HELP!!! FireMouth Cichlid (meeki)

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MrMup04

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well i just got a firemouth cichlid (meeki) a couple days ago, i put it in my cousin's new 5g with his blue gourami
a couple of hours later the blue gourami was attacking the meeki and i had to remove it to his 10g, well so on there the meeki didn't move much, it was just laying down on the gravel...

can some one help survive this fish


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firemouths get to be 6inches long normally, so a five gallon is to small... how big is the fish now?? and are there other fish in the 10 gallon with it?? it might be stressed out... try getting some stress releiver... and if i was you i would save up for a bigger tank =)
 

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no offense but if u were reading corecttly i sed i remove the meeki form the blue gourami and added the meeki in the 10g by its self,

there you go
 

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well don't firemouth grow to be 6 inch and i heard ppl say 1 inch per gallon? see that is what i dont get, i am going to go the way that i choosed to. I dont kare if my meeki is to big for a 10g alright..
 

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the traditional 1 inch per gallon is thrown out of the window with cichlids and other large fish.

using this logic you could keep a 10 inch oscar in your tank--even though it wouldnt be able to turn itself around.

all we can do is offer you advice, if you choose to ignore it--that is your problem. i feel bad for your fish and you will receive no further advice on aquaria from me.

heres a link for you - www.dictionary.com

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Sulk, sulk, sulk.

If you are still reading the inch per gallon rule is rubbish for cichlids, if you can't figure it out lock yourself in the toilet for 2 weeks. They're big territorial fish.
I would guess the fish is mega stressed - it's been taken from a shop, stuck in a little tank, had the crap beaten out of it and been slung in a mildly larger tank. I wonder how well it was acclimatised, or what the general tank conditions are? Anyway the est you can do is leave it alone, and maybe put carboard in front of the tank so it won't be scared by people moving around outside, and give it a few days to settle down. You can try feeding it something, but make sure the water it's in is pretty clean.
 

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i dont get it. first ppl tell u u cant put that manybecause of th 1 inch rule. now u cant even put 1 fish in there. i think john is saying that it will be loooooooooooooooong time before it grows too big and before it does hell have more money to get a better tank. either that or the fish will eventually die before it can get that long from either stress or some other cause.
 

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Actually, first of all, most people here will tell you that the 1 inch rule is more of a guideline - and a pretty loose one at that. I haven't heard anyone here say that it's a hard and fast rule.

Think about what Managuense said - no matter what about the 1" of fish per gallon rule, you simply can't have a 10 inch fish in a 10 gallon tank. It's just not a reasonable thing to even think about.

Mainly, you just have to study and do some research on the type of fish you buy before you buy them. Some fish just need more room - period.

As for DizBjOhN104, you should respect the people here in regards to thier opinion. The vast majority here know what they're talking about, and give really good advice. When you ask advice, then argue and sulk about what they say, you're going to alienate a very good resource of information. They have more experience, and better knowledge of fish keeping than you do - it'd be best not to have a thick skull about it and listen to what they say instead of spouting off and sulking.

That being said, no one here can stop you from doing whatever you want to do with the fish. If I were you, I'd move it to a bigger tank, or take it back to where you got it from and hope it recovers.
 

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Alrighty, lets say you got uprooted from your home (taken out of the wild), and got taken to a strange place (strange new FS), and then got taken to a NEW tank where you got beat up. And then after all that, get thrown into another tank.

You'd probably wanna lay down and rest and chill out before you did anything else, wouldn't you? I don't think anyone could get into a fight and come out 100%.

It's just de-stressing. Turn out the light, and let him be for awhile.

I would also suggest to EVENTUALLY move your fish to a bigger tank. They WILL get to be about a half a foot long. And also, when asking for advice and suggestions, think about the situation the fish has been in and see if you can't relate it.

I'd hate to get stuck in a small room, wouldn't you?
 

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DizBjOhN104 why even ask suggestions and questions when you won't even consider the advice!?!?!!!

These are living creatures! And you don't even care what happens to them.......Thats number 1 on the list of people who shouldn't keep Live things! Here are my number 1 and 2 on the list of non-pet keepers.

1. people who don't take care of the pet.
2. Lazy people.
 

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den dont ever reply, i dont kare alright ppl making a big deal out of this woopie doo, now no more

cichlid-man - dont ever reply to any of my post any more, ur just getting me more irritated
 

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