Re: targets

["David Soares" <apistodave@bendcable.com>]

Matt a dead giveaway looking for fem trifas if you look closely--no blue
highlites even small males will be lighter colored than the females which
show a very faint yellow sheen early, the females also have a horizontal
line under the lateral linne extending from th ebase of the operculum back
to about the base of the ventral fin they do best as pairs in a large tank
like Mike said
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Diane Wise" <apistowise@fgn.net>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: targets


> Matt,
>
> A. trifasciata is pretty aggressive/territorial for its size. I usually
use a
> larger tank & keep them as trios. I don't think adding a target fish will
help
> things. It will just get beat up - or beat up the trifasciata if it is
larger.
> I'd suggest adding a lot of hiding places along with plants & wood to
break up
> the line-of-sight in your tank. I find a ball of Java Moss about 8"/20 cm
in
> diameter set in the middle of the tank does a good job.
>
> Mike Wise
>
> Matt & Linda Crocker wrote:
>
> > I have 4 trifasciata in 2 separate tanks, 10g each, I'm not sure if
> > any are females, I think 2 of them might be, but I'm not sure.  There
> > are 2 males for certain and they both are very aggressive toward their
> > tankmates.
> >
> > Would some target fish ease the tension?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Matt
> >
>
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