Angel Fish

I have just put up my 1,2 and put my 4 big angels in there and now they fighting like crazy, how can i get the fighting to stop.
Help Pls

 

seperating them

 

Either that or shift the decor around a little. If they're mature fish and they feel that they have too little space to share among themselves, you'll most likely have to end up splitting the group up.

 

Thought about that , but another 1,2 no no i will resist the MTS ... they have been together since babies .

 

Moved the decor last night , and they still seemed to be fighting one went as far as to bite me LOL

 

Novice that I am, it sounds to me that they are so happy with their new home, they want to spawn. Therefore attacking everything in sight.

Gooi blou fiterjoel! (Joke)

 

OK will wait and see what happens

 

Crazy crazy...

This may sound crazy, but just chuck something in the middle of the tank like a big rock, or even a viscious airstone. Something to distract them a little. Fish will ofter swim around it, and for that split second they don't see the others, they forget what they were mad about and just continue with their lives...

 

Ok will try this tonight.

 

Sounds like spawning behavior. I had a similar problem with my Deacons. Catch the one causing problems and keep him/her in a bucket/smaller tank for 5 mins then put him/her back in the main tank. That worked for me.

Worst case you will need to separate them as mentioned above.

 

Thanks for the idea MXZ, will first try Shibby's idea then yours

Thanks for the input

 

Donny why do you not add more angels and see what they do then?

 

I have to agree. If you say you just set it up then the water is clean and the fish is happy.
In nature it's like being in a river after a good rainfall. Fresh clean water.
Get ready for some spawning happening soon.

Can you maybe see that 2 of them is fighting off the other 2 from one specific point in the tank?

 

@ Viz i have bought another two pure whites but they still too small to get put in with the big ones.

@ Ace007 yep i have identified a pair , and yes they have taken over the left side of the tank, but they dont just leave it like that they try and chase the other angels out of the tank ... will most likely seperate if i dont have a choice.

 

MTS it is , who has a 60cm or 1m that they want to part with.