Congos fighting

[Colwell]

Hello everyone so long story short I have 4 congos got them all young and I ended up with 2 males and 2 females. When the lights are on everything seems fine and no troubles but almost as soon as the lights go out I see the two males zooming back and fourth across the tanks and fighting each other. So question is what should I do about it? What are my options? Get rid of the females and get two more males? Thanks in advance


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[dalto]

Well, Congo tetras are strongly hierarchical. The males will sometimes want to challenge the hierarchy especially when competing for females. I suspect the real problem is that your group is too small you probably want to have 8-10 of them. How big is your tank?

Ultimately, as long as they aren't actually damaging each other it may be OK. I would definitely keep an eye on them though. Especially if they are in a small space.

 

[Colwell]

There's been no damage yet anyways. They are fine in the day time it's just right after the light are out. Hasn't happened much since just a few nights in a row. There in a 55 gal planted community tank. How many of each should I get I'd probably only get 3 more.


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[aqua_holic]

I agree with adding more, but I don't think that that will do much. It's standard behavior in my experience - one of the joys of keeping them. I think a 55 is a wee bit small for them - an 18 inch wide tank (like a 75) would be better, but the 55 should work.

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