threshershark
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I am not sure if this is the right thread to post this, so let me know if I need to move it!
I recently added new cichlids (3 total) to my tank (40g long) while they definitely aren’t the smallest of the tank they are in the middle leaning towards the smaller end, my lemon cichlid is of course being extremely aggressive, and the second biggest aggressor is my lyretail, currently the lemon (ironically named sunshine) is in temporary isolation in a nursery/breeding box the previous tank owner used and I am debating on doing the same to the lyretail.
Anyway, the main question of this post is about treatment/healing. I was planning on using melafix to help heal the nipped at fins of my new cichlids, but I won’t be able to set up a separate tank to put the specifically noticeably injured fish in for another couple days. Is it possible to put melafix in the main tank for both that and to possibly help the other fish incase they have possible injuries I have yet to notice.
In addition, as mentioned previously I currently have the lemon in isolation to prevent her from hurting the fish further, I read you’re supposed to isolate aggressive fish for a couple days to a week but I’m not sure if this would be okay to keep her in for that long. Down below I attached a picture of her in isolation, she is moving around, just not much.
The other picture shown is of one of the new guys, Carl, he has been up in this corner of the tank swimming around and not straying far from it since this morning (he was added yesterday) and I’m worried. The other two new guys are swimming around seemingly fine going all over the place, so it’s just him being like this. I was considering putting him in the other isolation unit until I get the other tank set up to medicate him and the other two, but again I’m not sure how okay that is.
Any and all advice is helpful! Thank you.
I recently added new cichlids (3 total) to my tank (40g long) while they definitely aren’t the smallest of the tank they are in the middle leaning towards the smaller end, my lemon cichlid is of course being extremely aggressive, and the second biggest aggressor is my lyretail, currently the lemon (ironically named sunshine) is in temporary isolation in a nursery/breeding box the previous tank owner used and I am debating on doing the same to the lyretail.
Anyway, the main question of this post is about treatment/healing. I was planning on using melafix to help heal the nipped at fins of my new cichlids, but I won’t be able to set up a separate tank to put the specifically noticeably injured fish in for another couple days. Is it possible to put melafix in the main tank for both that and to possibly help the other fish incase they have possible injuries I have yet to notice.
In addition, as mentioned previously I currently have the lemon in isolation to prevent her from hurting the fish further, I read you’re supposed to isolate aggressive fish for a couple days to a week but I’m not sure if this would be okay to keep her in for that long. Down below I attached a picture of her in isolation, she is moving around, just not much.
The other picture shown is of one of the new guys, Carl, he has been up in this corner of the tank swimming around and not straying far from it since this morning (he was added yesterday) and I’m worried. The other two new guys are swimming around seemingly fine going all over the place, so it’s just him being like this. I was considering putting him in the other isolation unit until I get the other tank set up to medicate him and the other two, but again I’m not sure how okay that is.
Any and all advice is helpful! Thank you.