Just wondering when you added other fish, was it just one fish?

If you ever think about going back to having more hiding spots and want to add fish, never add one, always add several. Putting 1 or even 2 in there is like saying here's a toy, focus on it and attack. You can never plop one fish in there and expect him, not to go after it right away, you have to keep him focused on something else.

Always add several at a time, stir up things in the tank (re-decorate or something) a bit, so your guy if fixed on the confusion and then expect one maybe two to die. After that, with a hidings you should be OK.

Our Cichlid breeder taught us this and sense then it's been the only way we add fish. We use to add one at and time and they aways ended up being attacked, by our guys. Now the smallest we ever add is 5 at a time, doing a little stiring up of the tank also and we are ok.

You got to be tricky, with Cichlids.