i have a bully hes a 4" male hybrid. every time i seem to add him with any other peacock he bullys them he chases them to death. i just setup a peacock show tank and had some 3" peacocks in it and i added the hybrid in with them 2day and he started shakeing at my other males and chaseing them his fins are getn niped to but hes nipping the other fishs fins tho. im thinkn he isnt made to be with other peacocks
peacock bully problem
- Thread starter LilBabyEmma
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hi i had a marble peacock once and the male was very agresive and putting it with larger fish for a while and now it is not to agressive any more or maybee add some more caves
Hybrids and albinos tend to be more aggressive than standard peacocks imo. Try stripping the tank and letting everyone swim around with no territories. You will always have dominant fish though, sometimes you remove one fish only to find another take his place.
I agree with bmilla39. Another thing to try is to add more males, not sure of your tank size or amount of fish already. But this is why chiclid keepers overstock, double filter and feed twice a day. Another thing you can do is lower your water temp, aggression is not as bad with 76-78 water temp. Very high decor in the middle of the tank will serve as sight breaks and out of sight out of mind to the dominate Males.