i just got a male salvini and he and the female salvini are dominating the tank. they are harrassing my jack dempsey and festae. Will this continue? the jack dempsey is a wuss he's 8 inches and the salvini is 7 inches. the festae is 6 inches. are salvinis normally this aggressive? as my other fish get bigger than the salvini will the salvini still dominate?
over aggressive salvini
- Thread starter bull230k
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Honestly, breeding pairs of salvini are usually best kept alone because of their aggression levels. Your Festae should be able to hold its own against them once it grows a bit more, but I'm not sure about the JD. For the time being I would separate them if you are able to. You would probably solve the problem by removing the male salvini and keeping the female by herself with the other two.
yeah things were fine when the female salvini was in there without the male. i just bought the male a couple of weeks ago and now the male is harassing everyone and the female is playing along too.