catpear
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hey everyone
I am kind of new to having a fish tank. 2 years ago my mom and sister gave me an Aqueon start up 10 gallon fish tank for my dorm room (it’s the biggest size you’re allowed to have). I started out with fancy goldfish, my sister’s boyfriend at that time swore they were easy. They weren’t. I went through a lot of poor fish. I had orandas, several bubble fish, lion heads, ping pong goldfish, regular goldfish, and I even had a Siamese algae eater at one point. Alas they all ended up dying. It was just one problem after another. Whether it was bullying, the fish’s bubble stuck in the filter, eye loss, I have even had fish gone missing. I always did my research and tried to fix the problems but nothing every really helped. I absolutely loved my fish and enjoyed them to the fullest, but when my fish kept dying I eventually I stopped having a tank for two year.
I started up my fish tank. I realize ten gallons isn’t very big, but I am going to work with what I have. I went out and bought a better filter (Marienland power filter penguin 150), blue sand, and some new decoration. I let my fish tank run for three days without fish in it. I put two male guppies in there at first. One black/red the other yellow with red streaks. The yellow one was stressed/shy. He wouldn’t really leave under the filter. I introduced 4 neon tetras 2 days later and one more guppy. I got them from petsmart. The new guppy started to bite the black one’s fin so I took him back and got a turquoise guppy. He seemed to like it in the tank, but overnight his back tail went missing. I have no idea what happened. I took him back to petsmart and saw a lot of their fish’s fins were beaten up pretty badly. Also one of the neon tetras that I had gotten there died as well. He got stuck to the filter. That’s when I got a golden apple snail. He really likes to move around the tank. My yellow guppy died overnight after the turquoise fish did. It was weird because he got stuck to the filter and he was a very good swimmer…….
I was scared my tank had fin rot in it so I did a water change and added salt into it. I’m not sure about the medicine because I really do like my snail, gary, and I don’t want to use anything that will hurt him. I’m not quite sure what to do. I check my PH, nitrite, nitrate, hardness level and they are in the correct range. I want to keep all my fish happy but my black guppy is not moving as much anymore. He staying in the top middle of the tank just swimming in one place. I feel that he is depressed. He does eat though and the tequila sunrise guppy I got will visit him every so often. I will not be adding any more fish. I realize that I am kind of pushing the limits to the tank.
In case you are lost in my long list of what fish I have it is:
1 Golden Apple Snail
2 Male Guppies
5 neon tetras
What should I do? Feedback is appreciated
I am kind of new to having a fish tank. 2 years ago my mom and sister gave me an Aqueon start up 10 gallon fish tank for my dorm room (it’s the biggest size you’re allowed to have). I started out with fancy goldfish, my sister’s boyfriend at that time swore they were easy. They weren’t. I went through a lot of poor fish. I had orandas, several bubble fish, lion heads, ping pong goldfish, regular goldfish, and I even had a Siamese algae eater at one point. Alas they all ended up dying. It was just one problem after another. Whether it was bullying, the fish’s bubble stuck in the filter, eye loss, I have even had fish gone missing. I always did my research and tried to fix the problems but nothing every really helped. I absolutely loved my fish and enjoyed them to the fullest, but when my fish kept dying I eventually I stopped having a tank for two year.
I started up my fish tank. I realize ten gallons isn’t very big, but I am going to work with what I have. I went out and bought a better filter (Marienland power filter penguin 150), blue sand, and some new decoration. I let my fish tank run for three days without fish in it. I put two male guppies in there at first. One black/red the other yellow with red streaks. The yellow one was stressed/shy. He wouldn’t really leave under the filter. I introduced 4 neon tetras 2 days later and one more guppy. I got them from petsmart. The new guppy started to bite the black one’s fin so I took him back and got a turquoise guppy. He seemed to like it in the tank, but overnight his back tail went missing. I have no idea what happened. I took him back to petsmart and saw a lot of their fish’s fins were beaten up pretty badly. Also one of the neon tetras that I had gotten there died as well. He got stuck to the filter. That’s when I got a golden apple snail. He really likes to move around the tank. My yellow guppy died overnight after the turquoise fish did. It was weird because he got stuck to the filter and he was a very good swimmer…….
I was scared my tank had fin rot in it so I did a water change and added salt into it. I’m not sure about the medicine because I really do like my snail, gary, and I don’t want to use anything that will hurt him. I’m not quite sure what to do. I check my PH, nitrite, nitrate, hardness level and they are in the correct range. I want to keep all my fish happy but my black guppy is not moving as much anymore. He staying in the top middle of the tank just swimming in one place. I feel that he is depressed. He does eat though and the tequila sunrise guppy I got will visit him every so often. I will not be adding any more fish. I realize that I am kind of pushing the limits to the tank.
In case you are lost in my long list of what fish I have it is:
1 Golden Apple Snail
2 Male Guppies
5 neon tetras
What should I do? Feedback is appreciated