aggressive goldfish

[Graham Chapman]

I've got 2 goldfish in a 15 litre tank, and I've noticed that there's a lot
of aggression from the older of the 2 goldfish.. I had to buy a new
goldfish, after the old one mysteriously died ( well it was a goldfish we
won at the local fair..) and since then the older of the 2 seems to spend
most of his time chasing the new one around the tank, the situation seems to
get worse during feedtime. Should I pair each of them into a separate tank?
Graham

[Charles]

On Wed, 17 May 2006 16:28:38 GMT, "Graham Chapman"
> wrote:

>I've got 2 goldfish in a 15 litre tank, and I've noticed that there's a lot
>of aggression from the older of the 2 goldfish.. I had to buy a new
>goldfish, after the old one mysteriously died ( well it was a goldfish we
>won at the local fair..) and since then the older of the 2 seems to spend
>most of his time chasing the new one around the tank, the situation seems to
>get worse during feedtime. Should I pair each of them into a separate tank?
>Graham
>
It would probably be best to separate them, Oddly enough, fish are
individuals and can have personalities, not always to our liking.

[Koi-Lo]

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> turned out this gem:

> I've got 2 goldfish in a 15 litre tank, and I've noticed that there's
> a lot of aggression from the older of the 2 goldfish.. I had to buy a
> new goldfish, after the old one mysteriously died ( well it was a
> goldfish we won at the local fair..) and since then the older of the
> 2 seems to spend most of his time chasing the new one around the
> tank, the situation seems to get worse during feedtime. Should I pair
> each of them into a separate tank? Graham
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The new one may be a female and this is normal behavior for this time of the
year. The males aggressively pursue the females to breed with them.


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