Vicious Angelfish Or Finrot? :(

[Crossfc]

Well I know my angelfish seem to take nipping at each other the prime activity when passing time during meals. All thier fins are flayed and ragged. I was wondering if this is just all the constant nipping or fin rot? Any solutions I should look in to about the nipping or helping their fins look better?

I also have a pleco in the tank and he doesn't show any finrot.

pH is around 6.8

 

[vancouver]

You should look into separating them.. if they keep nipping each other, and your water quality gets bad, chances are it will turn into fin rot, or some other disease.

 

[Tolak]

If it's the 6 angels in the 30 gallon in your profile, some nipping is going to happen. This is a good setup for a pairing situation, once a pair forms some fish are going to hate to be rehoused. 6 adults won't work in a 30, it took a year of switching fish for me to get 7 compatable angels in a 65.

At the very least, get a divider.

 

[Crossfc]

How would a divider help with 6 angelfish?

 

[vancouver]

To divide some of them up.. they're most likely just going to nip each other to death in a tank that small.. A divider might just keep the less dominant ones alive.

You really need a larger tank, or to get rid of most of the angels.

 

[Tolak]

The divider is going to help when you do get a pair, which sounds like it could be soon. Angels are new world cichlids, if you get a pair in that tank you will see more than fin nipping on the other 4. The pair goes on 1 side, the other 4 go on the other, while you set up a 20 tall at the very least for the pair.

If you aren't going to get a tank for the eventual pair, you may as well get rid of some of the angels, before the pair decide which ones need to go.