JoeyGeeze
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi all
Last night I purchased a new guy for my tank and I'm looking for some advice. I have added a small rainbow cichlid (herotilapia multispinosa) to my 46 gallon which currently contains ten small tiger barbs and one male young kribensis. All my researching lead me to believe that it should work out fine, however, last night and this morning my krib is NOT happy. He's chasing the rainbow around the tank and flaring up his fins a lot. They seem to be getting into several confrontations.
Please don't crucify me if you feel this is a huge mistake on my part. If so, I can return the rainbow to the store. Just looking for some advice and decide whether or not this was a bad move. The krib and barbs get along no issues, but now I've introduced somebody into the kribs territory I guess. Will this calm down after a few days ? When I first added the kribensis the barbs bothered him for a couple days then left him alone, no problems for a month now. That's what I'm hoping for with the rainbow. My tank is 36 inches long so I figured they could coexist.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Last night I purchased a new guy for my tank and I'm looking for some advice. I have added a small rainbow cichlid (herotilapia multispinosa) to my 46 gallon which currently contains ten small tiger barbs and one male young kribensis. All my researching lead me to believe that it should work out fine, however, last night and this morning my krib is NOT happy. He's chasing the rainbow around the tank and flaring up his fins a lot. They seem to be getting into several confrontations.
Please don't crucify me if you feel this is a huge mistake on my part. If so, I can return the rainbow to the store. Just looking for some advice and decide whether or not this was a bad move. The krib and barbs get along no issues, but now I've introduced somebody into the kribs territory I guess. Will this calm down after a few days ? When I first added the kribensis the barbs bothered him for a couple days then left him alone, no problems for a month now. That's what I'm hoping for with the rainbow. My tank is 36 inches long so I figured they could coexist.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!