were any more or less of a plant eater than other barb types.
