Fish pestering

[fishyjoe]

I have four guppies along with several other fish in my 55 gal. Now the three solid color guppies are continuously swimming right along side the spotted guppie, almost never leaving its side for whatever reason. Now what’s got me puzzled is to why they are pestering this one fish in particular and at times what looks like nipping in the side fins it possibly the gill area but yet there is no visable damage to the fish other than its tail has shrunk alil but no other signs of harm. Once in a while I’ll see the spotted one flash off my driftwood but that’s about it, again no visable damage or harm being done, they will just simply not leave this one fish alone and I’m starting to feel bad for him/her. Nobody likes to watch someone or somethung being bullied and bothered beyond tolerance and I have reached my limit on tolerance with this behavior towards this poor guy as I’m sure the fish has too. Can anybody help me with this puzzling behavior towards this one fish and to why or what can be done to stop the harassment. I don’t not have another tank to move into. I will post pics of the fish as soon as I figure out how too..

[Carl]

What are the sexes of these Guppies?
Often male guppies will relentlessly follow a female guppy

Reference:
Aquarium Answers; Sexing Fish

While often no harm comes from this, it can, especially with a weaker fish, cause enough stress to make a fish more susceptible to disease, especially Columnaris

Carl

[fishyjoe]

Iam not sure of the sexes of the fish that are in question. Iam trying to figure out the photo upload process but it does not seem to be working, also iam on my iPhone doing this. I tried to log in on my computer but the site told me that my user name or password is incorrect, so once again I’m confused.

[devonjohnsgard]

My experience is that this is bullying and the fish know it's a weaker fish. They will do this until the fish becomes sick. I would separate them or make lots of hiding places. Then the fish will make their spot and stick to it more.

[fishyjoe]

Jan 6, 2018 11:59:20 GMT -5 Carl said:

What are the sexes of these Guppies?
Often male guppies will relentlessly follow a female guppy

Reference:
Aquarium Answers; Sexing Fish

While often no harm comes from this, it can, especially with a weaker fish, cause enough stress to make a fish more susceptible to disease, especially Columnaris

Carl

[fishyjoe]

Those are the 4 in question

[fishyjoe]

Jan 6, 2018 14:01:16 GMT -5 fishyjoe said:

Those are the 4 in question

[fishyjoe]

This is the one being picked on 

[fishyjoe]

Another pic of them in action  

[Carl]

It is difficult to tell as the files uploaded are very large & pixelated.
But it appears you have all males, which would fit in with what Devon noted as to picking on the weaker fish

Carl

[fishyjoe]

Oh wow! No idea why they uploaded that big andvyet they look fine/normal on my end. However Carl and Devon, you guys are both correct. Carl gave me a link to go on for the sex of guppies and sure enough, I have four males. You think the store would’ve pointed that out and yet I should’ve known what I was getting from the get go also. With that being said I went and bought 3 females today so we shall see how it goes for now as I’m aware there should be at least 2 females for every one male, or so that’s what I’ve read and been told. 
  Thank you much for the help on this guys, much appreciated.

    Fishyjoe...

[Angel]

I am having the same issues with my goldfish but this recently started out of nowhere 😔 && I am clueless at to what to do. But I also don't know the sex of my goldies so I will research that in the meantime !

[Carl]

With goldfish, I have found bullying is often the result of s stronger fish bullying a weaker fish.

I would isolate one or the other to see if this helps.
As well, I would give the weaker fish a good check up to make sure he/she is at least outwardly doing well. Make sure to improve the diet, improve mineral Cations, etc.

Carl