sr with me RTG's

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arl

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All my aros are from panda. Added the last RTG to the comm last night and so far he's still quite. The fight now is between the two small SR's and sometimes the small SR's tries to pick a fight with the bigger RTG's but the rtg's just move away.
 
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arl

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BAD BAD BAD things happened to my small sr's. F****ing rtg's are eating them again!!. Just didn't feed them for ONE day, the following mornig they started jumping on the sr's. Was out of the house whole morning and when I got back at lunch about 1/3 of the back is ripped open with all meat hanging out. How they do it is jump out of the water and grab the back of the sr. No ripped fins or anything just the back ripped open. Its BAAAD! Rtg's are back at the bottom tank. AND I THOUGHT I GOT ME A PEACFULL COM ALREADY?????:confused::(:mad:
 
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chen88

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sorry to hear that....when you mentioned the back of the SR being ripped open? was it the tail? or is the tail gone too?
 
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arl

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chen88 said:
sorry to hear that....when you mentioned the back of the SR being ripped open? was it the tail? or is the tail gone too?
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No. The tail is completely intact no rips or anything. It's the 6th and 5th level (even 4th level) scale, about 1/3 of the body length closer to the top fins(pectoral fins???) and it is only in one area that they were bitting. Probably the site of the flesh made all the rtg's excited.
 
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arl

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I took some pics yesterday but I don't have computer access at home right now. Will post some pics next week.
 
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hondas3000

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wow, That's why we always feed them if you want to have piece comm. I do pray for my comm to have fin and tail bite rather then body and scale drop. Hope your SR recover soon.
 
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arl

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Here's a pick of how bad my sr's were few weeks ago:

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They're a little better now. Big RTG's are back up in the tank I just made a eggcrate divider for the 2 sr's.
 
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1goodcatch

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ohhh very sad to see!
I am in the process of trying to get a 18'RTG and 2 SRs (12") to get along.
the TRG is very sneaky, only attacks when no one if is looking!
 
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arl

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aros and a couple of plecos. Thinking of adding 1 silver. I have always wanted a silver, their shape and the way they swim.
 
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arl

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sr's are doing fine. They use to be together but I have to separate them about a month ago as one is gettinga little bit dominant. The skin are all dark now and scale may even be coming out already. I'll mix them again in spring when I can run my bottom sump and put the 2 nasty rtg down there. I don't want to heat too much water in winter... too expensive.
 
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arl

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Added my 2 SR's again to my RTG tank. Been there for a week now ..........Hope it last a little longer

 
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