Firemouth Attacking New Blue Acara

[Glenbo1981]

Its not to serious at the moment,my larger Firemouth in my tank has stopped harassing my Kribs for a change and started picking on my Blue Acara.

The Blue Acara will fight back with the Kribs but not the FM.

Will this settle down? or am I going to have to switch stuff around (which I dont want to do)

My slightly smaller Firemouth is not interested in him at all.

 

[minxfishy]

Give it a couple of days, see if they settle down, if not, then yes, you will need to bag the FM, re-arrange the tank, then release him back again.

 

[meguro]

How long have the fish been in together for? What's the size difference?

 

[Glenbo1981]

My Firemouths have been in there for about a year.

the Aggressive one is about 3.5-4"
The smaller one is about 2.5"

The Blue Acara is about 2" max

There housed with a 4" Severum,9" Severum,2x 3" Kribs,8" Pearl Cichlid,2 6" Angel Fish,6 rainbows of varying sizes,4" Blue Gourami,8" Gibbiceps Plec

Oh and 3 3" Clown Loaches

 

[meguro]

If you added the blue acara on june30 (when you made the other topic about acaras), then it's probably a dominance issue. Should settle down in a bit. When it grows the firemouth might even lose its place.

Do you have a grow out (or other) tank where you could house the acara if it doesn't settle down? That way you could add him back later when he has a bit more size.

 

[Glenbo1981]

Yeh thats the one,no I havent got a smaller tank...my mrs wont let me

Its nothing major really,it just worrys me because he doesent fight back wheras my Kribs and Little Severum both did so the Firemouth doesent bother them much.