somebody's eating my angelfish's tail!!! HELP

well this is my first post here so hello! :dance2:

what i need help with is the other day me and my girlfriend noticed that the tail on my angelfish has mysteriously disappeared! there is a baby pleco in there and then one other angel fish... so which one is nipping at him !?
what should i do!? :shark:



thanks and hello again!

steve& jess.

hey guys thanks for the responses!

well its a ten gallon tank, moderately planted, steady 80 degrees, they are well fed, never skipped meals.. water is treated... well filtered and oxygenated...


we were told 3 gallons of water per angelfish would suffice so we went ahead with the 10 gallon which is what they said would be okay!

the only thing i can think of is that we need more plants and more rock so there not so territorial..

hope i didn't go wrong here somewhere...

Lupin said:

The 10g is actually very small for two angelfish. If you intend to keep both, I'd suggest an upgrade to 30-40g. Get an API liquid test kit to determine your ammonia, nitrites and nitrates if you have no test kit yet. Chances are your pleco is a common pleco species which is best suited in a tank 75g and over. The bigger the tank, the better depending on the species you have. I'd suggest rehoming all three if you have no plans to upgrade.

Good luck.

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thanks allot! i'm thinking of just relocating them to my 60 gallon.. for the good of the 3 we'll see... its that or find them a bigger tank !!!