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The divider touches the lid, so not possible in this case. I'm guessing he somehow put pressure in a certain spot and bowed it enough to slip past.

We have two beautiful bettas in a divided 10gal tank in my sons bedroom. Batman and Two-Face. Some time between turning their light off last night and back on again this morning, one of them has snuck past the divider. There's been an all out brawl :( Batman: Really torn up fins, I don't...

Unfortunately I wasn't able to help her. :( We woke yesterday to find she had passed away during the night. I'm really upset that I didn't realise she needed help sooner. Perhaps if I had begun to hand feed her weeks ago she would have carried on and became well again. My children were...

I think I may have left it too late before helping her. :( All afternoon she's just been either sitting under a big anubias leaf or wedging herself between the filter intake and the glass. Everyone is steering clear of her though like they know something is wrong.

I'm using the hikari goldfish gold. It's the only goldfish specific food I could find locally though I'm still searching online for the lionhead one you suggested to me a while ago. For these ones to sink I have to soak them and then squeeze them a little before giving them to the fish. It's a...

Well it sinks this morning so must have needed longer in the fridge. I'm becoming really worried about her now though. Feeding this morning I gave the others food up the opposite end of the tank so they were distracted and held some food out for the moor. I put it directly in front of her...

I seem to be having trouble with it floating though. I was under the impression that it would sink? I left a piece in there and I've been sitting watching them. They go back to it for a peck every so often so perhaps they're getting a taste for it. Just worried that it floats, and it makes a...

It worked! I don't know if perhaps I added too much gelatin but it's set. I just offered some to her and although she took a little she didn't seem fussed and swam away. The others had a peck each and did the same thing. Perhaps I'm not such a good cook! I did add some garlic to the mix too that...

I forgot the fruits :(

Ok well this batch is in the fridge now waiting to set. It includes spinach, broccoli, baby corn, capsicum (I think you call them peppers?), carrot, green beans, paprika and lots of sardines. I almost tripled the amount of gelatine from last time as I added a little more water to help them blend...

I have sardines here that no-one in my family eats so I will use those this time. Feeding this double protein dosed food to the others is going to be ok as well yes? I guess they will just bulk up more. I don't have all the ingredients for any of the recipes online but aside from tinned food is...

They get pre-soaked pellets each morning and of an evening they get fresh steamed vege (usually broccoli as its their favourite) and brine shrimp every second day. I see her grazing on the broccoli the last few nights but she's still not seen to be eating anything else. I've attempted gel food...

Well I have spent the last two days watching her feed and it seems you've hit the nail on the head. It LOOKS like she's eating but she's actually missing the food so all she's getting is some vege and whatever she can find on the substrate later on. I tried to feed her up the opposite end of...

Thought I'd pop back for an update. As I suspected would happen the oranda has now grown slightly larger than the fancies, and the bullying is all but stopped. For now! My issue now is that my moor does not seem to be growing, at all. The two fancies and the oranda have all grown considerably...

Thanks everyone but I think a few of you are focussing on the wrong tank. My fault. The tank reading ZERO nitrates is under control, its well planted, fully established/cycled and I've begun dosing nitrogen. The tank in question runs between 5-10 nitrates and I've never seen it go above 20...

This may be a really simple question and I'm just not thinking straight so please just hang in there lol If my nitrate levels are staying within good measure (never higher than 20), should I be leaving longer between PWC so I'm not starving my plants? I ask because my goldfish planted tank is...

I watched some youtube videos and it definitely looks like breeding behaviour but they're so young.

Oh I don't like this at all, I've never had bully fish! So he was in the sin bin for 2 hours, let him out and within 5 minutes he was at it again. I've been watching the last few hours to make sure she wasn't getting too stressed by it and so far looking ok. I'm hoping their dinner distracts...

I think I've just cleared the way for the other fancy to have a go at her. :( It's only every so often that he shows the same behaviour so she is getting a break. I don't want to rehome them and the oranda is my favourite. The fourth fish in the tank the moor just keeps to himself and no-one...

Well I've been watching them this morning and it seems to be just the one bully. The second fancy sometimes joins in but for the most part it's definitely just the one bully. He's also the biggest in the tank. I have the type of basket you're talking about so I will go grab that and put him in...

Oh no I never considered they might be stunted from the pet store. I figured it was the best place to buy because they have such a high turn over of fish so they wouldn't have been in the tiny tanks long. They have grown since I got them, is that an indication that perhaps they were just babies...

So how do I fix that? It's a goldfish tank so they're already poop machines. Seachem Nitrogen?

Thanks jlk, is it typical bullying or mating? As I said they're only very young.

Now the other fancy is doing the same thing so she has two fish nudging at her and cornering her into the glass :( do I separate her?

One of my goldfish (regular fancy) is following my oranda and nudging its belly and pushing it into the glass. There's no biting/nipping just bumping. I thought this was mating behaviour but they're just babies! About 2.5-3 inches not including tails.