David - I put the situation in the last post:
"I had the original 6 in a 55, which I now know is way too small, especially considering they weren't the only fish in there. Right now the two I consider the mated pair are in the 55 with ~9" pleco, running a API XL filter and clean weekly with ~25% water change (RO Water). The other two are in a 36 bowfront with 4 purple/1 harlequin rasboras, 2 glowlight tetras, 2 loaches, 2 corys, and a very docile male betta. I'm running a fluval 404 on that tank and clean weekly with ~25% water change. Any suggestions are appreciated!"
And I'm not looking for any money here - I'm looking for good homes for these guys. I've got the two on marketplace already, and as soon as the other two are healthy (fingers crossed for the one floating at the top of the tank, that pair did a number on her!) I'll be looking for homes for them, too. I've tried separating them, putting in fake plants to divide up the tank, large half terracotta pots for hidey caves - nothing has worked. You're right they just restart that pecking order thing all over again, the twitching, face bumping and side ramming, drives me crazy - I can't stand to see anything picked on!
As an aside - the aforementioned betta came from Petco, some idiot had put a red in with a blue. The blue was laying on the bottom of the cup, all schredded and pathetic. I separated them and brought the poor little guy home, and now he's the best, the sweetest thing! Looks for me every night for dinner, eats a single dropped pellet at a time and waits for more - so cute. Now if I could get my hands on the human that did it...picking on that one wouldn't be a problem!
Thank you!
v/r,
Stacey