NigelK8485
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I received five rosy barbs, I'm assuming three males and two females. The three males are this brilliant deep red and the two I assume are females are more of a golden/pink. The males have constantly been going at the females, shoving them around, nipping at them, underneath them, just relentless. I've never tried to breed fish so to me this looks like just aggression, but there are no signs of nipped fins or scales removed, and half the time the females just kind of swim along picking up pieces of food off the bottom while it's happening.
I did have the water in the tank a little warmer than they prefer which I read can induce breeding behaviors and since turning it down to a more acceptable range it seems to have calmed the fish down quite a bit. Does this sound like something I should worry about or just breeding behaviors?
I am on the look out for about 4-5 more female rosy barbs if anyone has any willing to sell. I've got a few ads up and will be checking out the pet stores around here if the weather allows for it tomorrow.
Edit: They're about 2-2.5" long.
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I did have the water in the tank a little warmer than they prefer which I read can induce breeding behaviors and since turning it down to a more acceptable range it seems to have calmed the fish down quite a bit. Does this sound like something I should worry about or just breeding behaviors?
I am on the look out for about 4-5 more female rosy barbs if anyone has any willing to sell. I've got a few ads up and will be checking out the pet stores around here if the weather allows for it tomorrow.
Edit: They're about 2-2.5" long.
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