Ellioti Aggression.

[Liam50]

i bought three t ellioti at around 2 inches, now theres one with fantastic colors (i really want to get a pic up asap) but he/she ( i don't know how you sex them ) seems to be really aggressive to the other two chasing them behind a large lump of wood.
how could i calm it down, i thought about putting some plants in the middle so there isn't a direct view to the other side of the tank. should i take it out of the tank and move some stuff around?

thanks

 

[tenohfive]

You need to have plenty of little caves etc that can each than claim as their territory. Putting some planting between these territories won't do any harm though.

 

[england]

try to define some area's for them to gaurd, the more the merryier, maybe take out the aggressor and rearrange tank totally, float aggressor after for around 30mins-1hr.....then release.....worked once for me with different cichlids

 

[-SPB-]

As nelly says, take the aggressor out, and rearrange the tank. I've had some issues with 2 Angel and did this after advice from Tolak, and It seems to have worked fingers crossed.

 

[Liam50]

ok cool thanks guys will give it a try and let you know how it goes.