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Hi,
I have two angels (paired up and breeding) who have lately become more and more agressive towards each other. They have bred about 4 times now and currently have wrigglers. There are no other fish in the tank with them. They are in a small tank atm while i set up a new one, but they have been in there for a while and were very peaceful for quite a while. Both angels are quite damaged - the female has torn fins and was crammed in behind the filter looking very stressed, and the male is covered in scratches and missing scales. Today i took the male out because the female looked like she was going to die from stress.
Why would this happen? And can i put the female in with the male in the bigger (90L) tank once they have recovered? Thanks for your help!

Angels get pretty aggressive when breeding. They get aggressive with other fish & with each other aswell. How big is the tank that they are in?. You've done a good thing by seperating them & it's better to re-introduce them in a bigger tank, so the chasing wouldn't be too aggressive. Do they take care of the eggs & fry?.


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Hey thanks for the reply,
yeah they both look after the eggs really well, but at the moment they were too busy trying to hurt each other to look after them. They are however ok with the mum atm. The tank was maybe 60L at best but hard to tell. I only moved the male cause i thought he was going to kill the female - would they go this far??

Well, it depends on the Angels. I had some that fought really hard & some where very peaceful. The best is to remove 1 of the parents after the spawning (because they are fighting), but be carefull when re-introducing him & keep an eye on them.


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Hi, how small is the tank they are in currently? it may be possible that they just need more room.