Bullying Goldfish
By TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85146)
Shingle Springs, California
January 24, 2009 2:06am CST
We have a tank with some fancy goldfish, a bubble eyed goldfish, a telescope eye goldfish, an oranda and one other (forget what they're called). Two of them have gotten really big and the other two are still little. Well the telescope eyed one has been pushing the oranda around. As far as I can see all he has been doing is pushing it with his body, not biting or anything. Well yesterday the oranda died. Maybe he was just sick. Has anybody ever heard of this kind of bullying by goldfish before?
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4 responses
@infinite_zoom (118)
• India
24 Jan 09
Although i dont keep goldfishes anymore, i have had such problems in the past. I think if the tank is large enough, there may not be casualties. It could be because of an unbalance in the male:female ratio,dunno for sure. Moving the dominant fish to another tank for a few days may solve the problem.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
24 Jan 09
It's a 10 gallon and there were only 4 fish. Don't know the gender of them though. Haven't seen any eggs...
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
24 Jan 09
new one on me too...
so far the big one isn't bullying the little ones, hope he doesn't start!
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
24 Jan 09
No signs so far of the big one picking on the little ones, but if they do, we will have to separate them!
