new cichlids

the small one has some pretty beat up fines, will they grow back and how long


the fins will grow back quickly if you keep good water quality and reduce stress. If its fins are allready torn, I doubt that it will have time to regrow them with the other fish constantly harassing it.
 
does salt get rid of stress
 
i thought salt reduced stress in fish
 
No salt! melifix and primafix will help with stress and healing, but if there is not a enough room for two firemouths the problem will only get worse.

Is it posible to see some pic's of the fish?
 
well i cant get the picture but to get a vissual, the tall is split in mutipulls there is one chunk takenout of the tall, half of one of the sid fins in taken out.
 
As a guess it sounds like there is not enough room for them both to secure a piece of territory each. If this is the case the more dominant fish will bully the weaker one to death and it wont matter how many hiding places you have.
 
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