Hi all,
I'm starting to hate my fish...and I just got them a couple days ago!
I have an 30 gallon aquarium of 9 penguins of which 2-4 are BULLIES! When I first introduced them into the aquarium, they schooled together, exploring their new environment. Now, however, most of the penguins seem to spend 99% of their day running away from the bullies. Each bully has it's own space (1 of them has about 1/3 of the aquarium!), but aren't even content with that and seem to LOOK for other penguins to chase around (which they'll do until they make another bully angry for having entered their space). I know this isn't all fun and games between the fish because 2 of them already have torn dorsal fins.
So, last night I isolated two of bullies from the others (in order to give them a break) by placing them in a guppy breeding tank.
Is this normal behaviour for Penguin tetras? Can I do anything to calm the scene down?
I also have in the aquarium 4 young bleeding hearts which school together and 1 pleco, all of which the penguins completely ignore.
I'm starting to hate my fish...and I just got them a couple days ago!
I have an 30 gallon aquarium of 9 penguins of which 2-4 are BULLIES! When I first introduced them into the aquarium, they schooled together, exploring their new environment. Now, however, most of the penguins seem to spend 99% of their day running away from the bullies. Each bully has it's own space (1 of them has about 1/3 of the aquarium!), but aren't even content with that and seem to LOOK for other penguins to chase around (which they'll do until they make another bully angry for having entered their space). I know this isn't all fun and games between the fish because 2 of them already have torn dorsal fins.
So, last night I isolated two of bullies from the others (in order to give them a break) by placing them in a guppy breeding tank.
Is this normal behaviour for Penguin tetras? Can I do anything to calm the scene down?
I also have in the aquarium 4 young bleeding hearts which school together and 1 pleco, all of which the penguins completely ignore.