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Is this common? Will one of them actually get hurt? Should we separate
them? If the answer is to separate them, for how long?
Thanks for everyone's help,
Becky
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Hi-
First the obvious- are you sure of the animals sexes?
Second, you may have an aggressive female. These are commonly called "hot
females"- eggs incubated for male that hatch out female.
Or you could just have a case of two animals deciding the heirarchy of their
group.
Make sure they both have hidespots, so they don't fight over that.
If the new female is not injured badly, I would let them settle it themselves.
If they continue to fight or you see ripped skin or worse- a lost tail-
separate them.
I always remove the aggressor, that way I can try to reintroduce them in a
month or so and the tables will be turned.
Sometimes rearranging the tank works, as they all need to set new territory.
Let us know what you do-
Jason
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