Re: A. papagayo

["Mike Jacobs" <mjacobs2@tampabay.rr.com>]

.....yep....they can be a tough one to deal with but my observations is that
if the threatened fish can withstand the initial onslaught for a couple of
days then the tank can be split up.............................we need to
put in quite a number of places to hide in a "Pappy"
tank............................

Mike

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Yvan Alleau" <yalleau@coas.oregonstate.edu>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:12 PM
Subject: A. papagayo


> hi everybody,
> just wanted to know if someone had experience with A. papagayo. I have a
> trio since 2 month and decided to put them in my display tank (75 gal).
This
> tank contains breeding pairs of A. diplotaenia, A. borelli (blue),  A.
> pandurini and a pair of discus heckle blue face and rio Puru. Before
> introducing the papagayo, diplos were the kings, chasing everybody around.
> now the new comers took over the tank and over powered every other fish,
> including the discus who eventhough are breeding can't handle the
papagayo.
> My question is: is this a typical behavior for that fish? Are they always
> taff and all the other fish? Since 2 days I can also see some mating
> attitude which just makes everything worse!
> any imput would be appreciated.
> thank you
>
> Yvan Alleau
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