Hello,
Last week i bought what i thought were 2 dwarf neon females, i thought one of them didnt look right and it was being quite aggressive towards the other fish in the tank so i took it back to the shop today and was told it was in fact a baby boesemani rainbow. The lady in the shop offered to swap it for me and she gave me back 2 male dwarf neons instead. I've just added the males to the tank but the original female which was left in the tank doesn't seem to like them at all and rather than schooling with them she just seems to chase them and tries to bite them if the come near her. I'm a bit worried that she is actually going to end up killing one of them so im not sure if i should take her back to the shop tomorrow and maybe get another male instead. Ive kept dwarf neons before and never had a problem with them, in fact they are some of the most peaceful fish ive ever had. Should i take the female back? Or is she just getting territorial since shes been in there the longest and maybe she will get used to them and leave them alone? Or is it because there are more male than females (although i dont really want to go and buy more females if it isnt going to solve the problem since theyre quite expensive)?
Last week i bought what i thought were 2 dwarf neon females, i thought one of them didnt look right and it was being quite aggressive towards the other fish in the tank so i took it back to the shop today and was told it was in fact a baby boesemani rainbow. The lady in the shop offered to swap it for me and she gave me back 2 male dwarf neons instead. I've just added the males to the tank but the original female which was left in the tank doesn't seem to like them at all and rather than schooling with them she just seems to chase them and tries to bite them if the come near her. I'm a bit worried that she is actually going to end up killing one of them so im not sure if i should take her back to the shop tomorrow and maybe get another male instead. Ive kept dwarf neons before and never had a problem with them, in fact they are some of the most peaceful fish ive ever had. Should i take the female back? Or is she just getting territorial since shes been in there the longest and maybe she will get used to them and leave them alone? Or is it because there are more male than females (although i dont really want to go and buy more females if it isnt going to solve the problem since theyre quite expensive)?