Bristlenose bully!

[fievels007]

My two bristlenose janitors were only slightly different in size when we got them, but one is getting bigger much quicker and is being a bully. How do I prevent this? A common problem I am sure.

[farmchick]

Buy more and allow the bully to "spread the love" evenly.

Im not sure what you could do, I have 5 adults and about a hundred gazillion babies (the BGK must be full) and mine all get on fine. The male will kick his kids out of home with a gentle nudge of the bristles on occasion but usually only once he is sitting on more eggs

[Caryl]

My males quite often fight but never do any damage to each other.

[SpidersWeb]

Yep males will often 'bump' each other, and try to keep younger males away from the food until they've had their feed. I've watched my GBAs do it, dominant male and females eat, then if they persist the smaller boys get a turn later. To prevent this, just put in two algae tabs

My big plecs do it too, our 35cm common plec gets a little agro when our 25cm redspot gets in his cave or tries to eat his precious shrimp, they just kind of headbutt each other.

It's natural, as long as no damage is being done and nobody is being contiously harrassed its fine.

[fievels007]

Thanks guys, I do worry about my wee fella! We are due to get some more fish soon, so will see how the tank dynamic changes once they arrive. I just don't want to see my fishy floating because he got too small and stressed!