Hi i have a 5" veiltail i keep in a 4ft tank however since my other fish died a couple of weeks ago he looked lonely so i bought him a new tank mate, i got him a 2" Oranda, they got on fine for a couple of days then the oranda started fin nipping and chasing him round really stressing him so i moved the oranda to another tank, i then tried a 2" lionhead exactly the same happened and then a 2" blackmoor again the same happened so at the moment i have my 3 small fish together in a 2ft tank and my veiltail on his own in the 4ft tank i would like them all to be able to live together, anyone know why they all seem to want to pick on the veiltail?

I am still kinda of a newbie fry around all these goldie experts I thought I might suggest that maybe the new fish you got were all male and the one you had is a female and maybe they are chasing her wanting to mate. Just a thought

2" is a little young for hormones unless they were stunted. Its possible that they were tempted by the long flowy fins.

I think maybe they r tempted by the fins and that he swims very slowly and wont play!, i was considering moving them all to the 4ft tank as previously i have only put one fish in at a time with my veiltail, if there were more fish to play with and chase they may leave him alone, the 3 small fish are all very playful and chase each other all the time

Did you qt the fish? If not, you run the risk of infecting others with unseen illnesses and parasites. Just remember to quarentine new fish next time. Since they've already all been in contact with eachother, you could try them all together with the veiltail. Be ready to pull them out if things go wrong.

I would say by putting them in all together they would pay less attention to the veiltail. With more fish in the tank the more dominant fish will battle it out, leaving your veiltail to his own musings.