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I have a 4"+ gourami and an 1.5" angelfish in a 55g tank. It's behaving weird lately. When provoke by other fishes, ie. tiger barbs, the gourami will chase them. But it doesn't seem to mind when the angelfish is attacking it. Whenever the angel is pecking at the gourami, it doesn't seem to know that it was being attacked. Angelfish has bit the gourami often enough to cause the gourami to bleed.

Anyone seen anything like this? Any suggestions?

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Can you please list all the fish that you have in the 55 gal. tank?.


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55g tank - Redtail Shark, Golden Gourami, Angelfish, 6 Tiger Barbs, 2 platies, and Electric Yellow.

So the Gourami is being attacked by the Angel & is bleeding, so i would take to Gourami to another tank.

How is the Elec.Yellow doing with the other fish?.


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I have heard you should never put an angel with a guarami as they will clash, however id have thought a 55gal would be big enough
It must be all about territories, particularly clashes. A red tailed shark could also be terretorial, so bleeding may come from other fights.

Other fishes, including electric yellow, will chase each other but no actual harm was done. I actually saw the Gourami being attacked by the angelfish and there was a wound on the gourami.

What bother me about this is that gourami is not fighting back as it would with other fishes. I have seen the gourami chase the angel from time to time to and it's actively chasing other fishes, so I don't think it's sick. When the angelfish pecks at it, it's just floating there and doesn't seem to know that it's hurt. Not to mention that gourami is much bigger than the angelfish.

Very unusual behavior.

The Gourami is just protecting is own area whereas the Angel is an aggressive fish with small fine teeth.

You have two choices either remove the Angel (which I would do) or remove the Gourami.

When the Gourami is laying on its side it is possibly in shock from the bully Angel.

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That's an interesting view. Thank you all for your advice.