75g Dilemma

[Andrew327]

I have a recently set-up 75g that is currently hold a 6" male chocolate and a 5" Female Severum. They've been in another tank together for over a year now and I've never had a problem with aggression, but in this new tank, the Severum is beating on the Chocolate to the point where he is just hiding in the corner all the time. I feel terrible for him! I've added a lot
of new decorations to block the lines of sight, but she's still not letting up. What would be the best option?
Should I add another cichlid to spread out the aggression? If so, what?! Currently, they are the only two in the tank.



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[lp85253]

try some giant danios or BA tetras....a big school might distract the sev ,good luck

 

[HybridHerp]

I would add dithers and another similar sized, similar growing cichlid
OR
add dithers and a couple of small growing cichlids (think rainbow cichlid and convict size) but try to not get them breeding if you can help it

this next suggestion might be weird, but oddly this has worked for me in the past so (shrugs)
Angelfish, they still have the attitude to be able to disperse aggression, get to be a nice size without becoming huge, and you can get a good amount of them as well to help the issue as well
I've kept them with no issues with large blood parrots and jack dempsey's and other similar rough and tough fish, in a 75 gallon no less
then again, I've broken a lot of standard aquarium compatibility rules and have had it work for me for a long long longgggg time

 

[BellycrawlerJaws]

Remove the aggressor, that's always the better answer. Though I'm sure it's not what you want to hear, an adult chocolate **IMHO** is much nicer to look at than an adult sev (not bashing, just love an adult chocolate)... Plus you can have smaller cichlids in the 75 with the chocolate if you wanted... e.g. - bolivian rams, perhaps a pair of HRPs, and some dithers.

I think you'd enjoy it more with the chocolate running the show...

 

[Royaldoa]

I'd personally add some more fish, gives the aggressor more targets to choose from, spreading his/her aggression out and decreasing the risk of an injured fish.