Angel Fish Nipping Each Other Leading To Fin Rot

[natedawg879]

Hey guys, hoping someone can help. I have a 60 gallon community tank. Which contains 6 angels, 1 of them being small, a rainbow fish and a few other bottom cleaners. They would get along great. I have recently seen a problem with the largest to angel fish in there, both are males. They are nipping at each other, each time in the same area of the tank, so I guess its territorial. Both of them, no other fish, just them have developed fin rot. I'm treating with mela fix, but if they keep doing this it will never go away. I just started planting and currently have wisteria, SAGITTARIA SUBULATA in the back, as a background plant, and dwarf SAGITTARIA SUBULATA in the front. They are growing pretty well right now, but not enough for fish to hide in yet. These two fish are my favorite and really are the center piece to the tank. The tank is bow front, so I don't see how a divider can work. It would really hurt to have to re home one of these, is there anything I can do? I have been spending money like crazy on this tank this month and am broke. I will have to refer to my parents, so are there any restrictively cheap suggestions? I'm only 14 by the way. Thanks for any help.

 

[Tolak]

Rearranging the decorations will destroy any previous territories, remove the two aggressive fish, and switch things around. If you can, arrange them as sort of a natural divider, make sure you break up lines of sight as much as possible.

Fresh water helps beat up angels better than anything, 50% water changes every other day will heal the fins much better than melafix.