Angelfish Fighting?

kwlms78
  • #1
I had three angelfish in my tank. Two had paired, and upon coming home and seeing the two lay/'fertilize' eggs, I was 100% sure which on was not in the pair, so I moved him/her to another tank. Last night before I went to bed, I saw where the pair had laid more eggs, but this morning I noticed the two fighting quite a bit. If they just laid eggs, and I removed the other male/female, should I be concerned that they are fighting? I saw yesterday evening (perhaps after the eggs were laid) that they were 'kissing' which I know is a little bit of fighting, but this morning were turning their bodies and darting at each other very aggressively.
 

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Olivia764
  • #2
Sometimes angels will fight after breeding if one is doing something that the other doesn’t like. One time my female started to fight my male after she was trying to tend to the eggs and he was eating them. I think it would be okay if you put the other angel back in the tank, and maybe figure out if it is a boy or girl and get it a buddy! (If you get what I mean). Are there any other fish in the tank?
 

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kwlms78
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  • #3
Sometimes angels will fight after breeding if one is doing something that the other doesn’t like. One time my female started to fight my male after she was trying to tend to the eggs and he was eating them. I think it would be okay if you put the other angel back in the tank, and maybe figure out if it is a boy or girl and get it a buddy! (If you get what I mean). Are there any other fish in the tank?
The tank mates are an electric blue ram, golden ram, german, a not-doing-his-job-eating algae eater, albino tetra, two black tetras, and a mystery snail. When I had the third angelfish in there, the pair would both most of the time push it into a corner and other side of the tank where it ended up staying most of the time. I have a 30 gallon tall half moon tank. I bough a new 37 or 39 gallon for the third angel, and he/she has two black tetras, one molly, mystery snail, and a pictus. I really want to add more to that tank. Side note- this is probably the sixth time I've seen the eggs, and they are an amber shade but they are usually gone within a day or so. Is it very unlikely they will ever hatch out? I actually got to see them in-the-act when they last laid, which was maybe two weeks ago.
 
Olivia764
  • #4
I think it would work if you got another angel for the one you have right now with no partner. If you don’t care if you get eggs or not, you can get a same sex pair, but if you want eggs you can accurately Sex the angel you have and get one of opposite gender, so they can lay eggs. My angels haven’t laid eggs in awhile, but they have only payed about 3 times. They always eat the eggs in about a day, so if you aren’t specifically trying for eggs, then I wouldn’t worry.
 
kwlms78
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  • #5
Interestingly, when I got home yesterday and this morning, they were fine again, and there were still quite a few eggs on the filter tube (usually they are gone the next day). Not sure what I'm going to do if they are fertilized and hatch out. I just haven't ever seen them turn sideways and charge each other and hit the side of the glass before. I wasn't sure if I had two angels of the same sex if they would 'fight' or not - basically territory aggression (?) I'll keep the third in the other tank, since I basically bought it for him/her. I now have to treat that new tank for ick
 

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