> Last week I bought two males and three females of Pseudomugil furcatus. I
> have them in a community aquarium (165 litres) with killies, platies, dwarf
> gouramies, Betta pugnax, Melanotaenia praecox and Tateurndina ocellicauda.
> GH is about 4, pH 6,5 (too low?) and the temperature 25-26 degrees. I feed
> my fishes with different kinds of living, frozen and flake food. Now the Ps
> furcatus have losed most of their caudal fins. Do anyone know why? I have
> never seen any fin-nipping in the aquarium before and I think the Ps
> furcatus are the most fast-swimming of my fishes.
I wouldn't put it past the peacock gudgeons. They have a little bit of a
reputation for that. I've never seen them nip fins, but then again, I've only
ever kept them on their own. :-) Only way to really find out is to sit and
watch them and see who is doing what.
Cheers
Peter J Unmack peter.unmack at asu.edu
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