I have a 30g tank that I've had for almost a year now, in it I have three Malawi cichlids. The tank levels are right and the temperature is correct, and they have five hiding places. However when I went on vacation and a relative watched them the lights were always on, I guess that stressed them out and the larger one seems to have really beat up my blue cichlid. He healed up, but hid in the corner of the tank most of the time. About two weeks ago he finally started coming out so I figured all was good again, but now he is hiding at the surface between the lip of the filter and the tank. He just flops there all day. I don't even know that he is eating enough because he barely comes out.
I don't know what to do. The other two fish are acting as they always do (although the larger cichlid has claimed two hiding spots now, even after I moved things around).
I don't know what to do. The other two fish are acting as they always do (although the larger cichlid has claimed two hiding spots now, even after I moved things around).