Male Convict being mean to female

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ok yesterday all was good in the 30 gallon tank with my pair of Convicts. Today the female is hiding underneath the water flow of the HOB filter and the male wont let her swim about without chasing her back into hiding. She looks all beat up on the side.
Will they calm back down? Or do I need to remove one of them? They were both put into the tank at the same time so no prior territory was established.
What is going on? This is my second male being a bully. I'm getting frustrated.

Sharon in Minnesota
 
hello...... anyone here? I need answers please.
 
well you said it best with this being the second time, cons are nasty critters by nature and in nature they seek out a female and she is able to swim away from him if she isnt interested, so in the confines of a small slice of what they call home, she can not get away, then i would say yes you need to seperate them if he isnt going to play nicely..
 
pittbull said:
well you said it best with this being the second time, cons are nasty critters by nature and in nature they seek out a female and she is able to swim away from him if she isnt interested, so in the confines of a small slice of what they call home, she can not get away, then i would say yes you need to seperate them if he isnt going to play nicely..
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Yah. :iagree: Also, are there several "areas" in the tank like caves, rocks, or places that are visually separated from each other? Convicts are great fun to breed, but mean nasty critters indeed.
 
Well for tonight I just went an observed about 10 minutes and then I took him out and put him in a bucket. I mixed up the decorations and pots and caves AGAIN and added melafix to the water for her. As she is lookin a bit frail. I dont have 2 males in there just 1 male and 1 female both were put in at the same time yesterday. he is in a bucket now waiting to cool himself down overnight.
I do have another male in with the Oscar that is the same size, he was being the bully yesterday hense all this moving them around. I could put him back in the 30 with the female again tomorrow and see if it goes better for her, but I'm not really sure at this point what to do.
I got her from a friend who doesn't want her back. I really wanted to have a pair but the boys dont wanna pair up with her they just want to harrass her to death.
Will keeping him in a bucket overnight calm him down at all or should I put up the divider in the 55 gal Oscar tank and keep him alone for a while while she heals back up?
Advise wanted in Minnesota
 
it will more than likely happen all over again really i know you have heard this a thousands times and i hate to say it again they need a larger tank with decorations to escape the wrath of another fish wanting to spawn and if she doesnt want to he will def keep beating her up til she dies, in a 30gal i would do the same sex so maybe you could place both males in the 30gal and put her in the oscar tank, just a thought..
 
Yep today I put the divider in the 55 gallon Oscar tank and put my male in there.
My new plan is to keep female is the 30 gallon I added melafix to heal up a few roughed up scales on her sides and a fin nip. She will stay by herself in the 30 for now.
Eventually in a few weeks I will try again to add a male back in with her (but not alone). A friend of mine suggested adding a couple of what she called Target fish at the same time that I add the male. I think she said get some Giant Danios so that the male takes his agression chasing after them and leaves the female out of his mean games, and so if they spawn he has something to chase around while protecting the wrigglers.
So that's my new plan for now just waiting and trying again at a later time. To bad I wasn't such an inpatient person. Darn it!!
 
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