Platy & Angelfish

[Dawnd06]

Hi,
I am new to the forum. I have a tropical tank, with 2 angelfish, 5 platys - 2 are fully grown & 3 were born in the tank a few months ago and are almost fully grown, also have 3 congo tetras. They have all lived in tank together for a while. I have noticed on a few occasions 1 of the angelfish being aggresive to the other, which hides for a while then they are ok together again. Today i have noticed 1 of the young platys, it looks like its fin has been bit and bitemarks on head and back, there was no marks yesterday and it seems ok, so i dont think its a disease and think the aggresive angelfish may have attacked it or tried to eat it.
Does anyone have any advice? Have you came across this before, and what is best to do, are the platys safe in the tank with the angelfish?
Thanks, anything would be helpful.

 

[fluttermoth]

I expect you're seeing problems because your angel has reached sexual maturity and is trying to protect a territory for himself (it might not be a male, but the aggressive ones often are).

It is a very common problem with angels, I'm afraid. If your other angel is also a male (or if it's a female and your aggressive angel doesn't like her enough) they will fight too.

It's an almost impossible problem to solve, except for keeping angels either in mated pairs or in groups of six or eight, so any aggression is spread out.

How big is your tank?

 

[Dawnd06]

I expect you're seeing problems because your angel has reached sexual maturity and is trying to protect a territory for himself (it might not be a male, but the aggressive ones often are).

It is a very common problem with angels, I'm afraid. If your other angel is also a male (or if it's a female and your aggressive angel doesn't like her enough) they will fight too.

It's an almost impossible problem to solve, except for keeping angels either in mated pairs or in groups of six or eight, so any aggression is spread out.

How big is your tank?

I expect you're seeing problems because your angel has reached sexual maturity and is trying to protect a territory for himself (it might not be a male, but the aggressive ones often are).

It is a very common problem with angels, I'm afraid. If your other angel is also a male (or if it's a female and your aggressive angel doesn't like her enough) they will fight too.

It's an almost impossible problem to solve, except for keeping angels either in mated pairs or in groups of six or eight, so any aggression is spread out.

How big is your tank?

I expect you're seeing problems because your angel has reached sexual maturity and is trying to protect a territory for himself (it might not be a male, but the aggressive ones often are).

It is a very common problem with angels, I'm afraid. If your other angel is also a male (or if it's a female and your aggressive angel doesn't like her enough) they will fight too.

It's an almost impossible problem to solve, except for keeping angels either in mated pairs or in groups of six or eight, so any aggression is spread out.

How big is your tank?

I expect you're seeing problems because your angel has reached sexual maturity and is trying to protect a territory for himself (it might not be a male, but the aggressive ones often are).

It is a very common problem with angels, I'm afraid. If your other angel is also a male (or if it's a female and your aggressive angel doesn't like her enough) they will fight too.

It's an almost impossible problem to solve, except for keeping angels either in mated pairs or in groups of six or eight, so any aggression is spread out.

How big is your tank?

My tank is 60cm x 55cm x 30 cm.

 

[fluttermoth]

A tank of that size really isn't big enough for angels anyway. My best suggestion is that you try and rehome them, I'm afraid.