I swear, I have the meanest Firemouth alive. As a last resort, I'll return him to where I bought him from. Other than the dithers, he was the last fish added to the tank, but seems to have taken over 3/4 of it.
I went in, and moved stuff around, breaking up even more lines of sight, adding more clutter, and that still doesn't work. He's not a hider, either. Always front and center. He'll even lay into the pictus' if they get an antenna on his side of the tank.
I have to hand feed my severum sinking food behind the plants because he/she gets picked on the worst - it spends it's entire life behind a piece of mopani, and some plants. It tries to come out all the time, but gets chased right back.
Feeding time is *the worst*. It's like a full out war zone in that tank.
ANY idea on how to calm him down a bit? I only want to get rid of him as a last resort, as he's a *beautiful* fish, and I know if he goes, something else will bully up - probably my Dempsey, as my convict is a big wussy unless directly confronted.
Tank footprint: 39" x 18" by 22"
Largest fish = Firemouth at about 3.5, Dempsey 3", Convict 3", Severum 2.5", SP's 2-3"
The 125 won't be up and running for a couple weeks yet, since I still have to pull carpeting, paint it, etc. so moving him is out (unless it's to a 3 gallon Eclipse I set up as an emergency tank for the severum because I thought the firemouth would really harm it a couple weeks ago).
Here's the tank:
I went in, and moved stuff around, breaking up even more lines of sight, adding more clutter, and that still doesn't work. He's not a hider, either. Always front and center. He'll even lay into the pictus' if they get an antenna on his side of the tank.
I have to hand feed my severum sinking food behind the plants because he/she gets picked on the worst - it spends it's entire life behind a piece of mopani, and some plants. It tries to come out all the time, but gets chased right back.
Feeding time is *the worst*. It's like a full out war zone in that tank.
ANY idea on how to calm him down a bit? I only want to get rid of him as a last resort, as he's a *beautiful* fish, and I know if he goes, something else will bully up - probably my Dempsey, as my convict is a big wussy unless directly confronted.
Tank footprint: 39" x 18" by 22"
Largest fish = Firemouth at about 3.5, Dempsey 3", Convict 3", Severum 2.5", SP's 2-3"
The 125 won't be up and running for a couple weeks yet, since I still have to pull carpeting, paint it, etc. so moving him is out (unless it's to a 3 gallon Eclipse I set up as an emergency tank for the severum because I thought the firemouth would really harm it a couple weeks ago).
Here's the tank:
