MaggstAa
Aquarium Advice Regular
I have a tank with 9 common goldfish, and about 6 months ago I realized that of those 2 of them are females and the rest are males. The males have been chasing the females on and off mercilessly for months; I periodically quarantined the females to give them a rest and then after a week or so put them back in the big tank and the males seemed to calm down (I've done this about three times over the past few months). However, the past month I've needed to do it again because the females are getting physically exhausted and I'm worried for their health (I've started a little women's shelter in my QT), and every time I try to put them back in the tank (after a week or two), the males immediately jump right back on them. Their breeding tubercles are still very visible so they're obviously still "in the mood," but this breeding season seems like it is taking way too long. When can I expect the males to calm down/are there any factors I can change to calm them down? I figure it has to end at some point, and I feel bad that my girls can't stay in the big roomy tank, the QT isn't big enough for them to live in permanently.
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