Why has one of my females been beaten up?
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:46 pm
Hmmm.......seems I am the only one posting at the moment!
My Zebra tank has 2 males and 4 females. The two males live at either end of the tank in their caves, occaisionally swaping ends, but there hasn't been any trouble between them. Anyway, this morning I saw that one of my females was looking very much the worse for wear. Lost a couple of stripes on both sides and the dosal fin is a bit tattered. My first thought was that maybe she wasn't a female after all but a small young male, but (s)he has not behaved like a male in as much she hasn't caved and has a usual spot on the slate to hang out.
So I guess the questions are - Could she be a male? Do females fight? Should I remove him/her? I have dosed with melafix and will do so now until (s)he looks better, but she looks lively enough. The big alpha male has swapped ends over night and is close by.
What do you think?
Angela
My Zebra tank has 2 males and 4 females. The two males live at either end of the tank in their caves, occaisionally swaping ends, but there hasn't been any trouble between them. Anyway, this morning I saw that one of my females was looking very much the worse for wear. Lost a couple of stripes on both sides and the dosal fin is a bit tattered. My first thought was that maybe she wasn't a female after all but a small young male, but (s)he has not behaved like a male in as much she hasn't caved and has a usual spot on the slate to hang out.
So I guess the questions are - Could she be a male? Do females fight? Should I remove him/her? I have dosed with melafix and will do so now until (s)he looks better, but she looks lively enough. The big alpha male has swapped ends over night and is close by.
What do you think?
Angela