A L046 friend

sgoerdin · Post by **sgoerdin** » Tue May 22, 2007 6:11 pm

Hello,
I have a L46 a year ago and tried to find him a partner.
I bought 1 L46's and i'm curious what gender they are.

As you can see they just had a fight.

Maybe you can help me.

Thank you.

flip1987 · Post by **flip1987** » Tue May 22, 2007 6:51 pm

Hi there, I'd say you've got 2 nice males.

Flip

andrewcoxon · Post by **andrewcoxon** » Tue May 22, 2007 7:25 pm

definatley 2 males.

nice fish!

bonsai · Post by **bonsai** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:35 pm

Nice fish, but they do look a sorry state

Were they like this when you got them, if so then you should ask for a refund or some replacements. Hope they get back to their normal selfs and perhaps you'll be a female in the future? Keep us posted on how things get along

flip1987 · Post by **flip1987** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:43 pm

Do you have enough caves and hiding places for them?

andrewcoxon · Post by **andrewcoxon** » Tue May 22, 2007 9:03 pm

bonsai wrote:Nice fish, but they do look a sorry state Were they like this when you got them, if so then you should ask for a refund or some replacements. Hope they get back to their normal selfs and perhaps you'll be a female in the future? Keep us posted on how things get along

they dont look that bad?! nice and plump. in my experience when 2 males fight they're battle scars look worse than they actually are and soon fade with a little time and an adequate tank with enough caves and place to hide. my female had been in a fight just before i got her and she spawned after a month, so it cant effect them that much. im glad i didnt ask for a refund anyway!

sgoerdin · Post by **sgoerdin** » Tue May 22, 2007 9:17 pm

Just bought

Friends

Tank

Post by **John** » Tue May 22, 2007 9:43 pm

Hey SGo nice to see you on the forum here!

sgoerdin · Post by **sgoerdin** » Tue May 22, 2007 9:48 pm

Same here, John.

bonsai · Post by **bonsai** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:27 pm

Hi SGo, Why did you buy 2 males? No wonder they keep fighting over the one female! I would try to find another female to balance them out, and then maybe they'll stop fighting and get along together

Hope things get better soon and good luck! Dawn

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » Wed May 23, 2007 12:00 am

Males have a ranking system bonsi - normally they can work it out themselves...

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Wed May 23, 2007 8:37 am

Hi sgoerdin, welcome to the forum!

Looks like you have three males now. or do you have four fish? The battlescars don't look too bad at all. Don't be surprised if the lines grow back in a different pattern

sgoerdin · Post by **sgoerdin** » Wed May 23, 2007 1:35 pm

I had 1 (3 years ago, now about 10cm). It looked like a male. Then (6 mo nths ago) I bought 5 infants in search for a female (now about 6cm )Now I thought I bought an grown "female" (2weeks about 10cm).