sama is dead, they killed her

[cheshire hawk]

i'm so glad you have a good sense of humour. After I posted that reply, I thought maybe it was a bit risky and I would be in for a damn good verbal thrashing!

I'm afraid I don't have any useful info for you either. I've been keeping fish for a good while now, and now and again, for no apparent reason they do go a bit weird all of a sudden, you have a gang-land murder on you're hands. Seriously though, I have noticed that fish, regardless of species will target aleady sick fish. Was the 'victim' already showing signs of stress?

 

[red-devil0602]

yeah she was quiet since i got her and just lay on the bottom rarely coming up for air

 

[LifeBear]

I had a female community tank. After a week I had to separate them. I couldn't take the tattered fins. It was heartbreaking.

A breeder friend of mine said it works a lot better if they have been together since they were tiny. Since that is hard to do normally, you just have to use the re-arranging tricks and such.

I decided I would rather set up a few divided 10 gallons than worry about the cat fights.

 

[red-devil0602]

put the girls into the bottom dwellers tank and they are loving it, no fin attacks and all is well so far