Survival of the fittest??

travelinman1969

travelinman1969

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I was watchin my fish today while handing out candy and they all seem to be geting a bit aggressive. Not sure if it has to do with the fact that I just started feeding them other foods, in general, chicken. The plecos are fightin, the 2 big osacrs are pickin on the albinos, the one bala is bettin the heck out of the other, blah blah blah. It's an all out war in there. Is this a survival of the fittest contest and should I be worried? The arowana is the only one clear of it all.
 
Well, they are agressive fish for starters. I don't want to worry you, but it might be that the tank is a bit too cramped with the number of large fish. Do you have a smaller tank, like a 50-60 gallon, that you could possibly move 2 or so of the oscars into until you get it resolved? That may be a sound approach. good luck with sorting it out
 
Just my guess

Is that possible that they didn't get enough of the chicken?
they might start fighting because they feel the resource is not as much as before so they have to take other out?(30%sure)
Or maybe the live food awaken their aggressiveness and desire to fight. (50%) any way wish these help
 
is it just me or is geographer everywhere...anyway, i would say it could either be a space issue or the new food. pretty much what everyone else said.
 
Geographer: You're weird dude. Why would you want to eat your fish? OR feed german sausage to your fish?


Anywho... that fact that 150g is so over crowded is the reason that the aggression is happening. With nowhere to run and hide the bickering between the fish continues. Also you really shouldn't be feeding chicken to your fish, stick to seafoods.
 
Originally posted by cdawson
Geographer: You're weird dude. Why would you want to eat your fish? OR feed german sausage to your fish?
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the question that came to my mind is....why would he want to pay $40 for an oscar just to eat it?
 
Yea, just out of curiosity, but Geographer: Do you come to sites like these just to talk about how you can eat fish and they can eat people? Or do you actually keep fish for a hobby? No offence, but it's kind of lame... You sound like you're in high school, not grammatically or syntax, but just how you act! Grow up, I don't think anyone is on this forum for the purpose of wanting to discuss how fish are going to kill eachother, that's not too wise of an investment if you ask me.
 
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