Experience with a time out?

[Aquaph8]

Whats your experience with giving a not so friendly fish a time out for a few weeks. Has this ever worked out for you or is it better to just get rid of the fish?

 

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Try it, give the other fish a chance to stake their claims in the tank before the agressor

 

[Saltgator]

Try it, give the other fish a chance to stake their claims in the tank before the agressor

+1. I'd at least try it to see if it works. A local here did it with a purple tang and it's been ok since then, but he put him in a time out for a month. What fish is becoming a bully?


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[ritter6788]

I've done that a few times and it has always worked. I even did it with a mean blue damsel that was chasing clownfish. Now the clowns chase the damsel.

 

[MIKE NY]

I do it all the time with my PBT whenever I add a new fish and it is in a Time Out right now for chasing my Leopard which is starting to change to a male. Also I'm trying to catch my sixline for the same reason....they were all fine for many months together until the Leopard decided to be a male.

 

[Aquaph8]

I was still trying to decide whether put the Labouti back in or not. He went back in today, we'll see.

 

[chort55]

Sometimes it works sometimes it temporarily works, and sometimes someone else becomes a bully lol

 

[steamer51]

A friend in our club had good luck putting a mirror outside his tank. The aggressor sees his reflection and prefers to challenge one of his own species so leaves other similar fish alone.

 

[mainereefer]

if you dont rearrange the rock in the tank it wont do anything at all