And not even the male... the female was chasing anything and everything all over my tank, she claimed better than half of a 55 gallon and was defending mercilessly.
The Eunotus now have their own little bungalow, and probably a bunch of live food, too - removed all the cherries I could find, but I'm sure I missed a bunch.
Really? I kept wild caught Eunotus in a 75G with plenty of other community fish. Out of curiosity, is the female bright yellow, with the black mark even blacker than usual? If so, then she's probably got eggs or fry, and any apisto will take as much territory as they can in that regard.
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Had to move her - yes, she was yellow (but not brightly so), with black tip of dorsal, black checkers running down her side, black tips on her bottom fins.
She was ripping things up, big time - when adult flag fish run and hide from a fish that little, yeesh!
She literally claimed 30-36" of a 55g, and was charging anything and everything.
Dave,
If you want the fry to live you should put her back in(They are probably doomed otherwise). If the fry are free swimming you can easily siphon them out.
Were no fry... couldn't even find eggs. I did check around before moving them. She wasn't like the bright yellow I'm used to seeing... far too late if she had already laid eggs, I rescaped to make the others move around.
The latest batch of my eunotus wigglers were moved from pot to pot for 5 days before they became free swimmers. You definitely had babies.
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