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I just bought a pair of Peacocks from my LFS about two weeks ago. The female was holding when I got them. I stripped the fry when I got home and got them into a breeder net. All seemed to be going well.
The fish seemed rather unagressive so I put them in with a much smaller lab-hybrid thing I picked up awhile back. It can get agressive...but he was half the size of the female peacock in question and about 1/4 the size of the new male. All seemed to be going fine.
Two days ago I noticed that the female was looking a bit beat up. A couple nips in the fins was most of what I saw, so I didn't think too much of it. Then yesterday morning, a big chunk was taken out of her dorsal fin, and pectoral fins were pretty well beat up. These were not cheap fish, so I decided I'd better do something.
While I was observing I noticed the little lab-hybrid start getting aggressive and chasing her around, so i figured he had been the one who was doing it. I nabbed him and put him in a breeder net in the tank. Figured things were fine, left for awhile.
When I came home she was wedged, upside down, next to the breeder net. I assume the male was trying to mate with her again, and for whatever reason, I missed his aggression. He has thus far seemed like a very docile, slow moving fish. Evidently that changes when he's trying to mate.
In any event, for the past (roughly) 20 hours or so, she's been upside down in the breeder net (took the little guy out), breathing very slowly. Her mouth and gills are still moving, but she doesn't look good. Fins are beat up, many missing scales, looks like her tail has some sort of internal bleeding because it's looking red.
Just wondering if there is any hope for her? I've never caught a fish upside down prior to it actually being dead. On that same note, I've never caught one this badly beat up either. If she's upside down, is she done for? Is there anything at all I can do to save her?
Any advice is welcome, and I apologize in advance for the long-winded post. Just trying to figure out how to save her. :fish:
The fish seemed rather unagressive so I put them in with a much smaller lab-hybrid thing I picked up awhile back. It can get agressive...but he was half the size of the female peacock in question and about 1/4 the size of the new male. All seemed to be going fine.
Two days ago I noticed that the female was looking a bit beat up. A couple nips in the fins was most of what I saw, so I didn't think too much of it. Then yesterday morning, a big chunk was taken out of her dorsal fin, and pectoral fins were pretty well beat up. These were not cheap fish, so I decided I'd better do something.
While I was observing I noticed the little lab-hybrid start getting aggressive and chasing her around, so i figured he had been the one who was doing it. I nabbed him and put him in a breeder net in the tank. Figured things were fine, left for awhile.
When I came home she was wedged, upside down, next to the breeder net. I assume the male was trying to mate with her again, and for whatever reason, I missed his aggression. He has thus far seemed like a very docile, slow moving fish. Evidently that changes when he's trying to mate.
In any event, for the past (roughly) 20 hours or so, she's been upside down in the breeder net (took the little guy out), breathing very slowly. Her mouth and gills are still moving, but she doesn't look good. Fins are beat up, many missing scales, looks like her tail has some sort of internal bleeding because it's looking red.
Just wondering if there is any hope for her? I've never caught a fish upside down prior to it actually being dead. On that same note, I've never caught one this badly beat up either. If she's upside down, is she done for? Is there anything at all I can do to save her?
Any advice is welcome, and I apologize in advance for the long-winded post. Just trying to figure out how to save her. :fish: