hello my name is mike, im new to the forum , and i am looking for some advice on my new cichlid's . according to my LFS these new fish would be good together in my 75 gallon aquarium . i received 1 red Texas 1 flowerhorn 1 jaguar . also in the tank is 2 pleco 1 is a bristle nose . and 1 very small convict he is the oldest . the red and flower do not get along at all so i put up a divider for the mean time until i figure out what i need to do . the flower had the red stuffed behind the intake at the top of the tank he would never come out despite all the hiding spots in the tank . the jag is to fast for everyone at this point . and the flower has taken the convict under his "fin" ha ha , they are buddies . i am in the process of getting supplies to restore a 200 gallon acrylic i got for free . ill also be building a stand for it , as well as making a sump system . this is going to take a few months to complete . so my question to you is . how long can i keep this divider up ? the posted photos were taken on july 10th the day i added the divider . both fish are much better now . the red is all healed up and they both seem way less stressed . i imagine if i take out the divider they will just attack each other again. when i get the community in to the 200 gallon will that give them enough room to make there own territories with out an overaggressive behavior , or do i need to just keep them in separate aquariums ?
any and all comments and help is appreciated . thank you and look forward to learning more about fish keeping
at first they just stared at each other through the divider all day ! ha ha
the 200 gallon is in the pics posted
the aquarium is cloudy due to me installing the divider after a 25% water change and is still in the clearing process .
i run a fluval 406
i use aftermarket mechanical filter pads and i use ...
stage 1 -seachem matrix
stage 2 marineland zeolite
stage 3 marineland carbon with ultra fine filter pads underneath before returning to the tank.
any and all comments and help is appreciated . thank you and look forward to learning more about fish keeping
at first they just stared at each other through the divider all day ! ha ha
the 200 gallon is in the pics posted
the aquarium is cloudy due to me installing the divider after a 25% water change and is still in the clearing process .
i run a fluval 406
i use aftermarket mechanical filter pads and i use ...
stage 1 -seachem matrix
stage 2 marineland zeolite
stage 3 marineland carbon with ultra fine filter pads underneath before returning to the tank.