freakinhippie Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Are Royal grammas aggresive towards firefish? Because i just bought a firefish with perfect fins and i watched their behavior towards each other, and the royal gramma showed no signs of aggresion. Now i look again and the firefish's fins looked nipped. Any ideas? Link to comment
freakinhippie Posted September 25, 2004 Author Share Posted September 25, 2004 I can't load one right now, but it looks like nipped fins. Like when a damsel nips at the fish in the LFS tanks. Link to comment
Nemo_4_Ever Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Do you know what else you have in your tank? it could be something else thats doing it? Link to comment
freakinhippie Posted September 25, 2004 Author Share Posted September 25, 2004 I have 2 electric blue hermits, 1 cleaner shrimp, 1 arrow crab, and various small blue hermits. Link to comment
Raindogg Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Keep an eye on that Arrow crab...some are real nice, others psychotic axe weilding manics....could be him. Link to comment
holyherbiness Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 If the royal gramma was in there for a very long time by itself, it could have become a little territorial but rarely does it get to the point that it nips fins. Most of the time they just open their mouthes real big to intimidate Link to comment
el pez Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 royal gramma's do not like fish that look like their kind. royal gramma's get terretorial. i would not recommend the two living together in a 34gal tank Link to comment
obarrera Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Originally posted by el pez royal gramma's do not like fish that look like their kind. royal gramma's get terretorial. i would not recommend the two living together in a 34gal tank How bout a 40 gallon? Link to comment
el pez Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Originally posted by obarrera How bout a 40 gallon? is the 40 gallon in question a 3 foot or 4 foot long tank? that makes a lot of difference. but more important is how much LR you have with caves and crevace's to hide in. firefish like to have a little hole they can hide in and my royal gramma always slept in this one cave. if the two of them have alot of hiding spots they might just ignore each other. Link to comment
freakinhippie Posted September 26, 2004 Author Share Posted September 26, 2004 Ok thank you guys! ( =* Link to comment
Jeffyer Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 When I added a firefish to my 7 Gal tank, my Royal Gramma went on the attack! The following morning, I found a a few pieces of shredded firefish caught in the filter. Link to comment
Cesar Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 I placed a Firefish in my 20 with a royal gramma in it and never had a problem. The Royal had been there for about 3 weeks before the firefish came in. Firefish are real cute too. Link to comment
zoothefreak Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 yeah same here my royal gramma Genghis who has been established in the tank for 3 weeks, was aggressive at first at the arrival of my firefish, Flick but he didnt nip him... after 2 days of initial aggression they are now living together peacefully... of course its a overlord and vassal realtionship coz Flick only eats the food near the lower tank levels where Genghis and my two percs Nemo and Marlin are at the top at feeding time... Link to comment
MillerLite Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 I disagree with a previous poster. A 30-40 gallon tank is huge compared to what we often see at this site. I have seen several people with grammas and firefish in the same tank. My money is on the arrow crab. Keep in mind that the firefish finds a bolt hole or escape home quickly after entering your tank. Once scared into this hole, or when sleeping, this fish will not move for any reason. THis includes if he is being eaten. There is plenty of evidence of green stars eating firefish inside there bolt hole and although the firefish has the opportunity to leave, he wont leave his safe hole. Also, firefish are carpet surfers or jumpers. Make sure your tank has a complete hood, with no holes. Had a small hole in my glass top where my filter tube entered the tank. Somehow the bastard fish found the hole and ended up on the side of the tank on the stand. Needless to say, I found him the next day all dried up. Keep an eye on him. Link to comment
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