Agresive Golden Angelfish

[ddavila06]

hey guys, i have had these angels for like5-6-7months now, so they are about 3.5 inches long and probably at about the pairing age? i have a trio and they always been together and all of the sudden one of them looks more orange-ish that the others and keeps on bullying them all... even a smaller marble that i got like 3 weeks ago (not that much smaller) basicly the others don't have as much color probably because of the stress he/she is putting on them and they look pale, should i split them :( what do you recommend??

[Aaron]

All angelfish are aggressive like that, especially if they start pairing off. The only thing to do is remove the fish or let them fight it out.

[FrannyB]

Typical cichlid behavoir. What size tank are the four fish in?

[ddavila06]

i guess i should have mentioned the tank size, is a 120 XH, whats so unusual is that i have a large couple in my other tank and they are perfectly fine...and never showed any aggresion toward any fish before...

[krisw]

I've had some truly mean angelfish. The only solution I had was to separate them. If any of them start having torn up fins, or look stressed, you ought to remove them.