Recent content by silver_rose42

Was... he passed away about a week ago.

Yeah, I'm just glad there's nothing wrong with any of the others in my tank. He's going to the great fishbowl in the sky. : )

Unfortunately, his behavior was a sign he was sick. He passed away this morning. :( It was kind of unexpected, but it happened in a short amount of time. All of my other fish have been healthy, and he was only like that for maybe a day or two. He was eating normally, behaving normally until...

Congrats on him defending himself! Like you've said, just keep watch out for them harassing the cory; if that continues to happen, you still might have to go and return them, but again, I wish you luck on keeping peace in your tank. Glad to hear things are working out though. :)

Tiger barbs are known to be fin nippers... I would take the tiger barbs back, since they're the ones causing the problem. I have a feeling that the reason your black skirt tetra isn't eating and is white is because he's stressed out, due to the tiger barb's abuse. I would try to find a different...

You also would want to put him in isolation if at all possible so your others don't contract the parasite, just in case.

Yeah. I believe it's a parasite that gourami's are susceptible. Your best bet is to go to the store and have him checked out. I know there's a medication that can be administered. Unfortunately, when mine contracted it, I couldn't get to the store in time, and he passed away. I wish you luck...

Huh, that's weird. Everything I'm finding seems to be that he's showing partial signs, but not the major symptoms associated with diseases that Gouramis are prone to getting. Most of the time, they would be floating near or on the bottom, so I honestly don't know. Is there possibly a store...

Cichlids are a slightly brackish but mostly freshwater fish. If you plan on doing them, you have to be careful about making sure they all come from the same lake, or you can have a world of trouble. Even certain species from the same lake can be aggressive towards one another, so that's...

I had the same thing happen to one of my molleys. I even did the full tank cleaning, and I couldn't find him... I still don't know what happened to him. Are you absolutely positive nothing in your tank would have eaten them?

You'd be overcrowding the 5 gallon with the 6 tetras alone! Add the betta, and you're asking for trouble. Again, the minimum rule for space is an inch of fish per gallon of water. You'd potentially start overcrowding your tank at 5 tetras, let alone adding another one and the betta.

Your tank size is good for the single betta, but by adding more fish, you'd be overcrowding it, which could stress out him and whatever other fish you would get. You would most likely end up with a dead fish either way, due to the conditions. If you wanted to get other fish, you'd have to...

But not in a five gallon tank. That would overcrowd like crazy and stress them all out. There isn't enough room for hiding places, plants, all of those tetras and the betta. That's asking for disaster.

With a five gallon tank, you have to be careful to not overcrowd it. The general rule is an inch of fish per gallon of water, although others would say more room is better. So I'm not entirely sure what you'd be able to get that would prevent overcrowding and still allow you to have other fish...

What Is Compatible With Siamese Fighting Fish? Somewhere you might want to look. The have a small list of other fish, if you're not looking specifically at female bettas, that could go with your betta in the right sized tank.