Re: a stupid question (tagert vs. dither)

[mjacobs2@tampabay.rr.com]

..this business about dither fish....it is fun to watch the interaction of 
females AND some males "work" the dithers....that's part of the dwarf cichlid 
syndrome......but I'l tell you what folks, some of the old standby dithers are 
really 'snotty' little buggers.......generally I agree with the fish that Sal 
mentioned......but listen to this......4-5 days ago I had a 33 gallon "breeder" 
tank with a lot of plants in it and a trio of "espi" dwarf pencils.......Randy 
Cary has a nifty article about them on his web site.......I dropped in the tank 
about 50-60 SMALL angels.......they were just finning out.....maybe 2-3 weeks 
old......old enough not to worry about some dwarf pencils........I just dropped 
them in and went about my business for an hour or so and came back and saw 
about 20 dead little angels.......my first thought was there was a serious 
water problem until I saw one of the pencils come flying out from behind some 
plants and take a swipe at an angel.......the angel wasn't dead but 
injured....and then the male pencil flew out of the same plant and finished off 
the little angle DOA....it just drifted to the bottom...they weren't eating 
them, just killing them....unbelievable from a dwarf pencil!!!!!

It's a crazy hobby......these calm dwarf pencils went ballistic when the angels 
were put in there......now guys these were angels with fins started, they were 
the size of your little fingernail......not a 3 day old angel!!!

Mike



> Just my 2 cents in using Neon's/ cardinals..They will work as a group to
> snatch fry (basically when the female chases one the others scoop in and eat
> the fry).. so I would be careful in using them. I had good luck using dwarf
> pencilfish, hatchet fish, harlequin Rasboras). good luck
> 
> sal
> ..





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