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I have 2 small gf, in a 20G. They arived 4 mos. ago were about the same size,
one bigger now. Smaller one just started going in (and staying in, I think) a skull, the other GF can't fit. The bigger one has been chasing after the smaller one lately,so the smaller one is pretty smart. The smaller one comes out at mealtime and seems pretty normal else wise. Any suggestions? |
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You may have a male & female. Males will continually pester females when
they are ready to spawn. The female is hiding out to avoid unwanted attention and to recoup her strength. Jacqui "PJohns9770" wrote in message ... I have 2 small gf, in a 20G. They arived 4 mos. ago were about the same size, one bigger now. Smaller one just started going in (and staying in, I think) a skull, the other GF can't fit. The bigger one has been chasing after the smaller one lately,so the smaller one is pretty smart. The smaller one comes out at mealtime and seems pretty normal else wise. Any suggestions? |
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![]() wrote: surprisingly, people use a chopstick or something like that to knock the bully a couple times when it starts chasing a smaller one and that seems to teach em to stop doing it. Ingrid I'm gonna remember that one when my daughter starts dating. Craig (PJohns9770) wrote: I have 2 small gf, in a 20G. They arived 4 mos. ago were about the same size, one bigger now. Smaller one just started going in (and staying in, I think) a skull, the other GF can't fit. The bigger one has been chasing after the smaller one lately,so the smaller one is pretty smart. The smaller one comes out at mealtime and seems pretty normal else wise. Any suggestions? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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"Craig" wrote
wrote: surprisingly, people use a chopstick or something like that to knock the bully a couple times when it starts chasing a smaller one and that seems to teach em to stop doing it. Ingrid I'm gonna remember that one when my daughter starts dating. You'll need a really big chopstick.........to get the same effect. KateH ![]() |
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DO NOT HIT THE GOLDFISH
Don't hit it with a chopstick or scold it with pencil. Don't touch the goldfish with anything. Would you beat a kitten with a baseball bat for scratching on your couch, Ingrid? The internet is not a place to suggest violent solutions to animal problems. People who don't buy books written, for example, by fish experts when they have a fish problem, and instead choose to ask about a billion strangers for advice in a newsgroup, will take the advice & end up doing lame things like blinding their goldfish with sticks or at least making the goldfish miserable for behaving naturally. Guess who stuck that little goldfish in with the big one, regardless of their size at the time: the owner did. So the poor goldfish deserves to be punished and beaten senseless with a wooden rod, right? Yeah that'll teach it not to let the human buy it & toss it in a tank with another goldfish and a...skull. Silly goldfish, will you never learn? THWACK! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- wrote in : surprisingly, people use a chopstick or something like that to knock the bully a couple times when it starts chasing a smaller one and that seems to teach em to stop doing it. Ingrid (PJohns9770) wrote: I have 2 small gf, in a 20G. They arived 4 mos. ago were about the same size, one bigger now. Smaller one just started going in (and staying in, I think) a skull, the other GF can't fit. The bigger one has been chasing after the smaller one lately,so the smaller one is pretty smart. The smaller one comes out at mealtime and seems pretty normal else wise. Any suggestions? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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