So I had purchased my 40 gallon tank and have at it running with fish in it for about 4 months now, in the tank I have 4 platys (those were my girlfriends ideas) about 10 green tiger barbs, 3 Cory catfish, and 1 purple parrot cichlid.
The the parrot and the platys were introduced into the tank after the Coryās and the barbs and initially there was no issue other then the barbs picking on the platys a little, but it was funny because my parrot (sully) was actually protecting the platys from the barbs by chasing them off and bumping them away and such.
After a few days there were no issues and everyone was doing well together and doing their own thing within the tank. A few months went by of everything being okay from that and the barbs donāt mess with my parrot nor the platys but Iāve started to notice within the last week my parrot will randomly start chasing my barbs around, from what I can see for no reason, Iāve watched them and the barbs donāt pick first to cause it, itās just random he will go after them. And I have notice my parrot will start to flair his fins and make them big and such. He never catches them to do any real harm, so Iām not too worried because it isnāt a constant behavior for him. But Iām just wondering if anyone knows what may have caused him to start acting this way and go after the barbs like he does.
The the parrot and the platys were introduced into the tank after the Coryās and the barbs and initially there was no issue other then the barbs picking on the platys a little, but it was funny because my parrot (sully) was actually protecting the platys from the barbs by chasing them off and bumping them away and such.
After a few days there were no issues and everyone was doing well together and doing their own thing within the tank. A few months went by of everything being okay from that and the barbs donāt mess with my parrot nor the platys but Iāve started to notice within the last week my parrot will randomly start chasing my barbs around, from what I can see for no reason, Iāve watched them and the barbs donāt pick first to cause it, itās just random he will go after them. And I have notice my parrot will start to flair his fins and make them big and such. He never catches them to do any real harm, so Iām not too worried because it isnāt a constant behavior for him. But Iām just wondering if anyone knows what may have caused him to start acting this way and go after the barbs like he does.