Stout Leggings
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Hey there,
We've had our two axies Gandalf and Morgana (brother and sister) for about a year now, with no problems at all.
But recently - a tad over a month ago I think, the male began biting the female. First he bit her leg clean off and before I got her moved to another aquarium (took a week as we needed to buy it, and we thought it was a 1-instance happening) he had nibbled at another leg and her gills.
We separated them for a month while she recovered (and I read that this sometimes fixed the cannibalistic tendencies), and in the start the reintroduction went fine. But now a week or two later he's done it again! After they where fed an earthworm each he apparently got a hold of her leg again (skin peeled off ). They've had quite a scuffle as she got bite marks on gills and tail too.
What can be done of it? Do they need their home split down the middle or should they be fed strictly separately? Or will he grow out of the habit as time passes?
Their tank is 100 liters and the axies are 10-15 cm.
We've had our two axies Gandalf and Morgana (brother and sister) for about a year now, with no problems at all.
But recently - a tad over a month ago I think, the male began biting the female. First he bit her leg clean off and before I got her moved to another aquarium (took a week as we needed to buy it, and we thought it was a 1-instance happening) he had nibbled at another leg and her gills.
We separated them for a month while she recovered (and I read that this sometimes fixed the cannibalistic tendencies), and in the start the reintroduction went fine. But now a week or two later he's done it again! After they where fed an earthworm each he apparently got a hold of her leg again (skin peeled off ). They've had quite a scuffle as she got bite marks on gills and tail too.
What can be done of it? Do they need their home split down the middle or should they be fed strictly separately? Or will he grow out of the habit as time passes?
Their tank is 100 liters and the axies are 10-15 cm.