Jellybean parrot cichlid question

[WrongerIndiana]

29 gallon tank --> Feb 2004
residents:
3 serpae tetra's
2 white clouds
2 jellyBean Parrot cichlids
3 dwarf neon blue Gourami's
2 green cory cats
1 dwarf bronze cory cat

5 Anacharis Plants 1 week
homemade div C02 2 days
oxygen curtain rod
30-60 aqua-tech power filter
Changed gravel and stones to pool filter sand last Friday

Nitrate 20
Nitrite 0
Hardness 300
Alkalinity 180
PH Level 8.4
Ammonia .25

I have 2 orange jellybean parrots. I love them, they are so funny. They come up to me and follow me back and forth. I go to one end of the tank and they swim to me real fast and I go to the other end and they come to me... It's so cute... I've had them since Feb, and I have noticed on the smaller one that he/she has blackess color on its fins and tail. The bigger jellybean is very aggessive and always getting after the smaller one.
I have serched the internet to find out what I can do to treat the condition. My LFS told me not to worry it would go away. Well last time it happened my jellybeans got ick.... I treated them for it with quick cure. I heard there's a vitamin for jellybeans. I asked my LFS they sold me a liquid and I use it 1 time a week in the tank. I know a lot of sites won't discuss jellybeans so I'm oping I can get some advice here. Thank You!

I had the Gourami's in my 10 gal tank but my 3 black molly's kept nipping their fins.

 

[freshwatergal]

Sounds like fin rot to me. Does it look like the fins are disappearing?

 

[WrongerIndiana]

No it's not fin root. This happened before and the jellybeans got ick and after being treated they was Ok now it's starting again with the smaller jellybean....

 

[juanveldez]

there is a reason for the blackness, often with dyed fish the color will start to fade, but dyed fish are one thing, and there are also two reasons that not alot of people talk about them on forums is that they are hybirds so not many cichlid enthusisits like that, let alone that the fish are dyed.

 

[thecichlidaddict]

You will find that these dyed fish have been weakened by the process, and end up being nothing but problems for the most part, susceptable to disease. As far as behavior they are unpredictable - they have little in the way of natural instinct as they are not natural fish.

However, they were engineered through cichids and do share similar traits. One of those would be an increase in aggression in the confines of a smaller aquarium. A 29 gallon is really only enough for one hybrid parrot fish.

Truly, for the benefit of the hobby and your own experience in aquaria you should try to avoid artificial fish in the future. Now that you are more aware of the cruelty involved in the dying process I'm sure this won't be difficult for you.

For now you should really try to seperate these two fish if aggression is getting out of hand, it can save the life of the weaker one. Try to keep conditions as clean as you possibly can, it can make a difference with illness and disease.

 

[WrongerIndiana]

Thanks everyone!
After I was here I put Jasper the smaller JellyBean in a a 10 gallon aquarium. It will be his own personal home. I hate to see him/her being alone but He/her sure does act a lot happier! Gumbo acts depressed how that Jasper is out of the tank. My mother lives with me and she said this morniong it looked as though they were looking at each other from across the room!

 

[jams.alaskan]

I have a feeling that the happiness that the smaller one is feeling will outweigh the sadness that the bully is feeling...

ALASKA