figliaperduta
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
My male guppy, whom I have had since Friday, has suddenly gotten beaten up by the three swordtails who share his tank. Up until today, they've been fine, even this afternoon he was okay, but I came back from a late afternoon appointment and his fins were ragged and he was hiding in the driftwood.
I've relocated both him and the female guppy to the hospital tank, where he seems to be doing a little bit better. The two sets of livebearers were going to end up in seperate tanks eventually, but I guess this moves up the time schedule a little bit--I'll be acquiring the guppies' 10-gallon tank tomorrow instead of Thursday. The 'hospital tank' is a little 1/2-gallon filtered tank that was designed for a betta--he's been moved to a 2.5-gallon tank.
As I said, the guppies seem to be doing better--they're not hiding in the single plant in the 1/2-gallon, and they're not pickingg on each other. However, is there anything I can do to help the male's fins heal? They're mainly torn, with one chunk missing.
I feel like a bad mommy because this happened.
I've relocated both him and the female guppy to the hospital tank, where he seems to be doing a little bit better. The two sets of livebearers were going to end up in seperate tanks eventually, but I guess this moves up the time schedule a little bit--I'll be acquiring the guppies' 10-gallon tank tomorrow instead of Thursday. The 'hospital tank' is a little 1/2-gallon filtered tank that was designed for a betta--he's been moved to a 2.5-gallon tank.
As I said, the guppies seem to be doing better--they're not hiding in the single plant in the 1/2-gallon, and they're not pickingg on each other. However, is there anything I can do to help the male's fins heal? They're mainly torn, with one chunk missing.
I feel like a bad mommy because this happened.