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| I have a mated pair of angels that have spawned on numerous occasions over the last 6 months. Lately they've stopped and the male is relentlessly pecking at the female to the point where she was hiding and would not come out to eat. I removed the male and plan on reintroducing him to the tank after the female has recovered sufficiently. I'm just puzzled by his behavior towards her. Is this common? Will they still have the bond of a mated pair when I put him back in? ~Carlos
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I have heard of fish doing this before. Some times the male will get board with the female and no longer wants her around. My fish do this all the time.
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| My thought is that the female might be out of spawning condition right now but the male is ready and willing. kind of the same thing as honey i have a headache right now. it may be possible that she just needs a rest. I am no angelfish expert but have run into similar things with other cichlids. while she is resting give her plenty of good live or frozen food to get her in top condition. Let us know how it turns out please. Bri
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| I hate to say it but a mated pair can get nasty. I separated a pair once to give them a break. When I reintroduced them, one killed the other in less than 24 hours. It was the most vicious think I've seen in my tank. I actually thought it was the female killing the male but wasn't very sure. It was certainly the larger, dominant/aggressive one killing the other. It remains the largest and most aggressive angel I've ever seen so it might have been flukey. Mike
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I also had a mated pair of angels...When I kept them together in the same tank I noticed that the male is somehow trying to kill the female one.Thats why I separated bioth of them..Now am also happy and the female angel is also happy..
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| Here's an update. I had removed the male for about 10 days and he was very shy the whole time he was in isolation. The female recovered well and was out and about and very lively. I put him back in and at first evrything was OK but he started up again. I noticed that now that the temperature has gone down, that the tank was at about 75 degrees down from the 80 degrees that it had been over the summer. I brought the tank temp. back up to 80 and they are now a reconciled couple cleaning off the slate I have to prepare a spawning site. I now think that the temp. may have been the major factor. Thanks for your advice and interest.
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Good to here that they are back togather again. Just needed to be a little warmer for the wife to be happy.
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