[WowieMalawi]

I stocked my tank a few weeks ago with a large number of juvenile fish. Right from the start I had one fish that seemed to hide in the bottom corner of the tank. It looks relatively healthy, but it is still acting the same 3 weeks later and I don't see it eating anything at feeding time. Yesterday it was acting particularly lethargic. Swimming in a nearly upright position in the bottom corner. Should I relocate the fish to another tank or take some other sort of measures? Thoughts?

 

[WowieMalawi]

It wasn't being harassed at all until the last 24 hours. It was drawing attention to itself by it's odd behavior. It definitely is almost dead but still fighting. I have a water change scheduled for tonight and I'm going to remove the fish then. If it's still alive. You are correct Deeda.

Species
Labidochromis caeruleus (Yellow Lab) 3
Metriaclima estherae (Red Zebra) 3
Pseudotropheus Acei (Yellow Tail Acei) 2
Nimbochromis venustus (Giraffe) 2
Pseudotropheus socolofi (Powder Blue) 1
Pseudotropheus demasoni (Demasoni) 1
Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos (Maingano) 1
Plecostomus (Pleco) 1
Metriaclima sp. elongatus chailosi (Chailosi) 3
Metriaclima sp. elongatus chewere (Chewere) 3
Cynotilapia zebroides (Jalo Reef) 1
Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos (Maingano) 1
Metriaclima Zebra Manda F1 (Zebra Manda) 2
Labidochromis sp. Hongi (Red Top Hongi) 2
Pseudotropheus sp. Williamsi North (Blue Lips) 1

 

[WowieMalawi]

Tank: 12.75 in L x 48.5 in W x 25 in H

This is sort of a starter/grow out tank. In the coming months I will be adding a 75-125 g tank and will start to redistribute the species at that time. I will probably have 3 tanks by the summer. 60, 75-90 & and 125-150. An all male tank would be sweet, but I'm not sure I'm experienced enough or ready to take that on. As for now, I will try to distribute the fish accordingly once they get a bit bigger. The 2 zebra mandas are beautiful white blotched females. I would like to get a male for them once they get a bit larger. As I find out what the sexes are I will use that info too. DJRansome gave me few thoughts on what he/she would do. Would love to hear your opinion as well.