Penguin Tetra Bully

[samyboy]

ive got a small group of 4 penguin tetras lovely little fish but one appears to be bullying the others and my neons and white clouds.......the corrys are a little bigger and scaryer so dont get bothered

is this normal behavior maybe its just a male thinking its breeding time or something, bullying activities involve darting at other small fish but never wounds or nips, just scaring them off

any ideas why this lone fish has developed this behaviour?

 

[The-Wolf]

IME penguins are a very nippy fish
and IMHO they should not be put into most community set ups.

the only way I can think of to dissipate the nippyness is to increase
the shoal to above 6.

 

[samyboy]

ahh many thanks my little book of fishes says just too keep in a small shoal and that they are a community fish.......and the lfs sold them £3.50 for 4......ill go get 2 more soon

thanks again

 

[vancouver]

The more the better when you're dealing with nippy tetras.. gotta spread the aggression out.

 

[fishdawg]

its normal they do that