Aggressive peacock

[FishHunter8]

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

 

[Lupin]

My question is why are the peacocks in the same tank with the angels and rainbows when these are not generally community fish?

 

[Rbishop]

Maybe get rid of one and set up a healthy male/female ratio...?

 

[FishHunter8]

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