Jardini

the sailfin pleco i had damaged the jardini even more.
i've moved the jardini to another tank with a partition and some salt and melafix. he's acting and eating normally so he should be ok. it's gonna take a long time to heal all those scales though...

here's some pics of the severe damage to fins/scales.
and do you think it's safe to remove the partition when the jardini heals?
or is it still too small? the silver is tame, but he did surprise me by eating an ID shark the same size as him when he was 12". it was only that one time i saw any aggression.

i switched the original sailfin pleco with a smaller sailfin from my other cichlid tank hoping it wont' be so aggressive.
problem got even worse.
the sailfin pleco is now in the jardini's original tank...considering selling it.

i feed it algae wafers twice a week and some white lettuce with carrot once a week. it disappears overnight so i'm not sure if the pleco ate it or another fish.

anyways. i think i'll throw in a large driftwood for the pleco to suck on and see if it helps. otherwise i'll sell it or trade it for some other pleco species. i'll let the jardini heal first and grow a bit, then decide what to do.

thanks for comments about the silver. i've had him since he still had his egg sack. he jumped out once and hit the floor. his scales have mostly healed up since then, including the pelvic fin that broke off. and he developed a bit of dropeye after removing the gravel from the tank.