flagtail problem

[fido2]

i have new flagtail i tank with my geophagus altifront hi is small but hi chase my other fish like crazy is this normal behaviour .

 

[fido2]

hi is in my tank now 3 days and hi fight with every one i have 6 geophagus and they really stress i don't know what to do with him.

 

[MyGiants]

Flagtails can be little bastards at times. Maybe add a couple more of them so he can hang out with. Or some Tinfoil barbs get along well Flagtails

 

[Adrius]

6 geos & 1 feng? may-be an issue...flagtails are rascals, artful, witty fish...add somethin with attitude other than cichlids, or some cyprinds...he prolly knows hes a favorite in there...always is...love these lil bullies

 

[cpm6t]

Do not add more Flagtails. they can't be in a group in a tank. They'll end up killing each other. Search some old posts regarding flagtails.

 

[T1KARMANN]

flagtails are more hassle than they are worth

they suck and chase other fish and can do real damage

as for adding more flagtails thats not normally going to work they will probably kill each other

 

[peacock madness]

agreed on the adding of more flagtails.. my original group of five was slowly nocked off one by one by the larger more dominant one and is now three..2 with lil brother and 1 with a fellow MFKeeper in his new home..

 

[Allan01230]

Get two tinfiol barbs twice his size and see how that works out. I had a 14 inch one that never bothered anything. He was in with malawi haps. Cool fish once it is settled.

 

[andyjs]

Mine never bothered the geos he was with, but I had to rehome my silver dollar school cause he was constantly trying to kill them

 

[chelo]

flagtails are more hassle than they are worth

they suck and chase other fish and can do real damage

as for adding more flagtails thats not normally going to work they will probably kill each other

X1 they will kill each other and suck the slime of other fish. They sem to like it.