Hi all,
I currently have 2 fancy goldfish (a black moor and I'm not sure what type the other one is but it has an egg shaped body and is definitely fancy rather than common) in a 94 litre tank. They have been together for around 18 months and until very recently got on very well. However, for the past month or so, the unidentified fancy has started bullying the black moor. He chases and nips at the black moor a lot and recently the black moor had torn fins due to this. I put a tank divider in there to help the black moor heal, but I realise this isn't a long term solution. The black moor healed well so I took the divider out yesterday but the nipping has started again. Nothing has changed in the tank over the last month at all, however the unidentified fancy has grown bigger than the moor since I bought them.
Water parameters are:
- 0 ammonia
- 0 nitrite
- 40 nitrate
- 7 pH
- 0 KH
- 30 GH
25% of the water is changed usually once or twice a week.
I'm concerned that perhaps the tank is too small, which would be so upsetting. I bought way bigger than the pet store said I would need to try and avoid having problems. I adore these two fish so any advice you can give me would be amazing.
Thanks in advance!
I currently have 2 fancy goldfish (a black moor and I'm not sure what type the other one is but it has an egg shaped body and is definitely fancy rather than common) in a 94 litre tank. They have been together for around 18 months and until very recently got on very well. However, for the past month or so, the unidentified fancy has started bullying the black moor. He chases and nips at the black moor a lot and recently the black moor had torn fins due to this. I put a tank divider in there to help the black moor heal, but I realise this isn't a long term solution. The black moor healed well so I took the divider out yesterday but the nipping has started again. Nothing has changed in the tank over the last month at all, however the unidentified fancy has grown bigger than the moor since I bought them.
Water parameters are:
- 0 ammonia
- 0 nitrite
- 40 nitrate
- 7 pH
- 0 KH
- 30 GH
25% of the water is changed usually once or twice a week.
I'm concerned that perhaps the tank is too small, which would be so upsetting. I bought way bigger than the pet store said I would need to try and avoid having problems. I adore these two fish so any advice you can give me would be amazing.
Thanks in advance!
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