I have 3 bloodfin tetra and 2 swordtail one female and one male. I have them for like a year and recently the bloodfins tetra started picking on the male swordtail and bitting him and got some fin damage and even lost his sword so i separate him and put him into a small tank to put melafix so he can heal and now the bloodfin tetra are picking on the female too... Why is that? Anybody know? And i don't know what to do?? should i give the 3 bloodfin away or separate them for a period of time and then put them back together??? Can these two fish go together??
I need HELP!!!
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Cynic
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My first thoughts are your tank is too small (How big is it) or some of your fish are getting sicked and subsequently killed by the non-sick fish.
I don't believe you should have any issue with swordtail and bloodfins personally.
I don't believe you should have any issue with swordtail and bloodfins personally.
absolutangel04
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Is this in your 2.5g tank?
sigh... i guess i will have to give them away 
i have them for a year and i guess is the best for them, and i will see if i can get a Betta fish instead for my 2.5g
i wish i could have a bigger tank, and getting a 5g wouldn't even help, i don't have enough space for more than 5g. i hope whoever will buy them will take good care of them.
i have them for a year and i guess is the best for them, and i will see if i can get a Betta fish instead for my 2.5g i wish i could have a bigger tank, and getting a 5g wouldn't even help, i don't have enough space for more than 5g.
i hope whoever will buy them will take good care of them.Aniistarr said:sigh... i guess i will have to give them away
i wish i could have a bigger tank, and getting a 5g wouldn't even help, i don't have enough space for more than 5g.
Go with a filtered and heated five gal for a betta
You could have two male Least killifish for a 2.5
bud29
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sigh... i guess i will have to give them away
i wish i could have a bigger tank, and getting a 5g wouldn't even help, i don't have enough space for more than 5g.
Yeah, sorry. But you could get a beta in your 5 gallon. Or, you could have 1 swordtail. People say you need more, but I kept a perfectly happy and healthy swordatil in my 5 gallon. Its demise was when little hands got a hold of the food and dumped it all in
.bud29 said:Yeah, sorry. But you could get a beta in your 5 gallon. Or, you could have 1 swordtail. People say you need more, but I kept a perfectly happy and healthy swordatil in my 5 gallon. Its demise was when little hands got a hold of the food and dumped it all in
Swordtails get six inches long and need a 40 gal tank
No guppies in a 2.5
bud29
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6 inches!!?? Everywhere else I've read has said 4. And like I said, he was perfectly fine. That fish lived the longest out of any I have owned.
absolutangel04
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Sorry Ansii, but 5g isn't enough for those fish either. If you can get a 5g tank, there are more options though like pymgy sunfish, least killifish, ember tetras, or scarlet badis. You could make a pretty cool little 5g tank.
Thanks everybody for the reply, i already give away my bloodfin so now i have my two swordtail in the fish tank for now, i will see how they do, keep an eye on them and see if later on will upgrade to a 5G 
or maybe get least killifish
or maybe get least killifish 
