GuppyGirl1230
10-04-2010, 11:56 PM
Hi Everyone!
I have 5 OB peacocks, all male. Two full grown, 3 about 3 inch juveniles. The 2 big boys, Mack and Dennis, are constantly fighting. I know they are conspecific, but the previous owner did not have the aggression problems that I am seeing. The big boys are fighting, and one of them, Mac, has his fins torn up pretty good, but what I am most worried about is his lower lip. I cannot get a good picture, but the middle of his lip is torn up pretty good, and is red, like the lip was scraped. There is a 2 mm by 2 mm indent where the lip is red and looks like a chunk is missing. I have seen them lip lock. I have made 5 different territories, 2 of them have 2 caves, the third is a big fake root thing that is a big cave in itself. I have three different plant sections, and a two more territories with driftwood. I guess my question is what can I do? I have 2 other large tanks but they are both planted, and one has snails, guppies and cories, which would all make an easy snack for the OBs. My 100, I just planted, and they will tear up the plants and kill them. I have 2 10's set up, but one has female guppies and fry, and the other has RCS and MTS. All of which the OB would not hesitate to eat. So, any suggestions, advice, etc would be helpful. Other inhabitants of the 125 is a 10 inch Johanna pike, 2 ropefish, a hybrid syno and a royal pleco. Everything but the pike is juvenile. I have seen no aggression between the OB's and any of the other species at all, but all of the OB's fight each other. Please help! Thanks guys!
Maribeth
I have 5 OB peacocks, all male. Two full grown, 3 about 3 inch juveniles. The 2 big boys, Mack and Dennis, are constantly fighting. I know they are conspecific, but the previous owner did not have the aggression problems that I am seeing. The big boys are fighting, and one of them, Mac, has his fins torn up pretty good, but what I am most worried about is his lower lip. I cannot get a good picture, but the middle of his lip is torn up pretty good, and is red, like the lip was scraped. There is a 2 mm by 2 mm indent where the lip is red and looks like a chunk is missing. I have seen them lip lock. I have made 5 different territories, 2 of them have 2 caves, the third is a big fake root thing that is a big cave in itself. I have three different plant sections, and a two more territories with driftwood. I guess my question is what can I do? I have 2 other large tanks but they are both planted, and one has snails, guppies and cories, which would all make an easy snack for the OBs. My 100, I just planted, and they will tear up the plants and kill them. I have 2 10's set up, but one has female guppies and fry, and the other has RCS and MTS. All of which the OB would not hesitate to eat. So, any suggestions, advice, etc would be helpful. Other inhabitants of the 125 is a 10 inch Johanna pike, 2 ropefish, a hybrid syno and a royal pleco. Everything but the pike is juvenile. I have seen no aggression between the OB's and any of the other species at all, but all of the OB's fight each other. Please help! Thanks guys!
Maribeth