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I bought 4 angels from my lfs about a month ago. They are in a 29gl tank by themselves for the exception on three cories and a small pleco. They're bodies now about 1/2 dollars size except for one that is smaller. They are now starting the "bickering" with each other, one fish in particular gets it all the time If I move this same group to a 55gl without adding any other fish will this behavior stop, or should I look to trade them for something else? I really like the angels.

Barb

well if your angles are backbiting each other , there is no need to take them back the LFS. IMO the big 55gallon will split the aggression between the fish.

It depends on whether they have paired off or not. 4 angels in a 29g is overstocked as is, and even more so with that pleco. Try observing them and take note of who is picking on who. If 2 seem to be ganging up on the other 2, the more dominant fish are probably a pair. If the pick-ers and pick-ees seems random and changes, they're getting territorial.

If you feel you have a pair, you should keep them and give up the other 2. If it seems you don't have a pair, you can most likely keep all 4. Either way, I would move them all (angels, pleco and corys) to a 55g. Then finish off your cory school, as they like to be in groups of 6 or more.

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I have no idea if I have a pair. The small marble one everyone likes, the black and the gold get along fine, but the silver one is only tolerated by the marble. Does that make sense? I knew they had to be moved, but did want to keep them all if they're going to bicker all the time.

Thanks!

Barb

Sometimes adding a dither fish will stop the bickering.
Add a school of something small like cardinals or rasboras. I have two angels in my 46g with a school of rummynoses and cardinals and the fighting is kept to a minimum.



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I have already learned so much from this site! Been doing this off and on for a long time, and I have been able to actually get "real" answers to my questions. Ok, if I put the 4 angels, 6 cories, a small pleco, I think he is a leopard. Who knows what comes out of Superpetz . and a small school of somthing else will it be too much for a 55gl?

Thanks!

Barb

I think that's O.K for a 55. You could probably even put in a small school of tetras in with them.

Stocking ratios are greatly affected by frequency of water change and the size of your biological filter.






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