Payara & Clown Knife

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payarawr

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Sep 5, 2013
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hey guys,
I'm new to this haha this is my first post. Anyways I have a 7" Payara/Armatus and he is friendly around every fish somehow other than feeder fish.
I recently obtained a clown knife for free and thought it would be okay to throw him in the tank too. the clown knife is about 6" and it seems to be bullying the payara :WHOA: strange right? id never expect my payara to let a smaller fish go when its being bothered. at first it was alright they were just swimming by each other no problem but when i started feeding the knife worms he started to get a little aggro. Should i remove the clown knife? would the fighting eventually stop? i dont want my payara to die. The other tankmates is a pleco and a 9" silver arowana.
 
At this point, I expect that its just new tank jitters and the fish are figuring out their place. Given time, I expect they'll sort things out and be better with one another.

Do keep an eye on them however to ensure no one gets too beat up. If it gets too bad, you might have to separate them.

Moved to Other Characins.
 
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