So as some of you know I got a reedfish over a month ago. His name is Mr. Fantastic.
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I finally got a second reedfish to keep Mr. Fantastic happy. The new guy is much smaller in diameter and 2-3 inches shorter. Mr Fantastic looks FAT in comparison with a yellower color. I feel like he always had more color than the new guy. Mr Fantastic is biting the heck out of the littler one! I'm no expert (I'm barely a novice), but I've never seen a fish bite like another like this. Fin nipping is very different, with a chase involved. Mr Fantastic came across at a right angle and had a cross section of new guy's body in his jaws. This happened a couple times and they weren't quick bites. He held on! Mr. Fantastic is also a bit more active, searching under the rocky gravel to look for leftovers, someting I've never seen him do before. Now I'm all worried that I've introduced an enemy and not a friend! Am I just watching a simple hazing ritual or some other "new guy" politics? Also, the store was out of frozen bloodworm cubes soth salesman told me to use: H20 Life 50/50 Plus Brineshrimp/Bloodworms plus Mysis which was a bit cheaper as well. It would seem to me this might end up being beter because it seems like it would be a broader spectrum food. Am I wrong?
-Dan
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/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=155812I finally got a second reedfish to keep Mr. Fantastic happy. The new guy is much smaller in diameter and 2-3 inches shorter. Mr Fantastic looks FAT in comparison with a yellower color. I feel like he always had more color than the new guy. Mr Fantastic is biting the heck out of the littler one! I'm no expert (I'm barely a novice), but I've never seen a fish bite like another like this. Fin nipping is very different, with a chase involved. Mr Fantastic came across at a right angle and had a cross section of new guy's body in his jaws. This happened a couple times and they weren't quick bites. He held on! Mr. Fantastic is also a bit more active, searching under the rocky gravel to look for leftovers, someting I've never seen him do before. Now I'm all worried that I've introduced an enemy and not a friend! Am I just watching a simple hazing ritual or some other "new guy" politics? Also, the store was out of frozen bloodworm cubes soth salesman told me to use: H20 Life 50/50 Plus Brineshrimp/Bloodworms plus Mysis which was a bit cheaper as well. It would seem to me this might end up being beter because it seems like it would be a broader spectrum food. Am I wrong?
-Dan
