PICS! 105 custom tall: aquabee's exit from the world of nanos

[Chris360]

I thump my geos, lol.
I find cichlids respond the best to a good, well placed thumping.

LOL.....

[eklikewhoa]

Quockathon, I did that. No effect whatsoever! The geos do mind a thump though.

gotta put some heart into and do it like you mean it!

[TaTeR ToT]

Hey bee, those two Tapajos from the vid you posted are a definite pair.

The male looks like breeding condition is starting.
Breeding dress on males and females is the same.
They develop light zig zag or sometimes vertical lines on their flanks.

[TaTeR ToT]

I thump my geos, lol.
I find cichlids respond the best to a good, well placed thumping.

[aquabee]

You could try my method of correcting them... a swift and well placed thump fixes them all!

Quockathon, I did that. No effect whatsoever! The geos do mind a thump though.

[aquabee]

Yup, roselines are extremely fast. There's a reason one of their other common names is torpedo barb!

But I understand what you're saying about the angels. I had the same response you're having. After getting some and putting up with their devastation, I got rid of them and swore them off for life. I find the fighting stressful.

Oh man, when I showed the FG folks the video, they couldn't believe they were the same angels fighting so hard! They felt it was because my water temp was up so high (84F)... the males got into breeding mode and then got aggressive, since there were no females.

[aquabee]

For sure my roselines are in my 75g with a 3.5" male green macro petro and a pair of Geophagus parnabai which are considered fairly aggressive and are known piscavores and they have absolutely no chance of catching my 1" roselines and they try all the time to catch them.

Really good to know!

[aquabee]

Oh noes! Hope it works out, Bee- whatever you decide to do. I know you've been through your fair share of headaches with this tank already...but it's gotta smooth out eventually!

Thanks! I think it's already smoothed over. The geos are resting in the sand at the bottom, the silver dollars just floating around in the middle somewhere, and the roselines are sleeping vertically positioned at the water surface. Lol! Frikkin cute.

[Complexity]

Yup, roselines are extremely fast. There's a reason one of their other common names is torpedo barb!

But I understand what you're saying about the angels. I had the same response you're having. After getting some and putting up with their devastation, I got rid of them and swore them off for life. I find the fighting stressful.

[TaTeR ToT]

For sure my roselines are in my 75g with a 3.5" male green macro petro and a pair of Geophagus parnabai which are considered fairly aggressive and are known piscavores and they have absolutely no chance of catching my 1" roselines and they try all the time to catch them.

[eklikewhoa]

You could try my method of correcting them... a swift and well placed thump fixes them all!

[LooksLater]

Oh noes! Hope it works out, Bee- whatever you decide to do. I know you've been through your fair share of headaches with this tank already...but it's gotta smooth out eventually!

And LOL, Sunkenmetal. Indeed.

[eklikewhoa]

Emps are dumb compared to the roselines.

[aquabee]

I'm not sure that'll work. The emperors were bigger than the roselines and really fast too, and those got eaten and killed just as fast. And they were in the tank far longer than the angels.

[sunkenmetal]

Angels of Death!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!