Will my ITs aggression go away?

[sevank21]

I have a 10-11" IT. I had him in a community tank and all was well. I had him eating super worms but I decided its time to get him on pellets. So I've started starving him. It's been appx 1 week and he's starting to get aggressive Towards my black aro (who is a tad bit smaller). Is his aggression from hunger? I have a feelig it is.

So I moved him to a tank by himself to starve/train him. Once I get him smashing pellets. Will his aggression go away? And moved back into the community tank? By that time my aro should be a little bit stronger and bigger.

Another thing is, I read somewhere that datnoids don't get along with pbass....I'm getting a cichla xingu soon but he'll be in a grow out. Will it ever be safe (and at what size) for my pbass to be around him.

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[rgonzales]

Cant help on your first question but its hit or miss with dats and cichla its all on the aggression of each individual fish

 

[sevank21]

Ya I kinda figured that. All depends on personality.

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[arodini]

pbass are strong and can handle the fight with any fish. But the dats' with their quick mouth will try to get the eyes of the opponents. All four of my pbass got blinded from the dats...only the biggest still lives. I personally wouldn't risk testing your dat's personality with a xingu pbass.

 

[sevank21]

Think I'm getting rid of this IT. I got a decent offer. However I do have a smaller 5" NTT that's pretty chill but ill put them together when the bass is a little bigger than he is and hell out grow the NTT within weeks and soon enough be the bigger guy. So hopefully that match will work.

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[Ade]

Starving big tigers does make them a tad more agressive I find.
The display more, and are always upfront of the tank .
When they are full, they go into digestion mode and are alot less active.
Having fast moving dither fish that he can't nail and beat up , can help.

Starving tigers to convert is easy , but you need strong will power.
I just make sure I feed them what they will eat for one day periodically whilst converting to pellets.
Some will disagree and say doing that defeats the object: but let's face it, feeding a tiger, prawns once only in 3-4 weeks and he'll still be dam starving and hungry.
This way might take longer than purely starving, but I don't have to worry about them starving to death.
Tigers can live many years: 10 -15 years at least I reckon, so plenty if time to convert.



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[T1KARMANN]

most of the large tigers you see for sale are from fights with aros

the aro would need to be a lot bigger than the tiger for it to work black aros are very slim and not as much mass as the tiger

you will always get fights it depends how bad if it gets to a stage when one stops feeding it will be a problem if its just split tails i would let it roll

aros never seam to lose barbels or damage the front fins as the aro is swimming away fast which is lucky as black aros seam to be the hardest to regrow barbels and if any aro snaps a front fin you may as well bin it as the bone cartlige part never grows back right

 

[sevank21]

Ya my blk aro seemed stressed and stopped eating also stayed on the opposite end of the tank. so I separated and he started eating again.

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