Since the last post, Killer passed away and Jazmine spent an extra few weeks in the Nano before we transferred her into the main tank.
We have tried out the holiday regime with success on two occasions now. We used a timer to dispense the dry flaked food everyday, and had a lovely neighbour who popped in every second day or so to feed a frozen food cube. The fish have been well behaved on both occasions and our neighbour has enjoyed watching them all swimming about happily!
Jazmine is a bit of a bully to be honest! She is very beautiful, no doubt, but is a very bossy fish! Supposedly we should have got the other type of Flame-backed Angelfish – the Brazilian Flame-back, who would have been much less aggressive. I like her tho, she has balls! And keeps the other fish on their toes. When we first put her into the main tank the other fish quite quickly established their place and status in the tank, that is all except Darty. Jazmine chased him hard and fast about the tank and seemed to enjoy chasing him. She also invaded his space as she went into and behind the rocks, where Darty has always lived alone. So Darty has been hiding out in the rocks for a good month or so.
Since we have been back from holidays we have seen him out at night time. He have also been out during the day and Jazmine seems to have got bored chasing him. Darty seems to have realised that he can ‘dart’ about much better than Jazmine, and not be caught or nipped. He is in surprisingly good condition, good colour and eating well.
It’s nice to see all seven fish out and swimming about at last! The colours in the tank are so amazing.
