Hi guys i already have a single large 5 inches length angel fish in my 75 gal tank with 2 small polypterus. Today i bought 2 small/medium angel fish about 3 inches length. The large one began to bully the smaller ones. he chased and nipped the smaller guy's tails. will that stop or will it keep going?? I've heard that angel fish are only good in groups. is 3 angels good enough?? I think the larger one is an altum angel and the smaller ones are just normals. So far I have my angels divided up. what should I do. Is this a territorial problem is is this temporal?? my large angel never did anything like this to my polypterus. My 2 smaller ones cohab perfectly.
How many angel fish in a tank??
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Probably just a temporary problem...I think your larger angel is just showing them whose boss and who was there first. I'm sure they'll all get along eventually...if you wanted to, you could always trade the smaller ones for larger ones. Or you could try rearranging your tank and seeing if that does anything...hope it works out for ya!
& yes, 3 angels are good but they prefer to be in groups of 5 or more I heard
& yes, 3 angels are good but they prefer to be in groups of 5 or more I heard
Angels are cichlids so they can be nasty as they reach maturity. I know with discus you keep them in large groups to spread the violence around. If you only have 3 chances are one will be beat on relentlessly, to death even. If 2 pair up they can cause problems too. Make sure you have plants and cave to hide in and break up the lines of sight.
if you don't like doing 100% wc at once, you can do 50% in the moring and 50% in the evening. That will provide clean enviroment .
Lol, I was thinking the same thing...perhaps he replied to the wrong thread somehow?
Hello; I have tried this a few times with mixed results. I remove an aggressive/ dominant fish for a few days and leave the others in place. On occasion the dominat fish will be less aggressive when put back. Changing the layout of the tank or adding some new structure may help as this could disrupt the bigger fish's sense of it's former territory.
May be this is a territory/dominance issue and the larger fish will use it's size to re establish a territory and it may decide to take the entire tank. The line of sight structure idea sounds good to give the fish a place to be where they are not easy to see by the others.
May be this is a territory/dominance issue and the larger fish will use it's size to re establish a territory and it may decide to take the entire tank. The line of sight structure idea sounds good to give the fish a place to be where they are not easy to see by the others.
sorry wrong thread, it should be this
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...rks-question-about-angels-eye-help-if-you-can.