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my severum has been biting my smaller blue acara. for the most part he just knocks off a scale. im getting concerned know. it doesn't have to do with territory as there is tons of little caves and crevices for them. if have to i could get rid of her.

Last edited by greenmonkey51 at 02-Oct-2004 13:42

How big is the tank and each fish? You could try rearanging the decor.

Even in a large tank if there is just two cichlids the dominate might harass the other to death. A lot of caves for territories doesn't solve the problem. The sub-dominate fish can't leave the area of the larger fish. Depending on tank size you might have to add more fish to even out the aggression or just get rid of one and keep that one. Especially if the harassed fish is pacing along the glass that is definite sign of stress. Rearranging the decor will only provide a temporary relief. Depending on the tank size you could as temporary relief to the one fish install a divider untill you figure out what you want to do if the one fish is getting bullied to much.

Last edited by openwater at 03-Oct-2004 04:02

its a 75g with 2 blue acaras and 1 green severum