Spawning or attacking?

I have three (five) fish. Only the three matter in this scenaro.

The Oranda will go over the the goldfish, and headbutt him. Then the
goldfish will give a bit of a butt to the shubunkin under the tail,
the goldfish and the shubunkin will have a bit of a wrestle, then the
shubunkin will go have a bit of a wrestle with the oranda. Then the
oranda will go over to the goldfish and have a bit of a wrestle with
him. This all occurs very quickly, and the cory's are just having a
nibble. I've only noticed this after feeding, but there's plenty of
food on the tank bottom. It could be territorial, but the fish seem
to chase each other to the biggest food source, then swim off (not the
other way round)

I find this confusing. Am I likely to hear the splashing of tiny
fins? Or are they being playful? I'm keeping a close eye on them, and
their fins & scales are in perfect condition (no nibbling). The plant
is being eaten to death though, and I'm probably not feeding them as
regularly as I should (the plant is a buffer should I forget) I feed
them once/twice a day with flakes, cucumber, corgette, odd bit of
garlic, floating pellets (which I wait till they are nice and squishy,
then squash them so they sink) peas, bloodworm etc

An update - goldfish has got large scores on the top of his body.
Last night I put in an airstone and pump (which is a little noisy) so
it may be stress.

large "sores"? round sores? you got an algae eater in that tank? airstones dont
stress GF. what are your water quality parameters, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and
pH? change some water, add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve
first, add slowly. treat sores topically, but keep changing water every day.
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/p...se/disease.htm
Ingrid

(George Thompson) wrote:

An update - goldfish has got large scores on the top of his body.
Last night I put in an airstone and pump (which is a little noisy) so
it may be stress.



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Just went to LFS & bought more salt (haven't added any for a month or
so) but these aren't sores, they're like scratches on his head and
side. I was amazed these appeared the day after I wrote the message
about spawing or attacking.

he's the only one affected, and he's the biggest fish in there. It
doesn't make sense that a fancy smaller than him would cause those
kind of marks. I'm keeping an eye on him just to make sure.

Water parameters are normal for me.

wrote in message ...
large "sores"? round sores? you got an algae eater in that tank? airstones dont
stress GF. what are your water quality parameters, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and
pH? change some water, add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve
first, add slowly. treat sores topically, but keep changing water every day.
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/p...se/disease.htm
Ingrid

GF will do anything to get food, so if there is anything in the tank the fish will
try to squeeze by it or behind it or under it to get food. lots of fish get gouged
up like that. Ingrid

(George Thompson) wrote:

Just went to LFS & bought more salt (haven't added any for a month or
so) but these aren't sores, they're like scratches on his head and
side. I was amazed these appeared the day after I wrote the message
about spawing or attacking.

he's the only one affected, and he's the biggest fish in there. It
doesn't make sense that a fancy smaller than him would cause those
kind of marks. I'm keeping an eye on him just to make sure.

Water parameters are normal for me.

wrote in message ...
large "sores"? round sores? you got an algae eater in that tank? airstones dont
stress GF. what are your water quality parameters, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and
pH? change some water, add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve
first, add slowly. treat sores topically, but keep changing water every day.
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/p...se/disease.htm
Ingrid



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endorsements or recommendations I make.