HE'S A CHANGED FISH

[majik]

:D5 hours in the naughty bin oviously dun the trick.1 of mt 90mm blue turqs was being a bull to the other 2 90mm blues and was even starting to take on my 170mm red melon so.............today i changed the substrate and painted the back of tank while this is going on i have all the fish (except the bully )in 40g plastic bin and the bully all by his ownself in 40g naughty bin when tank was set back up i introduced all the fish let them settle for an hour then put bully boy back in WELL totally changed fish:)lovely attitude time out really works breakfast will be the teller lol

[tcyiu]

... when tank was set back up i introduced all the fish let them settle for an hour then put bully boy back in WELL totally changed fish:)lovely attitude time out really works breakfast will be the teller lol

Keep the bins handy. You might end up repeating this exercise as different fish ascend to the top of pecking order and start harassing the others. It took me more than 2 months of constant fish commuting, i.e. moving between my main tank and the hospital tank, before my 4 fish finally arrived at some form of detente.

It's been many months now. Aside from a few skirmishes, I no longer see constant harassment of any single fish. Hurray!

Tim

[majik]

yes there actually my water storage bins and as u say i have a little 60mm coming on that has the makings of trouble so far so good if it dosnt stay that way off to the naughty bin lol

[discus_boy]

do you think that this can work to my pair. The male harasses the female and they haven' been a pair for six months. the female is also quiet aggressive as well. do you think i should put them both in the separate naughty bins

[majik]

it could work i cant see it would do any harm distance does make the heart grow fonder but i have also herd of some that have been even naughter when reunited id say give it a go tho my guys a totally well behaved fish now and peace reins good luk let us kno how u get on:D

[crazie.eddie]

It's not because you placed it in a naughty bin, it's because you changed it's surroundings. In the old surroundings, it already established it's territory. When you changed everything and then reintroduced all the fish, they would have been new to their surroundings. Sooner or later, the aggression may start again. You should have waited a few days or weeks before introducing the aggressive one. That way, the other discus could have established their territories already.

[majik]

yes i kno its because the whole tank had changed (i often change things around when introducing new fish to my community tank) it just seamed a funny way to put it lol maybe you dont have super nanny and the naughty chair where you are?it ammused me anyhows and couldnt leave in bin longer as needed for w/c so far so good anyway:)