Marleen
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I have a 75 gallon aquarium and am having trouble keeping placastamus alive. In the past month I have gone through 3 or 4 of them. Yesterday I picked one up and he was already dead by night time. Shortly after I put it into the tank I noticed he was having trouble sticking to the wall of the glass. He would just slide down.
The water is testing good for nitrates and nitrites. The ph is ok but the water hardness is reading high, which I don't think is an issue. Other fish in the tank are 8 tetra, 2 black mollies, 3 platys - and yesterday I added 6 more platys. These fish are all fine.
Prior to this fall, I had a placastamus that was about 3 or 4 years old. I have a garden pond into which I put the fish in the Spring. For some reason the placastamus disappeared a day or 2 after putting it out. Suspect an animal or bird snatched it. Since then I have had no luck keeping one alive.
Any idea what is going so wrong?
The water is testing good for nitrates and nitrites. The ph is ok but the water hardness is reading high, which I don't think is an issue. Other fish in the tank are 8 tetra, 2 black mollies, 3 platys - and yesterday I added 6 more platys. These fish are all fine.
Prior to this fall, I had a placastamus that was about 3 or 4 years old. I have a garden pond into which I put the fish in the Spring. For some reason the placastamus disappeared a day or 2 after putting it out. Suspect an animal or bird snatched it. Since then I have had no luck keeping one alive.
Any idea what is going so wrong?