Online Fish Order Question #2

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OK...in addition to my other issue, I also ordered a Crytocara Moorii online...supposed to be 1.5-2". This guy is lucky if he's .75". Problem is most of my other africans are 2.5-4" in my tank. I don't have anywhere else to put him...

Looking for opinions:

Do I let him fend for himself? I've got a 4" frontosa that has been chasing him around all evening. There are plent of hiding places, but he doesn't seem to want to occupy any of them...any other suggestions??

Thanks
 
You could Isolate him in a net breeder or something like it untill he get's bigger...........
 
Change the deco around. It will dissrupt everyone's territory and allow the new fish to pick a place to hide. Other option would be to put in a divider for a while. The front would get used to seeing the Moori, and calm down. Then you could take the divider out. Probably only take a week or two.
 
Originally posted by OrionGirl
Change the deco around. It will dissrupt everyone's territory and allow the new fish to pick a place to hide. Other option would be to put in a divider for a while. The front would get used to seeing the Moori, and calm down. Then you could take the divider out. Probably only take a week or two.
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I agree. If you don't separate them, the little moori is in for a rough time. He's not only stressed and probably weakened from his travels, but now he's got a big (to him) Frontosa hounding him.

I'd separate him, pronto. Mooris are pretty mellow and a little one doesn't stand much of a chance, especially until the others learn to tolerate him. Changing the decorations may help, although I've never found it to help all that much. Worth a try, though...

HTH,

Jim
 
I've never owned a Moorii, so I can't say from experience, but everything I've read about Moorii says that they are open water swimmers. I don't think they stay in caves/hiding spots much. I'm sure when frightened they are more than happy to get behind something, but they tend to stay in the open water and swim around. This may be a problem for long term. Keeping such a small fish with a Frontosa already hounding him may be a bad idea. Another thing I'm not sure about believing is that the Frontosa (along with any other Omnivore/Piscivore) will get used to such a small fish because they are around all the time. They are by nature fish predators, and are known to eat anything that fits into their mouth. Obviously they are not Oscars, but the same call of nature will not die so easily! Beware having small fish with any "fish-eaters".

That being said, I sure hope you can work this out, and I would like to hear the conclusion for future reference.
 
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