Surprise Heller's cichlid in Ghost shrimp shipment

[headcougar]

I found a rather small Heller's cichlid in my batch of shrimp from the LFS. I am guessing its a Heller and I would post a pic but he is doing a marvelous job of hiding.

Lucky for me and him/her, I have a well established Central American tank but he/she is just too small to let loose within the tank. I have a needle nose to maintain the balance between healthy ecosystem and convict baby factory. I couldn't in good conscious leave it in the Feeder tank so I put it in the African tank which has more fish of his/her age and size.

The poor fish seems to be in shock and I am wondering if anyone has any tips on improving its quality of life?

[MbunaFishKeeper]

well it should be ok for now in the african tank BUT ONLY TEMPEREILY you could wait until its gets bigger and then put it in your american tank or you could always but it a tank of its own.