Help! Tail chopped off!!!
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melypr1985
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Yeah, the violent one should always get put in time out. lol No need to punish the victim.
JCGSO
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I bought a "bonded pair" from Divers Den three months ago. The bonding lasted around 3-4 days in my 90. Then the larger one started attacking the little guy. Now they stay on opposite ends of the tank. So much for the extra cost in DD.
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Mini Coop
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Ok I will give them a call.
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Mini Coop
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Ok - I will get him in tonight. I just have to figure how to cover it - I don't have a lid
I've seen a "bonded pair" of banggais go through a pretty messy divorce at a LFS too ... it happens.
~Bruce
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A "bonded pair" can be hot & cold sometimes (just like with a human couple). I had a pair of mandarins that would do their mating dance every night just before the lights went out, like clockwork. But during the day the male was constantly being a jerk to the female; pushing her out of the way to eats pods, he'd literally run her over for blackworms, nipping at her fins & pecking her in the face, etc. But she never left his side. It made my wife so irate that I had to find her another male. 
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HAHAHA - that is too funny!A "bonded pair" can be hot & cold sometimes (just like with a human couple). I had a pair of mandarins that would do their mating dance every night just before the lights went out, like clockwork. But during the day the male was constantly being a jerk to the female; pushing her out of the way to eats pods, he'd literally run her over for blackworms, nipping at her fins & pecking her in the face, etc. But she never left his side. It made my wife so irate that I had to find her another male.
So that I can keep an eye on them, the "bully" has been put in a gerry-rigged "time out" in a breeder box with a make-shift lid with a piece of PVC holding it on. I will make sure my husband gets food in to him. As soon as I got him in there, the other one started prancing around almost teasing him for being "locked up". He will be ok until Sunday night when I can get home and keep them under observation better.
So, where do I go from here? Just let one beat up on the other? Or like my husband and I, after being separated, they will find bliss together?
So, where do I go from here? Just let one beat up on the other? Or like my husband and I, after being separated, they will find bliss together?
Once they go into the DT together, things might change. Sometimes being cramped in a small environment, no rock to stake our territory, etc. makes fish get cranky with one another.
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Mini Coop
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Ok.
They are in QT for at least 4 more weeks. Just keep them separated? I feel bad for the poor little guy not being able to aim around. I can get my bigger fish trap box next week. It’s at my in-laws.
jsker
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@Humblefish @melypr1985 @Maritimer @Mini Coop thank you for a laugh and some good information this morning. 
You know I going to say put in some vitamins for stress into the kids frozen food.
You know I going to say put in some vitamins for stress into the kids frozen food.
Ryan Marriott
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I had a bonded pair in my DT for months and then all of a sudden I come into the room and have two badly beaten up Banggais. Lets just say it was a messy divorce.
4FordFamily
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I spent a lot of time and took a lot of risk getting two powder blues to “pair”. Even did their mating “dance” frequently, it was beautiful.
Then one day a couple of months later I came home to a female PBT (or smaller, less aggressive of two) with a hole in her side and some torn fins. Split them up and they made it until fishlocalypse last year!
Now that I look back on the video, this was a few days from the “divorce event” — I can see how it was turning aggressive. Faster paced courting dance followed by chasing, it isn’t slow, graceful, and gentle anymore... I should have seen it coming!
Then one day a couple of months later I came home to a female PBT (or smaller, less aggressive of two) with a hole in her side and some torn fins. Split them up and they made it until fishlocalypse last year!
Now that I look back on the video, this was a few days from the “divorce event” — I can see how it was turning aggressive. Faster paced courting dance followed by chasing, it isn’t slow, graceful, and gentle anymore... I should have seen it coming!
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4FordFamily
Tang, Angel, and Wrasse Nerd!
Oh I can — a nasty nasty aggressive species of fish! Lol
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