"Matt Fultz" wrote in message
om...
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, I don't have the ability for
quarantine. My wife won't let me set up another tank in the house.

I seem to have taken care of the agression problem. I doubled the
amount of plants, rearranged the tank, and bought two more juvenile
angels. I added the two new angels to the tank along with the
aggressive one at the same time. After a day or so, everything
settled down.

Now I have two new problems. I treated the tank for a few days with
Melafix and the original new angel's fins have healed nicely.
Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to be eating yet (almost a week now.)

Also, one of my loaches has become sick, coninuous gasping. I changed
about 15% of the water (nitrates aroung 10 ppm after the change) and
added some charcoal/diamond blend to my filter media. Probably too
late. He most likely caught something from one of the new angels.

I knew buying a fully grown angel was a bad idea and shouldn't have
let my wife talk me into it. I've had nothing but grief since.

She made you get a fish but won't let you get a quarentine tank for it?
Ouch. Perhaps it is the permanence that does not appeal or the cost? A
quarentine tank doesn't have to be fancy - it can be a cheapy 10 gallon. It
can be a bucket. Just needs airation and filtration. With a little
planning, you could set up a temporary quarentine by running a sponge filter
in your established tank for a week and then using it in your temporary
quarentine tank. Then there is no permanent space issues and very minimal
cost involved. But then you would not be able to get spontaneous fish...
Good luck with it.
-Jen