i was hoping someone could help me please! im so sick of worrying about my fish and things r so close to good! i have a 55 gallon tank with a little angel,3 high fin tetras,and an algea eater. about 2 weeks ago i got 2 bp's (ones a little bigger than the other) and all was just fine,they were the best of friends! 1 wouldnt do anything without the other. now the bigger 1 wont stop chasing the other! all the time. hes fine with everyone else,but when it comes to the other bp he thinks he owns everything in the tank. i dont know what to do. the little 1 is still eating and still swims around, but today i noticed what looks like black smudges on his nose and up by his top fin! i dont know what it is. i feel so bad 4 him. the tank is big enough (the biggest bp is only about 3 1/2'' long ) and there is about 4 different hiding spots so they could feel secure, but the big 1 seems to claim them all. i dont know what to do,about the black smudges or the bullying. i dont want them to be unhappy or get a disease. can someone please help me,i know a little but not enough. please?
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best friends
this may all settle down, its normal behaviour,it might help if you knew their sex, 2 weeks isent long for them to find their places,if you didn't have the angel, a 3rd parrot would help,the black is a sign that everything is nor quite right, often it improves with small frequent water changes or when the situation improves, I have 4 and my biggest still chases everything else, 3 would be better, look underneath, females have a breeding tube like this U and males like this V, it took mine around 6 weeks to settle, in the meantime, although it looks bad, little real damage is unlikely as they have no teeth so can only ram each other
two bps
ihavetwo bps thatlive togeter inalmostcompleteharmony butthe biggerone isalittlepushythe strongeronewill usallybullytheweakerone butgive itacoupleweekssomethinginevertriedisstickingthenetinthetankwhenone bulliestheother
black spots
and does anyone know what the black spots (or smudges is what they look like ) on my bp might be? he was perfect orange.
Re: bp ex friends
I had the same issue with my 2 bp's when I first got them. Eventually the bigger was getting the best of the smaller one and he couldn't come out of his hiding hole. I ended up getting a 2nd tank to seperate them. It's my opinion that BPs don't get along in pairs but that is from my own personal experience.
bp ex best friends
i dont have another tank to seperate them, id have to take one back :( so do u think its like angels, either have just one or 3 or more?