Bullying Neon Rainbowfish

[jrussuk]

Hi i need a little advice. I have had 3 dwarf neon rainbowfish for a couple of weeks now and ive noticed that one of them is chasing the other two into corners a lot. it seems to be wanting the tank for himself!! My tank is a 96 litre. The stcoking is 4 platys to guppies 3 lambchop rasboras ( getting another 3 soon) and the 3 rainbow fish in question. The rainbow fish isnt chasing anything else

many thanks in advance

 

[jrussuk]

sorry to be impatiant but the rainbow fish is now biting and butting the other two now

 

[Dark Shark]

i don't have any rainbow fish but it sounds like you've got more than 1 male and the two that are being attacked has just become mature or they are females beacause my silver tip tetra male chased the other silver tips

 

[jrussuk]

i think they are all male as there colours are more strong

 

[Dark Shark]

1ts idea then the bullying one is an older fish and the other two have just become sexually mature and pose a threat

 

[the_evil_duboisi]

You haven't seen anything. Have you seen a 1.5 inch rainbow kick around a 6 inch Lake Malawian cichlid? Or trying to spawn with a frontosa?

I mean to say, they are very personal buggers, but if it's too much, you should seperate them.

 

[jrussuk]

well the bully has gone back to the lfs now and the other two are a lot more happy

 

[zephyr]

y not get a few females? they'll do the trick

 

[Miss Wiggle]

this is why you need to keep bigger groups, with just two fish to pick on it's fairly sure one of them will get seriously hurt, with 6/7 fish to pick on he's unlikely to do damage to anyone in particular.

 

[DarkEntity]

As mentioned you need to get a shoal of them, 2 or 3 isnt enough to spread the anger. Get yourself 1 male and at least 3 or 4 females

Males are usually much more colourfull where the females are drab by comparison