roughed up firemouth

I only have 1 female firemouth to 4 males and they are a little rough on her I did seperate her a few days ago. Ive been looking to get more females but im having trouble finding them anywhere so i was wondering if i were to add some different fish to the aquarium if that would help with them being aggressive towards her? And if so whats the best tankmate?

Yes dither fish would help. Not sure on who would work though.
The basics for figuring out a good dither fish is; matching parameters, has to be fast and able to take/escape a beating and have size enough not to be killed.

Giant danios usually make good dithers. Fast, tough and hardy.

it lest you have your female mines a pink convict destroyed her

Giant danios...tin foil barbs might actually get bigger than your firemouths......put plenty of hiding places in the tank or put a divider in there till you get some more females....if you just want basic try a company like petco...free shipping atm (or last time i checked)

i had firemouth before, i wouldnt keep more than one male on the tank, they are too territorial and aggressive, imagine that he used to fight against a 12" pacu i used to have lol, ill get more fem and leave only one male or 2..

MarkM wrote:

Giant danios usually make good dithers. Fast, tough and hardy.

I keep my Giant Danios with my African Cichlids!!

I use tiger barbs as the dithers for my 2 ruby greens, they work well. But ruby greens are docile compared to firemouths so giant danios would be your best bet.

My Giant Danios actually get into fights with my Africans!

Ive had giant danios before there ok i get nervous when vacuuming the aquarium with them though as they like to try and jump out