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bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	aren't fishes such as rams(even though they are cichlid) and rainbow fishes classed as peaceful, but yet when i added a minnow to the tank for about 2 mins, the rainbows ate his fins, and the ram ate it. i could understand the ram since it is a cichlid, but rainbow fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	I think that all fish eat other smaller fish & your Minnow wasn't an exception. If it fit's in their mouth............... they'll eat it. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.deathbydyeing.org/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Yeah, they are both usually peaceful. However, if your rainbows were much bigger than the minnow, I'm not surprised that they picked on it. It's a fish-eat-fish world out there, you know. Once the minnow had been weakened, the ram just saw it as food, not a tankmate. Minnows tend to not do well in tropical tanks anyways, as they are cool/coldwater fish. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
fallenlordz Hobbyist Posts: 69 Registered: 22-Mar-2003	Poor fishes:#(
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	i am now stuck with about 15 minnows, that have to be moved somewhere. i prefer not feeding live fish to other fish, but the tank that i have them in now isn't cutting it b/c aaround 2-3 die aday with the amonia etc. so i have really no choise but to scare them and try butting them in with my feeder fish, or as a food item with other fish. probably either way they will be eatten.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
~Mista Psycho~ Hobbyist Posts: 125 Kudos: 84 Votes: 12 Registered: 13-Mar-2005	i thought you were against feeding live fish to your fish?? i understand in thw wild that is how they eat, but with captive bred fishes that i have, i do not feed my feed other fish.(or live n.e way). it is just something i will not do! Last edited by Fish_Can_Fly at 24-Mar-2005 14:39
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