Thought it was time for an update six months on. Firstly, regarding his sickness...
After everything else failed, this is exactly what I did and it brought him back from what looked like the brink of death. Thanks Rocksor.
A couple of months ago, he made the jump into the big tank and has settled in nicely. He shares this with a firemouth, 18 tiger barbs, a bristlenose plec and a green phantom plec. The introduction didn't go as well as I'd hoped - my firemouth knocked him around quite a bit and chased him a hell of a lot for the first few weeks. He lost his long trailers and had a small chunk missing from his tail fin. This settled down fairly quickly though, his appetite went through the roof and his growth has been really noticeable.
I just got back from a weekend away and my housemate told me that the two of them had been fighting and that the GT wasn't backing down. Although I haven't seen them fight myself, they are definately acting differently around each other - the GT still seems fast to get out of the firemouth's way, but the firemouth is now flaring at him, which he never did before. Whilst I was doing a water change tonight I noticed the firemouth's face is actually a bit scratched up although I can't see any damage on the GT, so I guess he must be holding his own. Anyway, some pics...
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As you can see, his tail fin has grown back completely, although his streamers aren't as long as they were.
Steve
