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Joel Dale - 2013-02-05
I had one years ago and on my visit to the Shed Aquarium I know I MUST have one again . These are easy fish to keep and will eat out your hand in no time.

Candy Zucksworth - 2013-02-03
I have 2 angel fish. The two were getting along fine,hanging around together. All of a sudden one of them chases the other. Now it is in the corner all the time. I have. 30 gallon tank. Should I get a couple more angels or just take the one out? The bully can be by itself. Not sure what to do.

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Jasmine Brough Hinesley - 2013-02-04
As Angelfish get older they often become territorial and somewhat more aggressive. They will also usually pair off. It sounds like maybe your two are not hitting it off together and you may want to separate them. First you could try adding other community fish (of the same size or larger) and/or adding more plants and decorations to see if that helps.
Anonymous - 2013-02-04
I had 3 in my tank. The two in there now paired off and were chasing the one. Took out that one they were chasing. They were doing fine together and all of a sudden my big marble one started chasing the one he hung around with. All it does is hide in the corner. I have a bunch of plants. Should I take the one out and my marble can be the only angel? What other fish would get along with him? I have had an angel and gold Severn together, they did fine. What other fish would do well with it? I don't want a gold Severn again.

missy - 2013-02-04
Mine is very aggressive in fact its almost 3yrs old and the only tank cleaner that is smart and fast enough to survive with my piranha

hayley wills - 2013-02-04
Hi i'm just wondering I have 2 parrot fish, a pleco and a mollie in my 4 ft tank and none of them seem to come out, they just hide all the time. Is there anything I am doing wrong? I've tested water and everything is fine.

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Jeremy Roche - 2013-02-04
That is normal for the parrots and pleco. The molly should be cruising around though.

Riya - 2013-02-04
I have one pair of blood parrots but I don't know if it's a correct pair or not. How do I find a male and female parrot?

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Jeremy Roche - 2013-02-04
Sexing them is difficult. Males will show a pink around their gills and on the throat when they are in spawning colors.

Miguel Angel Montanez - 2013-02-03
Why is my bala shark hovering in the corner like if it was guarding something? It has been doing it for two days now and it just seems weird.

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Jeremy Roche - 2013-02-04
Is the area near anything? Filter, heater??

Andrew Corland - 2013-01-31
I'm sure many of you have had better luck, but my experience with firemouth cichlids has not been great. Regardless of what size aquarium I would house this one particular male in, he would become the dominant fish within 3-5 minutes. Such that the other cichlids would hide and he would even actively pursue each fish within their hiding spot and chase them away. He just couldn't or refused to share space with any other cichlid breed. Unfortunate considering how striking they are, brilliant colors and sand sifting behavior. Perhaps I just had an unusually aggressive male, but I tried again with another male, much smaller and even he was just a real pain in the arse with other fish. I simply had to take him back to the pet store after trying him out in 3 different sizes aquariums.

Lindsey - 2013-01-31
Recently my 20 gallon tank has had a fatal ich outbreak. I have taken care of the tank (disinfected), so that is ok. My only surviving fish was a dalmation molly. He is not currently in the 20 gallon tank but a quarantine tank (1.5 gal.), when I first put him in he did have some ich but it is now gone. My problem is now the molly has these rust coored spots on them. They are in his tail mainly but also on mouth and gill(?) area. I don't think it is some sort of infection though. They shimmer like it might be some new coloration.Does anyone know what it is?

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Jeremy Roche - 2013-02-01
Could just be the molly's color is changing. environment can do that sometimes.

Bhupesh kumar - 2013-01-31
I bought 6 young mono angels today and they seem happy in my 20 gal. Sandy aquarium it's very enjoyeble to see these cute fishes.

JohnB - 2013-01-30
I have four Red Flame in my 55 gallon and they are always foraging on the Amazon swords. Very soothing to watch. They are also one of the first to the front for feeding time. They are housed with various Tetras, Danios, Barbs and Platies. Hardly never see them interact with each other. Each just busy picking away on the plant.

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