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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / January 2005Fish sucking on other fishes bodies!!
I am very worried because my black moore goldfish has just started chasing after and sucking on the sides of the other two fantales. I am worried because of the slime on the fish, and becauase this behaviour seems agressive and might be stressful to the other fish. Can anyone tell me why it is doing this and what i can do!! I am very worried!!!! I had 2 moors in with some fancies. While the would not suck, after a while they seemed to enjoy just plowing headlong into the other fish. It seems to me GF have different levels of 'boastfulness', even varying at different times. This behavior may change. A little stress coat might protect them some, a tank divider? My concern led me to move them to a different location, in my case a pond (where they had come from). In there they are the bottom of the totem pole and seem to be quite content to just amble around and grow quite well. There are some other fancies in the pond who they never come close to. But inside they became the tank bullies. IMHO if this continues long at all,it is cause for concern and you will need to seperate them somehow. Bill >I am very worried because my black moore goldfish has just started > chasing after and sucking on the sides of the other two fantales. I am > worried because of the slime on the fish, and becauase this behaviour > seems agressive and might be stressful to the other fish. Can anyone > tell me why it is doing this and what i can do!! I am very worried!!!! IMHO if this continues long at all,it is cause for concern and you will need to seperate them somehow. Bill Yes, I agree with Bill, if this continues to go on you should be prepared to set up another tank or find a new home for one of your fish. If you dont you will probably end up with a sick then a dead fish : ( I have had this happen to me twice with goldfish. Both times I was able to move the offending fish to another tank and they were fine. I think I have a couple of aggressive boys who were chasing the girls in the tank. Maria |
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