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Single female Jewel in a 30 gallon

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I've recently noticed a young female jewel cichlid, about 3 or 4 inches, in my LFS living in the sump system of the larger 75 gallon tank. I was interested in why she was down there so I asked, and was told how a pair was brought a few months ago in from someone who had bought them without knowing what exactly a pair of them will do, so they took the pair and put them together in a tank by themselves, after a week or two the male had nearly killed the female, leaving her sitting on the bottom of the tank with little left of her fins, and her tail almost completely gone. So they put her in the sump and she's been recovering very nicely. What I'd like to know is if a single female could be housed in a 30 gallon, and if so, are there any other fish that would be suitable tankmates?
 
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