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The flag cichlid didn't make it. I moved him to a 10 gallon quarantine and treated with meds and think that overwhelmed his system. I (foolishly) followed AI's advice and dosed with Polyguard, which I thought was a gentle medication. Turns out it's one of the strongest. After realizing this...

I'd rather him get acclimated to the multiple foods I already have rather than requiring a special diet. The store I ordered him from said they fed him brine shrimp and flakes.

I'm going to move him to a hospital tank and treat with a broad spectrum medication and see if he gets better.

I just planted some new plants (likely not nearly enough) and started injecting CO2 after a few year hiatus. It's pretty bare right now but I'm hoping the swords will take off and provide some coverage. I feed tropical flake food, spirillum flakes, cichlid pellets, freeze dried bloodworms...

All four fish (angel, EBA, Bolivian ram, flag cichlid) are getting along well for now. The flag cichlid hangs out at the top behind the filter intake quite a bit but he comes out periodically and swims among the others and doesn't seem bothered by them. I hardly see him eat at feeding time and...

Thanks for the advice!

I figured the Angel would be more timid and would need time to find a comfortable spot in the tank, but I suppose you never know how things will pan out. It's a Festivum.

Decided to give him a shot. He is more peaceful than I thought.

I have a 55 gallon hex tank (48" width) with a grown Bolivian fam and a juvenile flag cichlid, which joined the tank two weeks ago and is doing very well. I ordered a juvenile angelfish which arrives tomorrow and have a juvenile EBA in a 10 gallon quarantine. Would it be better to introduce...

Selling my newly acquired EBA. After further research, I don't think he's going to work in my community tank. I got him less than a week ago and he's been in a 10 gallon quarantine tank waiting to join my other fish, but I think he would cause trouble. Asking $15. Local pickup only. Located...

How about 100 neon tetra? . Kind of joking, but I think that would look amazing.

I think I'll take a break from Cichlids and get a large group of Zebra Danios, Congo Tetras, rummy nose tetras or similar and a bunch of Cory's and SAEs. I've had good experiences with all of these. And since my tank is apparently "small", I guess I'll just get more smaller fish to fill the...

I rehomed the geo that was getting picked on relentlessly by both the Severum and his fellow geo, but he didn't survive overnight. So now I'm down to two fish. I don't care to get more geos at this point. I've been wanting to convert this tank to a planted tank for a while, and the geos made...

If I add a school of juvenile tetra (Congo or similar size), you don't think the Severum will kill them off before they are able to grow? Or is the idea if I have a large group of tetra (6?) that the Severum won't be able to harass them because they stay in a group more or less?

The geos are pretty docile. I had baby SAEs and Corydora in that tank at one time and they never bothered them. They just want to constantly sift sand One of the geos has some fin damage now (as of today) and the other is getting picked on by both the larger geo and the Severum. ****...