Friends I am very sad to say, that as hard as i have tried for the past month, I have not been able to break the recently added pure black diamond male to the foods that my other 3 rays take readily. He eats a little shrimp here and there but nothing consistently and is losing condition. He is even disinterested in night crawlers, I believe due to stress because he is getting picked on by the other (smaller) male. I have no long term separation solution that is viable.
I have been in contact with his previous owner, and we agree that it is better to get him into a habitation where he has a good chance to recover. I really wanted this addition to my existing trio to work out, but as it turns out, it is not to be, and is not in the best health interest of the BD male to persevere any longer.
I know a guy in northern KY that has an online store, Jason's Pleco's, and he has the resources to take him in and recondition him. He happens to have a hybrid marbled female that he is willing to give me as a trade for the BD male, and she is already eating what I feed my current 1M2F trio. I think the addition of another female will be more conducive to the type of attention my male wants to give, so it's a win win for us both. Here's a vid of the female;
I have been in contact with his previous owner, and we agree that it is better to get him into a habitation where he has a good chance to recover. I really wanted this addition to my existing trio to work out, but as it turns out, it is not to be, and is not in the best health interest of the BD male to persevere any longer.
I know a guy in northern KY that has an online store, Jason's Pleco's, and he has the resources to take him in and recondition him. He happens to have a hybrid marbled female that he is willing to give me as a trade for the BD male, and she is already eating what I feed my current 1M2F trio. I think the addition of another female will be more conducive to the type of attention my male wants to give, so it's a win win for us both. Here's a vid of the female;
