Help Please : Angel Fish

[andyhep_85]

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Tank size: jewel vision 450ltr

Fish Symptoms: ihave recently added three angel fish to my tank to acompany the previous one i had. the problem i now face is that three of them get allong fine but the old angel is bullying one of the new ones and has relegated it to underneath the built in filter (although i do not use this filter i have an eheim pro2 external filter i cannot remove the internal box). any time the fish trys to move out the old angel will get very aggressive and 'herd' it back. all the angels are of similar sizes ect.

would i be best to remove the bullied fish as i have a friend with a large tank that could take it??

please help

 

[WILDER]

Yes I would rehome him.
The stress of being bullied will just make him ill.

 

[Tolak]

Angels are cichlids, the name is a real fooler. They can be as aggressive & territorial as any other cichlid.

Remove the aggressive angel, a bucket in a warmer area is good, another tank is even better. Rearrange the decorations in the tank, angels key their territories off of objects in the tank. Let the new fish settle in for at least a few hours if the aggressive angel is in a bucket, a few days if in a decent size tank.

This removes old territories, gives the new fish a chance to settle in, and makes the larger aggressive fish the newcomer.

 

[andyhep_85]

the new angel is slightly bigger than the one bullying - but ill give this a try thanks

 

[-SPB-]

As Tolak says, he gave me this same advice a couple of days ago as I was in the same situation, and so far it has worked, there was a little aggression once I rescaped my tank and reintroduced my aggressive Angel, but it seemed to disappear within maybe 5 mins, and hasn't reappeared from what I've seen. Definitely worth a shot, and hope it works out for you.