Green Terror - My new growouts

aztsm

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Same setup he's been in for a long time. He's just freaked out by new tank across from his. He has wood rocks and plants to hide, and female GTs which don't seem bothered by it
 

Alexxxxsv14

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Maybe add a mirror and see if he loses the pansy and triggers his confidence and aggression. Is the light across on the other tank really that bright
 
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aztsm

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No not at all. I didn't know what his issue is, but I just remembered something from last summer. The ceiling fan! I went through the same thing last year. It's been hot down here in the desert and I've been running it pretty much full time over the past month or so. I'm going to test it out tomorrow see if he chills out with the fan off. How I will get him used to the fan? I don't know
 

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Lol wow that's crazy how they can be so sensitive to something like that. Are you in palm desert ?
 

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Goofy boy. I would think eventually he'd just get use to it. Maybe?
 
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aztsm

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Photo bomb!! I named him Martin. I think the other two I purchased with him are females. It would sure appear so by appearance. I could swear the reproductive organ looks sharp though. I don't know. Any thoughts?

I've had two other females in and out of his tank. It's nice seeing the pre spawning behavior, and the nuchal he developed, but ultimately nothing was going on and they were dominating the food. So I took them out till he catches up on their size. He seems to have mellowed out a little bit which is nice. The other two go at it with each other for pecking order. They show little color and are always darker in appearance than Martin.

I also rearranged the tank a bit. Spread the wood, rocks, and plants out to breakup eye sight more which might explain Martin being less aggressive.

Not much else going on. Hope you enjoy the pics

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