Aggressive jewel (I think?)

[Sidney73]

Added a lifalili jewel recently to my 90 gallon. Tank is a couple months old and freshly stocked with a jd, gold severum, firemouth, 3 cl, vampire pleco, 4 roseline, and 5 milenniums. All pretty young, no one bigger than 3 inches. Someone is nipping the milenniums - 2 tails are pretty much gone, and one just looks sick... Tank temp at 78, parameters are fine... I haven't witnessed the culprit but had no problems before adding the jewel :/ Advice?

 

[mattison187]

Makes sense that it would be the jewel, since the milleniums look similar to jewels. Assuming your talking millenium rainbows?

 

[Sidney73]

Yes, rainbows, and I guess they do look similar... I gave the jewel a big worm to munch on this morning so he wouldn't bother anyone. How do you handle the fin nipping? Or are they just a mismatch and I should consider rehoming?

 

[tlindsey]

Yes, rainbows, and I guess they do look similar... I gave the jewel a big worm to munch on this morning so he wouldn't bother anyone. How do you handle the fin nipping? Or are they just a mismatch and I should consider rehoming?

The fin nipping will not stop I personally would rehome the Jewel Cichlid.

 

[Sidney73]

Gotcha. Well, is there anything (maybe non-fish) that would be fun to add if I re-home the jewel? An eel or something?

 

[tlindsey]

Gotcha. Well, is there anything (maybe non-fish) that would be fun to add if I re-home the jewel? An eel or something?

You may be able to add a Spiny Eel specie but most get large also Eels are known to escape an aquarium if all nooks and crannies are not closed off.