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Originally Posted by KimPossible I've been dragging my feet on my fuge project.... its almost done...so the question is why! Ok....I'm gonna get motivated NEXT weekend  |
lol! That's how I've been with mine also, always have other things to do... wel not really, just never have days off.
So I figure since I finally have one i'll work on it.
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Originally Posted by cheeks69 am in agreement with Michael (1991) in not suggesting the necessity of group purchase and husbandry. The various Anthiines live in large aggregations with a definite pecking order that is not replicable or desirable in captive care. If you want to buy a colorful male, only buy one. Similarly, unless you have a very large tank, more than one (or two) females is unnecessary and may well lead to endless fighting and loss. If you lose your only or alpha (dominant) male, the next most dominant specimen will in time change sex to take it's place.
House only one species to a system. If at all possible, acquire all individuals at the same time from the same batch. I have seen all species offered in the trade maintained solitarily for extended periods of time. Solitude is not deadly to them. |
Cheeks, thanks for the info, you seem to always have what I need to know.
So is that little snippit even saying that I shouldn't even keep a group of four? So just a pair might be my best bet... You think that I may be able to try two pairs of different species, to see how it works out? I have seen it sucessfully done before in a 90 gallon (3 year old pairs), and again in a similar sized tank.
Now I've got some deciding to do... I would love a small school, but I would also like to try two different species.... both of which aren't recommended by Fenner.
