Torkelgutt
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Setup: 45 gallon tank, scarcely populated. 2 male guppies, 4 female.
(Others: 8 neon tetra, 2 mollies, 4 platies)
One of my male guppies have been acting aggressive for a while (he was fine for several weeks/months after I got him). He keeps chasing around my other male guppy, as well as the platies. I strongly suspect he was the reason one of my previous male guppies died, as that happened shortly after he started acting aggressive.
I've tried all the tricks I could think of:
I've isolated him in a smaller tank (with a divider between him and a betta) for a week or so. I've had him isolated in a bowl all of his own. And I've even tried keeping him in a breeder box in the main tank for a week or so.
Before putting him back with the others, I've rearranged my tank in the hopes of making it feel like a new territory. And there's plenty of plants for my fish to hide in.
Still the result is the same: Every time I put him back in, he's back to chasing and nipping at the other fish within minutes - and he doesn't let up at all. I have no doubt he'll stress some of them out enough to kill them if I keep him in there.
Are there any other ways of dealing with this guy that I haven't thought of, or is he doomed to a life in solitude?
(Others: 8 neon tetra, 2 mollies, 4 platies)
One of my male guppies have been acting aggressive for a while (he was fine for several weeks/months after I got him). He keeps chasing around my other male guppy, as well as the platies. I strongly suspect he was the reason one of my previous male guppies died, as that happened shortly after he started acting aggressive.
I've tried all the tricks I could think of:
I've isolated him in a smaller tank (with a divider between him and a betta) for a week or so. I've had him isolated in a bowl all of his own. And I've even tried keeping him in a breeder box in the main tank for a week or so.
Before putting him back with the others, I've rearranged my tank in the hopes of making it feel like a new territory. And there's plenty of plants for my fish to hide in.
Still the result is the same: Every time I put him back in, he's back to chasing and nipping at the other fish within minutes - and he doesn't let up at all. I have no doubt he'll stress some of them out enough to kill them if I keep him in there.
Are there any other ways of dealing with this guy that I haven't thought of, or is he doomed to a life in solitude?