Goldfish agression?

Jason01

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I have 2 gold fish that are being housed in my 55 gal tank for the winter(they were in a pond outside until it got too cold). One is a fancy and the other is a black moor. Recently, in the past few weeks, the black moor has been harrassed by the much larger fancy. Tonight when I got home, he was missing some scales(like a 2 cm sq. area!) :eek:

The other tank mates are: (don't flame me for their tankmates, the housing is only for the winter, as we thought the fish were dead up till we drained the 120 gal. pond 2 months ago)
1 large angle
2 long fin tetras
1 fancy goldfish
1 black moor
2 pictus catfish(supposed, they don't look like it, and are afraid of thier own shadow, so I doubt the agression is coming from them)
1 pl*co(bout 6-8")
2 Dojo loaches

Should I see if my LFS will take them? I am fairly sure that the fancy is the reason the moor is missing his scales, as I have seen the fancy shoving him around the tank. Also, the black moor doesnt look too happy. I would move him to another tank, but my only other tank is my 29 gal(heavily planted, I think he would enjoy my plants a lil too much), and a 2.5 gal tank that I use as a nusery for my cuttings from my 29. I don't know what to do!
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if your sure it's the fancy, it is probably down to over crowding in the tank, goldfish can be aggressive if comfined to a small area after being in a pond. either find a secong bigger tan kfor the goldfish or take them back to the LFS. you could buy a large plastic bucket/tub and house them in that with some type of filtration.
 
I would be suspicious of the plec, I've seen them attached to goldfish before now, they love their slime coating apparently. cold water plecs aren't usually so bothered.
 
The thing is though, that I have seen the fancy chasing the black moor around the tank before. I just never thought that goldfish would be mean like that, and I don't know what to do. I am going to my LFS on thursday to get a betta for my planted tank, and I will see if she will take the fish in and find a good home for them.

Either that, or I will get rid of the fancy and keep the moor. I don't think he would have a problem with the tank, as it is kept at 76 deg. Would keeping the black moor in the tank permanently be a problem?
 
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