Aggressive peacock

FishHunter8

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Hi there,

I just recently set up a 90g heavily planted tank. I've got a few angels, 2 rainbow fish and 3 peacocks (not sure the species). Those peacocks are less than 2". On top of that i have a 5" O.B. peacock and a 5" what i think is a sunshine peacock (both males).

Anyways about a year ago i had an O.B and sunsine similar to the ones above(both males) which i unfortunatly sold that got along wonderfully.

Now these two that i got in here now are the opposite. The O.B. is scared out of its mind from the sunshine. What i can't figure out is that they leave the angel fish alone and the rainbow fish for the most part, but the sunshine has to control all of the tank, not just a part of it, and the O.B. won't fight back. I thought if anything they would have set up territories.


So basically, is there any other options than removing one of the peacocks?

Thanks
 
My question is why are the peacocks in the same tank with the angels and rainbows when these are not generally community fish?;)
 
Maybe get rid of one and set up a healthy male/female ratio...?
 
Thats funny, i've never had a problem keeping them together before. Anyways i moved the sunshine to another temporary tank (until i decide what to do with it) and now the O.B. is swimming around happily. Thanks for the help
 
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