catfish are fighting, what to do?

WOGGIES · Post by **WOGGIES** » 18 Mar 2007, 00:43

I made some posts earlier about some synodontis cats i got last week. I noticed two fo them will fight occassionally (the same two), and today i noticed one of them had a torn dorsal fin (is that the right term?). Is this a big deal, and if so what should i do? And will the fin heal and should do anything to treat it? thanks

Post by **Silurus** » 18 Mar 2007, 01:14

The torn fin should heal by itself if you maintain water quality in your tank. It sounds like you may need a bigger tank for the fish. Try rearranging the decor in the tank first to see if this stops the fighting.

Oliver D. · Post by **Oliver D.** » 18 Mar 2007, 10:37

And perhaps more hiding places can help...

In german "Nicht schön, aber selten!"... not nice, but rarely!

Normally the fins heal in few days.

Oliver

WOGGIES · Post by **WOGGIES** » 18 Mar 2007, 12:48

Ill try to rearrange the decor today when i do my water change. But, when i first got them, they would "hang out" together, then they started fighting. But, today i noticed, the slightly smaller one that gets beat up (with the torn fit) actually stuck up behind the other one and started a fight with that one. I have a 40 gallon tank for 3 cats. They are all only about 2 inches long.