jlinsey
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
We set up our Eclipse 6 on Christmas day, added decorations, plastic plants and a platy and a molly 2 days later. Three days later the molly had babies, at least 8 of which are still alive and growing. Three days later, the molly looked bad. It had one swelled eye and white under the mouth and died. That evening, after about 2 hours of awkward behavior, the platy died. The baby mollies, 7 of which are protected in a "playpen" are still fine. We replaced the original fish with another platy and a tetra. I didn't know at the time that tetras like to be in a school of like fish. For the first several days, the platy was active, but now has taken to hiding most of the time. It doesn't look unhealthy and does eat, but is definitely less active. It might just be hiding from the tetra that likes to play high-speed chase.
We did one ~25% water & filter change after the first two weeks. Mostly looking for some perspective on what's happened with our fish thus far, and what to do next. Would it help to get 1 or more additional tetras, or would they all harass the platy? Should we wait to see how the babies get on? I realize we will be overstocked if they all survive. If that happens, what can we do with them? Thanks
We did one ~25% water & filter change after the first two weeks. Mostly looking for some perspective on what's happened with our fish thus far, and what to do next. Would it help to get 1 or more additional tetras, or would they all harass the platy? Should we wait to see how the babies get on? I realize we will be overstocked if they all survive. If that happens, what can we do with them? Thanks