Slow Growth Umbee

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remme

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Jan 28, 2009
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Have an Umbee(unsexed) in a seperated 180g tank. Hasn't grown much in the past 3 months. Was about 6" in september. Is about 6" still. Not very active either and I never see it eat. Water is 78-80 degrees. I feed once a day, either hikari gold or a cichlid carniverous stick. 30-50% water changes once a week. What am I doing wrong....Its to the point where my Festae and Odo fry are catching up in size. One of my Odos is in the same tank as the Umbee and he's growing like a weed....
 
Coming out solid, dyed red from the hikari gold....looked like normal fish poop. Anything particular I should be looking at. It was very very active until it killed the other two umbee fry that was in tank with it. Now it just mopes around
 
tried dithers, im all out of ideas...short of buying him another cichlid to beat up...seems thats the only time he's happy and growing
 
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