impossible
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I have a 20 gallon tank with two bloodfin tetras and two male pygmy gouramis. After a little fighting when I first got them, my two pygmy gouramis have lived together peacefully for three months, frequently appearing together. Yesterday one started pursuing the other around the tank. I tried to reconfigure the tank to give them separate territories and hiding places, but this morning I discovered that the hunted fish has lost most of his fins.
I currently have the aggressor fish imprisoned in a floating fish hatchery. I have a third pygmy gourami in a 10 gallon quarantine tank (due to tail rot acquired in the 20 gallon tank in July). The 10 gallon tank has aquarium salt in it.
I've done a vastly better job of vacuuming the gravel in the 20 gallon tank since the first instance of fin rot, but I am nonetheless worried that the hurt fish will acquire it. I have been dosing that tank with Melafix.
Any advice would be appreciated, but here are the most pressing questions:
What can I do to help the hurt fish?
Should I acclimate him to the quarantine tank?
(Maybe when he recovers from the stress?)
Should I treat him with medicine?
How long can I leave the aggressor fish in the hatchery?
I currently have the aggressor fish imprisoned in a floating fish hatchery. I have a third pygmy gourami in a 10 gallon quarantine tank (due to tail rot acquired in the 20 gallon tank in July). The 10 gallon tank has aquarium salt in it.
I've done a vastly better job of vacuuming the gravel in the 20 gallon tank since the first instance of fin rot, but I am nonetheless worried that the hurt fish will acquire it. I have been dosing that tank with Melafix.
Any advice would be appreciated, but here are the most pressing questions:
What can I do to help the hurt fish?
Should I acclimate him to the quarantine tank?
(Maybe when he recovers from the stress?)
Should I treat him with medicine?
How long can I leave the aggressor fish in the hatchery?