aggressive black skirt tetra?

trashion · 09-19-2007, 12:01 PM

so i migrated to college and took my oddly-stocked tank with me. the fish are doing pretty well, with the exception of one.

here's the setup:

10 gallon, 3 black skirt tetras, 2 albino skirt tetras [white skirt]

i added one of them a few days before i went to college. he has turned out to be an extremely aggressive black skirt tetra. this puzzles me, as i've never had aggression issues with black skirts before [i had an aggressive serpae that i returned to the store] he terrorizes all of the fish, so they are constantly in hiding. i bought a new black skirt that's about the same size, slightly smaller. and he hangs around her, nipping her fins, and generally bullying her. i understand that i don't have enough skirt tetras to create a school, [yet!!!] but wouldn't they all be aggressive?

question: should i return the aggressive one and get another black skirt? or is it the situation and not the fish?

when i returned the aggressive serpae, my fish tended to leave each other alone, and they all had fantastic, unchewed fins. now that i have this fish, he nips and rips at their fins all day. they aren't ripped off, but they're ragged.

maybe this fish is just a jerk.

FishHead · 09-19-2007, 12:07 PM

my Gf has one and it is very territorial. it chases away other fish that get near it's "territory". If it is nipping at your other ones than I would return him..

**Fishfirst** · 09-19-2007, 01:28 PM

Its just a rouge fish... personality wise. Trade him for a new one.

TigerBarb12 · 09-19-2007, 02:44 PM

Yeah, some of them are rougues, they dont like other fish, they are like your (Grinch or Scrooge) fish

09-19-2007, 12:01 PM	#1
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 868 User Feedback: (0)	aggressive black skirt tetra? so i migrated to college and took my oddly-stocked tank with me. the fish are doing pretty well, with the exception of one. here's the setup: 10 gallon, 3 black skirt tetras, 2 albino skirt tetras [white skirt] i added one of them a few days before i went to college. he has turned out to be an extremely aggressive black skirt tetra. this puzzles me, as i've never had aggression issues with black skirts before [i had an aggressive serpae that i returned to the store] he terrorizes all of the fish, so they are constantly in hiding. i bought a new black skirt that's about the same size, slightly smaller. and he hangs around her, nipping her fins, and generally bullying her. i understand that i don't have enough skirt tetras to create a school, [yet!!!] but wouldn't they all be aggressive? question: should i return the aggressive one and get another black skirt? or is it the situation and not the fish? when i returned the aggressive serpae, my fish tended to leave each other alone, and they all had fantastic, unchewed fins. now that i have this fish, he nips and rips at their fins all day. they aren't ripped off, but they're ragged. maybe this fish is just a jerk.

09-19-2007, 01:28 PM	#3
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,480 User Feedback: (1)	Its just a rouge fish... personality wise. Trade him for a new one. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

09-19-2007, 02:44 PM	#4
TigerBarb12 Tiger Barb Alpha Male Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Milford, OH Age: 15 Posts: 539 User Feedback: (0)	Yeah, some of them are rougues, they dont like other fish, they are like your (Grinch or Scrooge) fish __________________ My Tank 38 Gallon: Tiger Barb x5 Serpae Tetra x6 Blue Gourami x1 Bloodfin Tetra x2 Gold Barb x1 10 Gallon: Gold Gourami x1 10 Gallon: 5 Shiners (Wild)

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FishHead What are you looking at? Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Age: 27 Posts: 521 User Feedback: (0)	my Gf has one and it is very territorial. it chases away other fish that get near it's "territory". If it is nipping at your other ones than I would return him..

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