my oskers keep fighting and i dont know why ????
everythings normal but they just wanna ruck .i bought them together .
they shudder along each other then have a face off .
they r going to lfs as no 1 wants them but im a bit worried they have fallen out ...
ive had to turn the light off to calm them down
any1 ....?any1...?

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DUCE

what sex are thay ? how old

to b honest with u i dont know .
theyre the same type but slightly different in redness .
they r about 8/9in long . cheers hemps

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DUCE

American cichlids are strange like that. For months they will be fine, then all of a sudden they will hammer eachother. To be honest, providing they dont injure eachother too badly, I've always let mine get on with it. I guess its just to do with sorting out the pecking order. Mine usually fight for a day or so, then calm down again.

they've been fighting 4 a couple of weeks thought theyd sort it out but they havent .lights been off for 3 days !!!!

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as slash says funny fish ocars i have a big old oscar twice the size of my lil lady sevrum and man dose she give him grief from time to time do lady fish have ladys week

my fish dont bleed 4 a week and still survive ... lol

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lol very tru

Are they doing any bad damage to eachother? or is it just a case of locking mouths?

I had a pair of Red Terrors who were fine when in a tank with other fish, they were never apart from eachother. As soon as I moved them into a tank on their own the male turned and beat the hell outta her. So I took her out and re-introduced her again when she recovered, he did the same. So I tried it one last time and he did it again. I've had to keep him in a tank by himself now and the female is in with my Cubans. So the fish can turn on eachother just like that.

I guess just try stuff like move around aquascaping or try putting a divider in the tank for a while and keep them apart then re-introduce later.

Hahaha....