Ryanlr88
Aquarium Advice Activist
So, few days ago I purchased three jewel Cichlids and two upside-down catfish. I had four zebra danios in there already. The jewels and catfish are roughly the same size, inch and a half maybe. About once a day a danio gets torn to shreds by the gang of Cichlids, not a big surprise and I'm not worried about it much. But I just noticed one of the catfish looks like he got a fin nipped good and he was sitting there all sad. Guessing he got in a tiff. I really don't want to lose the catfish but I wonder if a little fin nipping is pretty normal or if I should be worried. I dont think I'm underfeeding anyone but I could be underestimating how much to feed them. Is there something I can do to ease the aggression? Could I be doing something wrong? It was my understanding the catfish could handle themselves and I figured if they were growing big with the Cichlids they would be able to defend themselves. Tell me if I'm overreacting or if I should expect more craziness from the jewels. Thanks