females with dividers

[maui]

Well i finally got a new home for the 3 girls i picked up a couple wks ago. At first i had them all together in a 5.5 gal and Georgina picked on the other two hardcore, she was sooo brutal I took her out and left the other 2 in there with a divider between them. I then used the divider to put 2 on one side and Georgina on the other side. Only prob with that was they kept sitching sides on me! Georgina would go over to the other girls side and the smaller of the othre girls (eeek i need to think of names for the other 2) would go over to Georgina's side. ahhhhh! I didnt have any rocks/garvel at the bottom so i guess they were slipping under it or something...


So now i have the 3 of them in a 10gal - 2 on one side of the divider and Georgina on the other side (its split 80%/20%) edit: plus ive added rocks to prevent them switching sides. Do you guys think they will be okay like this or should i keep them all seperate as i cant keep all 3 together?
The divider allows them to see each other and really allows Georgina to divert number 1's attention away from number 2. (hope that makes sense)

 

[cutecotton]

if you wish to keep them all otgether i would suggest getting at least 4 females to spread out the aggression, also keeping the tank very well planted with lots of hiding spots will decrease the chances of open areas of fighting too

but if you dont' mind divided tanks i think they should be fine together, personally imo divided tanks are harder to clean

 

[Synastic]

Cutecotton has the right idea. Go out get another female which would make four (As if you didnt know 3+1=4 ) and then put them together without dividers, that is what I would do. Make sure they have lots of plants, maybe even little caves so they have places to chill out.

 

[maui]

thanks for the suggestions guys
i really like the idea of getting 2 more girls
im a little worried thou as Georgina is REALLY aggressive - she flares like mad and destorys the other girls fins.
maybe i'll just keep her seperate and get 2 more girls to spread the aggression out between nameless 1 and nameless 2...
ohhh i really hope there are some girls left at the pet store tonite