Normal Female Behavior?

Kelsyann

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I started fishless cycling a 30 gallon about 6 weeks. The cycle is done so I decided to add 5 females. I already had 2 in seperate bowls because I bought them before I knew all the rules :blush: Anyway out of all 5 girls, the only 2 that are having problems so far are the two that I already had. They followed eachother around, not chasing, just flaring and following. Then after about 10 minutes of this they started fighting. I'm pretty sure both are females as they both had got the egg spot and became very eggy. I took the blue female out after fins were ripped. :crazy: Was this the right move or should I have let them sorted it out themselves? Here's a video of them following:
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And some of the other females. I have an orange one too but she's very shy.

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and a full tank shot (excuse the fake plants, when money allows I'll slowly transfer to real and I need to add a background)
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hm, that doesnt look too good to me. none of my females ever did that, but i do have a bossy girl that hates all dark colored females... ( she only gets aggressive with my dark blue or black girls, not any other colors). i just get a floating breeding trap and put the girl in it so they can see eachother without hurting each other and after a day or 2( sometimes 3) everything is good. it always works for me. but yours look pretty mean!
 
add some more plants and hidey holes to break up the line of sight and give more choices for avoidance/escape...also maybe add a few more girls to thin the agression. the breeder trap for a few days idea sounds good too.
good luck!
 
I have read on here that whe you're introducing females together for the first time or are having aggression problems, you should take them all out of the tank, rearrange the decor, then put them all back in at once.
Might be worth a try?
 
Okay I wanted a few more girls anyway, these were pretty much the last ones my lfs had, but toay is shipment ay so I'll go back tomorrow and get 3 or 4 more. Then I guess I'll rearrange things and see if I have more fake plants laying around. If that still doesn't work I'll give the breeder trap a try. Thanks guys.
 

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