Hey there! Sorry if this is the wrong place for this. I joined just now to get some help here.
I have a 65 gallon aquarium with a small community of fish. All of them are very peaceful. Among these fish is a really sweet oranda goldfish named Cheeto. I just added two new fish an hour ago: a clown pleco and an upside down catfish. The pleco is perfectly fine and actually quite shy, hiding behind some driftwood at the moment. The catfish, on the other hand, has claimed a log tunnel for its own and is coming out and attacking cheeto as soon as he goes near the log. He sneeks up on him, hiding in the log until cheeto comes near it and then chasing him and biting him until he is a good ways away from the log. This repeats over and over again, with the catfish getting bolder and going father out each time.
I'm not quite sure what to do. I do have a pond outside that I could move the catfish to (the pond was actually set up due to another two fish biting at cheeto). It has become my semi-aggressive aquarium for fish like him. But I'd really like to solve the problem if possible. Is it because I only have one catfish in the tank? I didn't realize that they needed to be with a school until after I had purchased him. Or would adding more only make things worse? Should I try returning the fish from the specialty fish shop I bought it from?
Anything would help! I'm new to catfish so I could use some advice on what to do
I have a 65 gallon aquarium with a small community of fish. All of them are very peaceful. Among these fish is a really sweet oranda goldfish named Cheeto. I just added two new fish an hour ago: a clown pleco and an upside down catfish. The pleco is perfectly fine and actually quite shy, hiding behind some driftwood at the moment. The catfish, on the other hand, has claimed a log tunnel for its own and is coming out and attacking cheeto as soon as he goes near the log. He sneeks up on him, hiding in the log until cheeto comes near it and then chasing him and biting him until he is a good ways away from the log. This repeats over and over again, with the catfish getting bolder and going father out each time.
I'm not quite sure what to do. I do have a pond outside that I could move the catfish to (the pond was actually set up due to another two fish biting at cheeto). It has become my semi-aggressive aquarium for fish like him. But I'd really like to solve the problem if possible. Is it because I only have one catfish in the tank? I didn't realize that they needed to be with a school until after I had purchased him. Or would adding more only make things worse? Should I try returning the fish from the specialty fish shop I bought it from?
Anything would help! I'm new to catfish so I could use some advice on what to do