I started with 13. Three years later I'm down to 3. These 3 have been around for over a year though and breed like clockwork.

My 10g tank is now blacked out (diatoms). It will be interesting to see if three days without light and very minimal food brings out their homicidal tendencies.

I tested the water in the 12 galling to see if it was cycled and if I could move them into it. Nope. Ammonia is off the charts.

I noticed the diatoms yesterday morning, and I wondered if that's what they really were. This morning it was obvious. I'm guessing that this is an indication that I've been feeding them too much. I fed them the brine shrimp for the first time on Tuesday, and two days later noted the diatoms. Oops. I tend to over feed: but not as badly with pellets and flake food.

Well, it has been several months, but the little monsters finally bumped the smallest one off. It hadn't grown at all, while the largest had doubled in size.

The "middle child" is now taking a beating and has been scared into hiding.

I'm not a fan of these fish at all. They're nasty to each other and aren't interesting at all. I should have just given them away when they were done their stint in the HT so someone could cycle his/her tank with them. :twised:

(insert pouty face here)