Firemouth Is Weird

[SBL]

I have a Firemouth that stays away from the fish and never comes to the front of the tank any more and this behavior happened when my beat up male died. They are only a few months old though.

 

[juanveldez]

you only had the two fms? I know I have a group of six and there are 4 that are always together the other two have seperate caves but are also always together. I am curious though as to what happened that your male got beat up, as I have yet to see any agression other than flaring from any of my FMs.

 

[SBL]

the tank at th store was packed with fm and i never noticed how beat up he was until I got him in my tank, he stayed at the back while my fmale was in the front.

 

[Faythee]

I had this happen before where all my fish seemed to hide. I changed around the decor and it worked. I had most of my decor in back, so I moved it around so there was coverage thoughout the tank.

Is it eating and behaving normally otherwise ?

 

[duncs]

Sounds to me like it needs some companionship. See if you can find a replacement male?

 

[juanveldez]

I agree probably pretty lonly and it would help some to get it a companion