This is just wierd. - Aquarium Advice

Joey17 · 01-25-2006, 03:27 AM

Today i bought two guppies to put in my main brackish tank that holds the gobies and loaches i have. They were fine when i put them in. Then when i wake up early and check on them. I find my newest guppies tail and fins ripped to shreds. Why? I don't think there's anything there that they could have caught them and did that to them. My other guppy is missing now too.

WillMurf · 01-25-2006, 04:46 AM

I have heard stories (all that they may be) about bb gobies sucking the eyes out of guppies. If you have a close look they have a large mouth for such a small fish too. Also I put a yoyo from my 55 [acronym:fd82a37bcd="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:fd82a37bcd] into my 15 [acronym:fd82a37bcd="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:fd82a37bcd] guppie breeder to clean up the snails and lost alot of my guppies but i couldn't be sure what to, it's in the spare room and the snails would destroy any chances of an autopsy.

Hrafnkel · 01-26-2006, 06:19 PM

What sort of loaches do you keep in a brackish tank? Just out of curiosity...

jrp1588 · 01-26-2006, 06:45 PM

I had a clown loach in with a betta once...he couldn't resist the betta's long flowing fins, had to remove the poor little guy when I found him battered and beaten one morning

Joey17 · 01-26-2006, 07:43 PM

I found out my knight goby was the one doing this. He's since been removed.

anythingscales · 01-27-2006, 11:14 PM

gobies are predators, not community fish.

tropicfishman · 01-28-2006, 02:35 AM

yeah thats like my red tailed shark, the little punk all of a sudden has became brave and attacks and chases my tiger barbs, before he hid in the cave for weeks, sigh......maybe one day he'll learn to lpay nice

lefty53 · 01-28-2006, 11:18 PM

My redtails like to chase my green tiger barbs also. I figure the barbs annot them.

01-25-2006, 03:27 AM	#1
Joey17 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 299	This is just wierd. Today i bought two guppies to put in my main brackish tank that holds the gobies and loaches i have. They were fine when i put them in. Then when i wake up early and check on them. I find my newest guppies tail and fins ripped to shreds. Why? I don't think there's anything there that they could have caught them and did that to them. My other guppy is missing now too.

01-26-2006, 06:19 PM	#3
Hrafnkel Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Highland, Texas Posts: 521	What sort of loaches do you keep in a brackish tank? Just out of curiosity... __________________ 2.5gal: Empty 5gal: 2 Black Mystery Snails 10gal: 2 Mickey Mouse Platys (1M1F), 1 African Butterfly Fish, 3 Khuli Loaches 29gal: 1 Green Severum, 1 Convict, 3 Bronze Cories 55gal: 5 Bloodfin Tetras, 6 Black Skirt Tetras, 1 Blood Parrot, 1 African Brown Knife, 1 Striped Raphael, 1 Ropefish, 2 Clown Loaches, 1 Yoyo Loach, 1 Angelfish

01-27-2006, 11:14 PM	#6
anythingscales Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SO CAL Posts: 106	gobies are predators, not community fish. __________________ 60 gallon Hydrocynus vittatus 5" channa gachua 4" Danio malabaricus 3" x2 Balantiocheilus melanopterus 3" Geophagus Altrifons 2" x4 Peacock Cichlids? 3"

01-28-2006, 02:35 AM	#7
tropicfishman Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ashland KY Posts: 1,890	yeah thats like my red tailed shark, the little punk all of a sudden has became brave and attacks and chases my tiger barbs, before he hid in the cave for weeks, sigh......maybe one day he'll learn to lpay nice __________________ I love my clown loaches and red tail shark!!! lol

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01-25-2006, 04:46 AM	#2
WillMurf Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Rockhampton Australia Posts: 41	I have heard stories (all that they may be) about bb gobies sucking the eyes out of guppies. If you have a close look they have a large mouth for such a small fish too. Also I put a yoyo from my 55 [acronym:fd82a37bcd="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:fd82a37bcd] into my 15 [acronym:fd82a37bcd="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:fd82a37bcd] guppie breeder to clean up the snails and lost alot of my guppies but i couldn't be sure what to, it's in the spare room and the snails would destroy any chances of an autopsy.

01-26-2006, 07:43 PM	#5
Joey17 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 299	I found out my knight goby was the one doing this. He's since been removed.

01-28-2006, 11:18 PM	#8
lefty53 Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: beloit wi Posts: 13	My redtails like to chase my green tiger barbs also. I figure the barbs annot them.

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