Fire Fish Hiding

eatbreakfast · Oct 27, 2016

fragit said:
Both fire fish were out first thing this morning. Both ate and are leaving each other alone. @eatbreakfast will they eventually pair like clowns? Or are they destined to be family members that hate each other?

If they haven't paired yet, then they won't. It is speculated, but not known for sure whether they hermaphrodites or have a determined gender. This is in part, what makes pairing them a challenge.

Congaken · Nov 7, 2016

fragit said:
Both fire fish were out first thing this morning. Both ate and are leaving each other alone. @eatbreakfast will they eventually pair like clowns? Or are they destined to be family members that hate each other?

I'm having this problem with 5 ff in my 65...I have read that this may be expected and that they may kill each other until there is one left...any ideas about how to avoid this sorry end...no other fish are bothering them and many predict this outcome...ideas?, expert opinions?

eatbreakfast · Nov 7, 2016

Congaken said:
I'm having this problem with 5 ff in my 65...I have read that this may be expected and that they may kill each other until there is one left...any ideas about how to avoid this sorry end...no other fish are bothering them and many predict this outcome...ideas?, expert opinions?

Two will likely pr off. If you see this remove the rest. They wll be killed if you don't.

Kswish74 · Nov 7, 2016

andys said:
well i have 12. and they hide pretty much all the time in my tank. from time to time they pop out cruz the tank and back to hiding

Yup, that's what mine do, I have 3 of them. Always hide, pop out to check what's going on then go back into hiding lol

Congaken · Nov 10, 2016

I have 5 in my 65...in with a kole tang and a black sailfin blenny...the kole and blenny all went in at the same time...about 2 weeks later, the ff disappeared except for one...I'm guessing that he is the aggressor...one or two come out in am...should I take out the head ff or will one of the others just take his place...i could try a whole redo of the tank...pain...but will it solve this problem before I start losing fish?...

Kswish74 · Nov 10, 2016

Congaken said:
I have 5 in my 65...in with a kole tang and a black sailfin blenny...the kole and blenny all went in at the same time...about 2 weeks later, the ff disappeared except for one...I'm guessing that he is the aggressor...one or two come out in am...should I take out the head ff or will one of the others just take his place...i could try a whole redo of the tank...pain...but will it solve this problem before I start losing fish?...

An odd number is best. That one of one is the aggressor the other two will team up.

Congaken · Nov 10, 2016

Kswish74 said:
An odd number is best. That one of one is the aggressor the other two will team up.

Well I have 5...room for one in my 10 fusion, but no more...that's it...tank redo?

eatbreakfast · Nov 11, 2016

Unless they are a bonded pr, firefish are intolerant of one another. You will end up with only one or two firefish. You can remove the extras, or the dominant one will remove them for you.

Kswish74 · Nov 11, 2016

Or you can rearrange scape to reset territory's

Congaken · Nov 11, 2016

Kswish74 said:
Or you can rearrange scape to reset territory's

How long do youthink that will last?...I prefer not to have to continue doing this...

Kswish74 · Nov 11, 2016

Congaken said:
How long do youthink that will last?...I prefer not to have to continue doing this...

lol it's only a matter of time!

eatbreakfast · Nov 11, 2016

Kswish74 said:
Or you can rearrange scape to reset territory's

Even with this, one will quickly become dominant and finish what he started.

Empress · Nov 11, 2016

We should have a new sticky. It would be 1. Fish that must be kept singly. 2. Fish paired-up only. 3. Fish in groups only. 4. Fish that will kill each other if they feel like it.

Congaken · Nov 11, 2016

Empress said:
We should have a new sticky. It would be 1. Fish that must be kept singly. 2. Fish paired-up only. 3. Fish in groups only. 4. Fish that will kill each other if they feel like it.

and the winner for ff is.........................................................#4?????