Raechal
Fish Gatherer
So I have a 150 gallon that used to have two juvenile oscars, a juvenile firemouth and a juvenile convict.
The firemouth was picking on the albino oscar a lot and the red oscar was growing rapidly while the other oscar wasn't growing at all.
I decided to re-home her in hopes of the tank being a little more peaceful.
After I got rid of her, the firemouth started bullying the convict.
The convict fought back at first, well there really wasn't any REAL fighting, just flaring of the gills and going back and forth flaring and what not. I wasn't too bothered by this because the convict actually held his own and after awhile both fish would back down and go their separate ways.
Now the convict constantly hides behind the filter and heater. He barely swims around in the tank and when he does, the firmeouth is right there ready to chase him back to the filter.
The oscar really doesn't join in, sometimes he will go to the filter when the convict pops his head out to see what it is, but then the oscar just swims away and goes on his own.
I don't know what to do! I have tried so many different things. First I re-arranged the entire tank. Moved all of the rocks, made different rock caves/piles, moved all of the live plants, evened the sand completely out. everything!
Then I removed the firemouth and kept him in an extra 55 gallon I have set up to see if I remove him for a few days, re-arrange the tank and then add him so he would be the "new" fish. But that didn't work either. As soon as I put him back into the 150 gallon, he went straight for the Convict.
I don't know what to do. I am scared that if I re-home the firemouth, the oscar will just start bullying the convict out of no where.
Any ideas of what to do?
The firemouth was picking on the albino oscar a lot and the red oscar was growing rapidly while the other oscar wasn't growing at all.
I decided to re-home her in hopes of the tank being a little more peaceful.
After I got rid of her, the firemouth started bullying the convict.
The convict fought back at first, well there really wasn't any REAL fighting, just flaring of the gills and going back and forth flaring and what not. I wasn't too bothered by this because the convict actually held his own and after awhile both fish would back down and go their separate ways.
Now the convict constantly hides behind the filter and heater. He barely swims around in the tank and when he does, the firmeouth is right there ready to chase him back to the filter.
The oscar really doesn't join in, sometimes he will go to the filter when the convict pops his head out to see what it is, but then the oscar just swims away and goes on his own.
I don't know what to do! I have tried so many different things. First I re-arranged the entire tank. Moved all of the rocks, made different rock caves/piles, moved all of the live plants, evened the sand completely out. everything!
Then I removed the firemouth and kept him in an extra 55 gallon I have set up to see if I remove him for a few days, re-arrange the tank and then add him so he would be the "new" fish. But that didn't work either. As soon as I put him back into the 150 gallon, he went straight for the Convict.
I don't know what to do. I am scared that if I re-home the firemouth, the oscar will just start bullying the convict out of no where.
Any ideas of what to do?
