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My bad. It kind of sounded like it was new the way you talked about it.You sound new to cichlids.
They're really tough to keep. If you find that she's hiding a lot because she's getting picked on, she's eventually going to start suffering from elevated stress and that's a death sentence because it lowers their immune system.
They need an abundance of hiding spaces, lots of rocks built up to make caves, and they need to be balanced out almost PERFECTLY by specific species.
I used to keep Demasoni, a dwarf cichlid, and if you keep any less than 15-20 of them, one dominant one will eventually kill off every single other one until he's the only one left.
These guys are a lot of fun, but a lot of work. You've got a lot of studying to do if this is new to you.
Go to www.cichlid-forum.com. Everything you'll ever need to know is there, and what's not already posted for you to read, an endless amount of people on the forum will help you out with whatever you need to know.
Umm. I'm not the least bit new to cichlids - they're the only fish I've ever kept..
Convicts are some of the most aggressive of the Central American species.
They might be worse than the Mbuna which is what I always kept.
Good luck with it. How long has the female been getting picked on?
They're all fine, really.. Look closely.. Nobody is missing any parts, no split fins, nothing. Each has their own territory.. Nobody's getting picked on, they have plenty of room to move.. It's all good.
This was meant to be more amusing than anything else, since most people get a kick out of their names...