Lowly tinfoil barbs getting their own thread...
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One tinfoil I assume got a cut from a fake coral decoration which has not healed in couple months but instead grew some. We had to take it out and sanitize the wound:
17" or larger bala shark: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/my-monster-bala-shark-finnagin.670892/
our 1ft balas chewed up by ATF: post #41 https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...ish-16-in-4500-gal.683787/page-5#post-7843751
Four 1ft adult bala sharks courtship time? Aggressive chasing each other, react to shiny tank mates, including dorado catfish, in 1800 gal:
our 1ft balas chewed up by ATF: post #41 https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...ish-16-in-4500-gal.683787/page-5#post-7843751
Four 1ft adult bala sharks courtship time? Aggressive chasing each other, react to shiny tank mates, including dorado catfish, in 1800 gal:
If you have had a change in pressure with heavy rain, that could be what’s triggered them. Did you notice the weather last time in the 25000g it happened.
Could settle again in a few days
Could settle again in a few days
Thank you Dave. We have a rainy season Jun-Nov. Almost every day there is a strong storm, rain, thunder, pressure changes come through. But Aug-Sept are the wettest. We have had very strong storms lately, often more than once a day.
Decades ago, we had a big tank full of the Red-Tailed Tinfoil Barbs. They were so cool. Beautiful. But, our first water change after installing a whole-house water softener (loaded with Iron-Out crystals), I forgot to switch the new softener's bypass valve. Oops! Huge mistake. All our lovely tinfoils went belly up. It was a disaster. I saved a couple of them, mostly by using a hose to force fresh water over the gills. It was the only time I ever gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a fish.
Blast from the past: June 2015, the less aggressive 4500 gal:
Apr 2016:
June 2016:
June 2016:
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