I've had 2 males and 2 females in a 2 ft tank. The males kept fighting and flaring but did no damage to each other. But they killed the females. They're hardy fishes having lived in a tank of coral chip gravel where the children's fish net waves around every weekend.
After 1 year and a half, the colours look washed out, and they lost out to competition for food from the younger more boisterous tiger barbs. Died eventually, one from SBD and the other just from starvation.
I realise that they live longer if you feed lesser. Mine gets by on a diet of boiled sweet potato, carrots, seaweed and pellets. When hungry, there's also duckweed to munch.
Those others I take more care of die of dropsy within months.
Warm regards,
Lawrence Lee
brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.
Philippians 4:8
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