I am not a new fish owner but I've recently decided to educate myself on the species of fish I have chosen for my aquarium and how to responsibly run an aquarium. We recently upgraded from a 10 gallon tank to a 29 gallon tank. In the 10 gallon, i had just a black molly and a pleco. In the new tank I have more fish and I think I've maybe overstocked.
First off, I really think that it should be posted on every pleco tank how big they could potentially get. Mine is about 10 inches. I know now that it should not be in a tank less than 55 gallons but I can't afford a new tank and I have no one to give him to.
Secondly, I had the molly before I started buying new fish. I bought 5 guppies and a betta (not knowing that the betta may attack the guppies). My MIL keeps bringing home fish too. Now we have a pleco, a molly, 5 guppies, a glo fish, and a neon tetra (I had two neons but one died).
I always count the fish to make sure each one is accounted for and fish aren't disappearing and today I couldn't find one of my female guppies. A little while later I found her behind a shark statue hiding with part of her tail fin missing. I have noticed in the past couple of days that the molly has been chasing the guppies around. The molly was aggressive in the smaller tank but I just assumed that we had overstocked and it was outgrowing the tank.
I don't believe the betta is attacking the guppies because I haven't seen him chasing any other fish. He just kind of swims along by himself. If I have overstocked what do I do? I have no one to give the other fish to. If I haven't overstocked and the molly is just aggressive, is there anything I can do to calm it down? I don't even know the sex!
First off, I really think that it should be posted on every pleco tank how big they could potentially get. Mine is about 10 inches. I know now that it should not be in a tank less than 55 gallons but I can't afford a new tank and I have no one to give him to.
Secondly, I had the molly before I started buying new fish. I bought 5 guppies and a betta (not knowing that the betta may attack the guppies). My MIL keeps bringing home fish too. Now we have a pleco, a molly, 5 guppies, a glo fish, and a neon tetra (I had two neons but one died).
I always count the fish to make sure each one is accounted for and fish aren't disappearing and today I couldn't find one of my female guppies. A little while later I found her behind a shark statue hiding with part of her tail fin missing. I have noticed in the past couple of days that the molly has been chasing the guppies around. The molly was aggressive in the smaller tank but I just assumed that we had overstocked and it was outgrowing the tank.
I don't believe the betta is attacking the guppies because I haven't seen him chasing any other fish. He just kind of swims along by himself. If I have overstocked what do I do? I have no one to give the other fish to. If I haven't overstocked and the molly is just aggressive, is there anything I can do to calm it down? I don't even know the sex!