How many of you intervene when your fishes get into a fight

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vinod_uthaiah

vinod_uthaiah

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I personally do this , when two of my dominant fishes get involved in a fight , I take a small net and chase them around and break the fight.
I dont do this all the time ( sounds funny ) but atleast intention is not to have an injured pet.
Also , i dont have any lights in any of my 5 aquariums , so ambient light is only between 6 AM in the morning to 6 PM in the evening. This also keeps aggression to a minimum.
Would like to see if i am the only noob , who does this.
 
For the most part I allow my fish to set up the pecking order and it doesn't change much, once things get established they stay that way. I feel like breaking it up will lengthen the process, but I keep peaceful SA cichlids.
 
The last time I had to intervene was when I was given a very aggressive fish that attacked another of its own kind, and had it bleeding. Removed aggressor.
 
vinod_uthaiah said:
I personally do this , when two of my dominant fishes get involved in a fight , I take a small net and chase them around and break the fight.
I dont do this all the time ( sounds funny ) but atleast intention is not to have an injured pet.
Also , i dont have any lights in any of my 5 aquariums , so ambient light is only between 6 AM in the morning to 6 PM in the evening. This also keeps aggression to a minimum.
Would like to see if i am the only noob , who does this.
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You're fish are acting upon hardwired instinct, and if you feel the need to intervene via a net then they shouldn't be together. Either let the pecking order work itself out or separate them.
 
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I do break up spates that get out of control, but always remove one fish and try to remove a trouble maker before it gets to the point that i have to get involved. The worst fight i encountered was between a pearsei and an l600. They had a few spats before and i should have removed one when it first happened but i figured they would work it out....last spat they were going in circles and the pleco tore up the pearsei pretty bad, the pearsei wouldnt back down and kept trying to stupidly bit a fish covered in spikes. The pearsei looked like it went through meat grinder and was bleeding from the mouth so i got rid of the l600
 
xraycer said:
You're fish are acting upon hardwired instinct, and if you feel the need to intervene via a net then they shouldn't be together. Either let the pecking order work itself out or separate them.
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I agree with xraycer, if you need to intervene, it should be to separate the fish. Trying to discipline fish is a lot like trying to train a cat... they just don't give a damn.
 
i have done it and then moved the aggressive fish, its best to let it run if its a dominance issue, if they are trying to kill each other get ur divider out, everyone keeping aggressive fish should have a divider, theres no excuse if you lose a fish to aggression that you have witnessed its your fault.
 
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All depends on species and nature of the fight. Difference between a pair 'fighting' as part of their natural courting or pair bonding behavior, sparring to establish dominance without intent to injure or kill, or one fish will flat out kill the other if it doesn't leave it's territory.
 
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