azvictoria
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Hi all and thank you for having me! I am having a hard day, an angelfish dilemma. I've had angels for 20+ years, and had to send my 5 year old male Philippine Blue to a wonderful new huge home today over extreme aggression (he went back to his breeder). It's been building over the last couple of months, I have no idea why, I've never had this happen and have always had relatively peaceful pairs - granted I know they're cichlids and argue. The female is the same age/size, and is very beat up. This was a spawning pair - I know for sure that the genders are correct. She's a sweetie, has never been aggressive and has almost had an amputation of one swim fin by the male in addition to multiple other fin and scale injuries. She's doing ok, swimming, eating, upright and finally not hiding - I think she's relieved and all the others are out now, too. My tank is a 60 gallon - it was just the 2 angels, 3 cory cats, 3 neons and 2 ottos. Plenty of elbow room, lots of plants, nothing new added, no new fish for years. This is a very healthy tank, I absolutely understand husbandry and am not a beginner. I know that too many water changes upset angels - that wasn't the issue. I don't know what happened, but the guy went nuts and would not leave her alone. I tried separating them for a bit in different tanks, and he went right after her in minutes. I had to keep the lights off - it got that bad and I don't think she could have taken another day of insult. He also starting charging the cory cats. My question (thank you for tolerating my story!) is can I add more angels? Gender that's best? I'm not adding anything for now other than a few more little neons - I want my girl to heal. Given that she's 5 years old - if I add little quarter-sized angels in the near future, would the timing work for her lifespan vs the youngsters' maturity? Also, I know that her tail and dorsal will heal, but her swim fin is down to a little pink nub - will that come back?
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