Need Help My Celestail Pearl Danio Attack Other CPD, I am Lost

**Stevenlo81** · 13th Aug 2013, 14:41

My CPD is a male which have set up territory, and is attacking all other fish that comes near him. when i buy other CPD he will attack them till death. He recently Kills 14 of them he even win a fight with the Betta which too is dead now

No i am only left with him. Should i buy more CPD or should i leave it as it is?

My Tank is a 12g Planted Tank.

**AQMS** · 13th Aug 2013, 15:03

Wah! you have a MMA fighter....betta also kena whack...

If you want more fish the you have to separate the MMA fighter.

**Berny** · 13th Aug 2013, 16:16

what you can do, is 1. "reshuffle" territory, meaning that you rearrange the tank layout, or 2. put more plants in to make more hiding place and cut off sight or 3. upgrade to a bigger tank or 4. just keep it that cpd alone

so I'm being a prick going around warning people for SMS lingo, let's put it this way: I got infaction for it once, and I'm sore about it, and I'm making more people joining me with infaction points. problem?

**Stevenlo81** · 14th Aug 2013, 10:37

I decided to left my celestial pearl daino alone and not add any fish as he is too agressive and his Mix martial art skills is too good... Even wining a fight with an betta I believe nothing can match his skill... Anyway his coloration is excellent and stress free... Eating well too.. Guess I just concentrate on my plants

**changyao** · 14th Aug 2013, 16:28

its time to add in a crayfish to show whose boss.

**Stevenlo81** · 15th Aug 2013, 15:34

haha maybe i should but a snakehead in side there too?

**Urban Aquaria** · 15th Aug 2013, 15:45

Originally Posted by changyao

its time to add in a crayfish to show whose boss.

The CPD might attack the crayfish while its molting and kill it.

Originally Posted by Stevenlo81

haha maybe i should but a snakehead in side there too?

That CPD might also harass the snakehead until it jump out of the tank.

In short, you might have a super CPD.

**stormhawk** · 16th Aug 2013, 07:42

Or a dead CPD if the snakehead decides to turn it into food.

**Stevenlo81** · 16th Aug 2013, 19:26

haha i am just going to leave him alone no more adding of fish. It is fun to know about that some CDP are so territory that it attack every thing that come close to them. thinking of breeding him, but guess i need to re arrange my tank as what urban Aquaria suggested. time to head down to Lim Chu Kang for New plants

**hann** · 23rd Sep 2013, 22:22

Surprised to hear that your celestial pearl danio is aggressive. I have 5 of them and they are living amicably with 10 blue alexrodi and 5 ruby tetra in my 2ft tank.

**ConcaveLiNkiN** · 24th Sep 2013, 02:40

Weird, from what I had read:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...68&pcatid=2768

CPD should be rather peaceful. You have one of a kind of CPD, you should cherish it.

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**limz_777** · 24th Sep 2013, 10:51

Originally Posted by stormhawk

Or a dead CPD if the snakehead decides to turn it into food.

it wont decide , it will gulp it down

**Phillipians** · 29th Sep 2013, 12:56

This thread is hilarious. If I were you, I would just create another nano tank and give him "single cell" treatment. A 2 ft tank for one CPD is a great waste of space.

**Neptune, the Mystic** · 29th Sep 2013, 21:51

I once had a CPD from a shoal who stood out from his siblings in competing for food with other tank mates disproportionately bigger in size - he was fearless. Naturally he outgrew his siblings.

From time to time the corpse of a CPD would appear and I put it down as poor water quality, little suspecting the work of an assassin even though I had seen the dominant CPD chasing every fish at random with complete disregard for his own safety.

Looking back now, I should have kept him - he deserves to live. I gave him up because he was the last CPD standing. Talk about survival of the fittest...

"Ten Little Indians and then there were none......"