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Old 12/03/2001, 10:47 AM
dghall dghall is offline
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Unhappy Flame Angel BULLY all of a sudden?!?! - HELP

I have a 55G tank that has been up and running now for about 5 months. All inhabitants have been living peacefully until recently. The last fish I added months ago was a Flame Angelfish. I read it was best to add them to an established tank and I tried to do that. Now though, the Flame Angelfish is bullying around one of my False Percs. I have a mated pair of False Percs, but only one of them is getting picked on. It (he or she I'm not sure) had two spots on the dorsal fin where there was a piece missing. Those are healing. Now there seems to be damage on the right gill plate where it appears frayed and just behind the gill plate there seems to be a spot where the orange is gone and its off white like some scales are missing. I have observed the Flame Angelfish chasing both False Percs, but only one is getting picked on. I was originally encourages by the dorsal fin healing but now in addition to the gill plate damage the fish seems to be having trouble maintaining buoyancy which means he's DYING. How do I stop this? What brought this on all of a sudden? Should I remove the Flame Angel, or get the False Percs an anemone for protection?
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Old 12/03/2001, 11:32 AM
kames kames is offline
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Well I would not get an anenome for the clowns. Just do a search under anenome's for reason's to avoid getting an anenome. Basically it boils down to the fact that you probably won't be able to keep one and it will die (some people of course have had success, but a bunch of stuff has to be just right like fairly intense lighting).

It looks like you have just gotten an extremely agressive flame angle. I would advise yanking it. Using a trap will make it easier to catch. You could maybe try another flame angel after your clowns heal up. My understanding of flame angels is it is just luck of the draw whether they are agressive and whether they nip on corals.

You could also try a plexiglass divider to seperate the fish for a while. That might help each of them establish their own areas.
 


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