How to handle a Bully - When fish get aggressive.

[@markfranklin8831]

Good information back afew years ago like 30 years back i use to rearrange my tank and that works. Thanks for sharing

[@wendihamlett105]

The most aggessive fish I ever had (and I have cichlids etc.) was a male Endler. Ended up putting him in a 75 gallon with barbs, came back he had all the barbs chased to one end. Took him back to LFS. True story lol

[@BentleyPascoe]

Gutsy endler 🤣

[@nabokovfan87]

Very necessary video and skill for people. I had one aggressive pair of males. I added a third, he got picked on. I moved him to a breeder box so the fish could get used to being near one another and recover. After a week they were happy friends. That pattern was fine until a few months later when one of the males got attacked again and needed to recover.

[@John-Ebsen]

I had a Oscar that wasn't aggressive but hated it when other fish would fight and he'd break it up.

[@BentleyPascoe]

Best Oscar ever.

[@jurassicfrank1935]

I had a rainbow shark that did that.

[@Boja23]

I moved out my bully gourami, and he was so angry he couldn't attack another fish in his new tank, he did a few barrel rolls and died after less than a few days. Beautiful jerk. They should be classified like bettas on temperament.

[@tiffanyclark-grove1989]

what kind of gourami? my three pb dwarfs are saints (more or less😊)

[@tiffanyclark-grove1989]

I was just curious because I was thinking of getting a bigger two spot or opaline

[@Boja23]

@@tiffanyclark-grove1989 Powder blue

[@tiffanyclark-grove1989]

@@Boja23 oh wow. I heard they can be, I pry just lucked out😊 Sorry your fishy passed❤️

[@tiffanyclark-grove1989]

@@Boja23 I WAS stoked though because the sign read male dwarf gouramis but one of mine was a female ❤️

[@camojim5402]

Great job explaining everything. You have a great way about yourself and your ability to teach while keeping everything exciting. My best to you and your family thank you for everything you do.

[@FishCapadesProductions]

Great subject ❤ much needed thanks a million

[@LushSaltyAquariums]

All tips I've used. I have used my sump as a tank for isolating fish including bully SAE.

[@jammingontheone1666]

I am currently dealing with a bully Red Shoulder Sevrum. The tank has a mixture of other types of sevrums, a large angelfish, blue acaras, clown loaches, and a chocolate pleco. I tried putting him in time-out using a large breeder box within the tank. This has worked well for me in the past with bully goldfish. I only tried it for a week, because I noticed that while he was in time-out, one of the electric blue acaras became aggressive towards the other fish. So, I let the red shoulder out of jail, and watched him and the acara spar for couple of weeks for dominance. The sevrum has reestablished himself as king. I have added some wood and plants to provide more sight-line breaks, but plants don't last long with sevrums. They don't like the taste of some java fern, but I can't find affordable large plants at this time. I haven't seen any physical damage to the other fish in the tank so far, however, my large agel has stopped eating. I'll try to move him to another tank to see if it is fear or old age that is causing him to lose his appetite. Thanks for your videos. Always informative.

[@WhiteCloudAffinity]

Hey, i really need some help, so my longfin danios are kinda bullying my white clouds. I dont think there will be any injuries or nipped fins but the danios chase each other and the white clouds all day. I think this might stress out the white clouds and it is not a great sight to see. Just 24/7 nonstop chasing.

[@BentleyPascoe]

Danios are very, very active fish. So I can see why this would happen. If it's possible you might want to separate the white clouds out to a different tank where they can be a little bit more chill

[@WhiteCloudAffinity]

@@BentleyPascoe hi, thank you so much for the reply, i moved my danios to a different tank but plot twist…my biggest white cloud who has never displayed any aggression suddenly started chasing all the other whiteclouds. Do you think it was because he got influenced by the danios?

[@tinynina76]

Great tips and ideas. Thank you!😁

[@aTurney03]

Most and probably only aggressive fish I've had is an empire gudgeon. Male that lost a good amount of fins when shipped. Fine with baby corys, platys, but marked out 13 of my 14 rummynose tetras. Just happened couple weeks ago. He is now in a tank that was for pea puffers, he occasionally eats a pond snail.

[@darrylmoore5847]

Awesome video as always.

[@Aniketshyam]

i have about 20 serape tetras chasing a single elctric blue ram in a 20 gallon tank.. what should i do?

[@BentleyPascoe]

If you have another tank, move the ram.

[@jroam2659]

So I had a guppy that was very aggressive to another guppy decided to move him to a bowl for a week, put him back and now HIS the one getting bullied. So I have him inside a net just above the fish tank with a plant cover. What to do???

[@conman20000]

How do you tell of the rainbow is being aggressive pr just trying to mate ?

[@derpychicken2131]

I have three Platies, an original Mickey and two new sunsets. Mickey and one sunset is male, and the other sunset is female. The Mickey is extremely aggressive to the other male and almost any other fish in the tank (tetras and danios) and keeps pestering and trying to court the female sunset platy while chasing her occasionally. Should I get more male platies or more female platies for this kind of aggression?

[@M1ZZS15]

What about if you have Goldfish and they are not so small. I have 4 fish in a 200L tank. The bully is picking on his other goldfish mate and I noticed the one he's picking on has lost scales. He chases him closely behind him. The bully is a shebunkin. Help :(

[@BentleyPascoe]

If you can, try to create line of sight blockers so it's easier for the fish to hide. You could also look at separating them for a short period of time and seeing if that fixes some of the problem

[@tiffanyclark-grove1989]

It’s wild cause I keep goldfish, but I keep a big lot of them so I had no idea that they could be aggressive at all. Until recently, I have seen some videos and testimonies about bully goldfish.

[@tiffanyclark-grove1989]

I guess it occurs when they are regularly stocked. My tank is overstocked because they over winter inside.

[@liyanaaziz6740]

I bought 4 mollies without knowing the gender. I was told Mollies are great community fish, so i housed them with my 4 goldies which I have kept 3yrs and quite large. The second I released them Mollies, I noticed the black one kept chasing my goldies and nipping its fins, although he's very small compare to my goldies. The other 3 Mollies were just fine SO i took out the bully and put it in small isolation tank, hoping he changed (when the aggression occurs I deeply research abt Molly) After several days trying to introduce him to the community tank again, he started chasing off every other firsh and harrass them. So i put him back to the isolation tank and gave up. Long story short, the other one Molly (male) started getting aggressive too. I got so pissed and house him too in the isolation tank And these buttheads bully each other, but I'm guessing they got tired and stopped. I felt so good that they get to taste their own medicine 😂

[@JWGuppies]

Just moved a SAE into my guppy tank 😂 I've always had 1 SAE in each tank for BBA control But Yesterday I noticed 2 of my now fully grown SAE were displaying hyperactive behaviour Swimming circles of the tank at high speed causing the other fish to stress and hide So I took 1 out of the smaller tank and put her into the 4ft tank with the other one that was causing problems So far it seems to have worked they spent a few hours chasing eachother around but this morning they seem to be happy cruising around together at much slower speeds And everyone else in the tanks seems less stressed I'm hoping it continues that way🤞

[@lilybeaumont683]

I had two Australian rainbow females that bullied..they killed my large male..so I placed them in a tank with a few retired fish and another bully..it was a quiet war for a while then the skirted tetra killed a sister..the magic fish to keep the peace turned out to be different Danio fish..she never bother my white clouds..so now she is in a tank with 13 different danio..all different sizes..she still chases them but they chase each other so they don't get stressed out..and they hid out in the low level plants..I've never had large Danio before amazing fish and they grow to four inches..I'm going to add a few more Zebra danio next..

[@bartrichmond451]

Trying to find the bully in my rainbow tank. Have found 2 of my newly purchased turquoise rainbows dead in the last week with their tails chewed off. Can't tell if it's one of the other blues or one of my bosemani rainbows. It's like having a serial killer in the tank.

[@A_J_H]

Hi one of my fish as been aggressive to another of they are Danios and the bully has pecked of the other fishes fins have you got eany tips

[@BentleyPascoe]

Sounds like an overly dominant male. If you have the ability to separate that one fish, I would try to do so. Otherwise it depends on how many ways you have to break line a site for them to hide away from that, particularly aggressive fish

[@traceymorris511]

I have a betta male that gets nipped by one of my cardinals when feeding. What can i do about this?

[@BentleyPascoe]

If you can, try to distract the cardinal to one side of the tank with food, then put food on the other side for the betta.

[@uranlynch3127]

I had to rehome my mbuna to my brother, he just wouldn't stop attacking my blood parrot, i tried locking him away, and rearranging the tank, nothing would work, so to save the rest of my fish from stress or death i had to get rid of him, now everyone is happy.

[@nathanhoveyaquatics]

When I kept the bigger Cichlids Mbuna jacks ect I had a bully and I'd just remove him for 2/3 weeks and rearrange the tank so the other fish could re-establish themselves then add him back and %80/90 of the time it worked for a few months. Overall I ended up finding him a new bigger home.

[@louiewgroenewald]

I have aggression with a platinum Gourami. IT kills all other Gourami. It killed my ram. I moved him to another tank with angels and rainbows and Acara. But it even attacks them in another tank after about 20min in the new tank. I moved him now to another tank. It might work but not sure. Do not have another tank to move him to after this. What to do?

[@louiewgroenewald]

All tanks have lots of hardcape and plants. But it seeks out and goes after the other fish to attack them.

[@BentleyPascoe]

@@louiewgroenewald it's kind of rare, but sometimes you end up with a fish that either a has to be a solo fish or b has to be in a tank where it is the smallest fish by far

[@gailtenaglia4398]

I had a bollivian ram and apisto grama males fighting . The apusto sta on the bottom of the tank . The apisto and femald is in a 10 gal . Withvsalt and almond leaves 2-3 weeks he is atarting to swim , bit sitsz a lot . Will be setting up a 20 gal long fof the ram make and female . And apisto 's will go back in original tank . Ram chases othe fish in hes area. I hate the chasing .

[@tiffanyclark-grove1989]

great advice

[@VolCanixWorx]

I have a bully fish 😂 she is a HUGE gambusia that bullies the smaller ones and tries to eat any fry she can get ahold of lol I can get about a week of peace after putting her in time out lmfao. I have a clip on basket so she is still in the same tank with everyone, she just cannot chase them into a corner 😂😂

[@Kedamojo]

I have a 15ish inch giant white gourami in my pond that’s been a menace, it bullies the 9inch turtle, the five 5 inch koi’s. I have no idea what to do with it cause i don’t have any other space to rehome it too.

[@BentleyPascoe]

You might consult some of the sources for monster fish out there. You probably have a better chance of getting some really good ideas through some of those groups.

[@sandycheeks7506]

One time I had a golden wonder killie try and mate with a jardini arowana and the jardini was not for it and would also hide from him

[@BentleyPascoe]

That Killi just likes a tall lady apparently 🤣

[@adnanhebe4876]

what is my platy is attacking the goldfish

[@BentleyPascoe]

@@adnanhebe4876 platies can be a little more territorial than other live-bearers. If they see the goldfish as a threat to babies, they might attack. You can try adding more line of sight blocking plants/decorations, or it's possible they may need to be in different tanks

[@Aniketshyam]

when i was a kid i once sentenced a koi ghost angel to death for killing another koi ghost angel... i put him in a 5 litre jar without oxygen... i think i am going to hell

[@jasonstouder]

if i have 10 fish and one tank and one of them fights the rest, i have an easy and flushable solution.