Serious fin nipping

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I have alot of hiding spaces and most of the time things are good. There is a girls only poly hide at the back of the tank if any of the boys invade the moke gets super aggressive and nips the tails badly. Lucifer my boy teug usually has a split tail, I don't think he gets it.

Interesting behavior. My dominant poly (endli) is female and shows the most aggression to the other females (koliba lap, weeksii, Faranah lap). She does not show as much aggression to the male polys (Ansorgii, Nigerian lap)
 
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I have alot of hiding spaces and most of the time things are good. There is a girls only poly hide at the back of the tank if any of the boys invade the moke gets super aggressive and nips the tails badly. Lucifer my boy teug usually has a split tail, I don't think he gets it.
Would love to see pics of the girl hides and the boy hides.
 
How big are ur fish Alexkoj Alexkoj ?
Hey guys, the endli's about 8 inches and the rest are about 6 inches save for the lap and sen which are about 4.5 inches. Appreciate all your inputs very much
 
To curb aggression. Aside from adding polys. I take all decorations out. Only sand. Mount plants to the back walls with suction cups. Polys large and small will lay on the back walls if they need a break. :-)
 
To curb aggression. Aside from adding polys. I take all decorations out. Only sand. Mount plants to the back walls with suction cups. Polys large and small will lay on the back walls if they need a break. :)

Do you have any driftwood? My tank is bare except one large piece of driftwood and one of my endli's loves biting the tail of one of my laps. Do you think removing this one piece of driftwood will reduce this aggression?
 
Do you have any driftwood? My tank is bare except one large piece of driftwood and one of my endli's loves biting the tail of one of my laps. Do you think removing this one piece of driftwood will reduce this aggression?

No hides. Just garnet sand with open space is what I did. Not saying it's going to work. Easiest methods is removing the meanies or adding more polys :-)
 
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