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My 6 kels hate each other. so much that they did one in, now there is some peace. I think I had 3 males and 3 females/ the 2 bigger males fought all the time. The runt I think is a small male . he hides most of the time. I need to do an up date on them.

do you have any dithers with them? right now I have the two original fish on one side of the tank they constantly fight. I have the two new ones on the other side of the tank and they have shown very little aggression. I may just sell the aggressive ones.
 
My 6 kels hate each other. so much that they did one in, now there is some peace. I think I had 3 males and 3 females/ the 2 bigger males fought all the time. The runt I think is a small male . he hides most of the time. I need to do an up date on them.

do you have any dithers with them? right now I have the two original fish on one side of the tank they constantly fight. I have the two new ones on the other side of the tank and they have shown very little aggression. I may just sell the aggressive ones.
 
2 Oscars and 2 koi and 7 silver dollars . The top fish is just a big butt head. the other 4 are just butt heads.
 
Iv had them all together now for a week. One fish just harasses the others until there all in the corner and then keeps them there all day. with the tank light on there much better but still have issues I'm thinking some red hooks might help.
 
Iv had them all together now for a week. One fish just harasses the others until there all in the corner and then keeps them there all day. with the tank light on there much better but still have issues I'm thinking some red hooks might help.

Try to target feed the others more and that specific fish less. Eventually they'll kind of grow out of it
 
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There is really nothing you can do about aggression except spread it out, dithers always help especially if it is territorial or just typical cichla aggression. But there will always be some sort of flare and chasing completely normal behavior. I always keep a close eye on my bass make sure one isn’t getting injured to much, Torn fins and scrapes are normal. Good tank husbandry is the only way to help heal all the wounds especially any eye injuries that can turn into pop eye or a fungal infection that leads to blindness in one eye or both. Good luck and keep updating we all love to see the progress :)
 
There is really nothing you can do about aggression except spread it out, dithers always help especially if it is territorial or just typical cichla aggression. But there will always be some sort of flare and chasing completely normal behavior. I always keep a close eye on my bass make sure one isn’t getting injured to much, Torn fins and scrapes are normal. Good tank husbandry is the only way to help heal all the wounds especially any eye injuries that can turn into pop eye or a fungal infection that leads to blindness in one eye or both. Good luck and keep updating we all love to see the progress :)

Well said!
 
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