Chris Howse
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi there , as the title says looking for some MUCH needed advice .Recently my partner decided she wanted to have fish again after not having a tank for well over 17 years , So , recently she bought a small 25 litre tank to start things off again , did all the "pre start" stuff , checked everything was ok , bought 6 male guppies and a Loach . All was ok for around 3 months until she noticed a couple of the Guppies back fins were a bit frayed and we noticed the Loach was chasing at them , she decided to take out the Loach put him in own tank with Neon Tetras , and all is fine with them . As for the tank with the guppies in ,3 of them died , checked water levels etc , all was ok , she decided to replace the dead ones with 4 news ones and a couple of snails , upon on the advice of the guy from the aquatics shop . All have now died apart from 2 of them , girlfriend is distraught about it all and i dont really know what we have done wrong . After trawling the internet , not always a good thing i know , it seems we may have over stocked the tank ?? read about fin rot ? tank is too small ? Also the tank has a normal eco bulb rather than LED lighting , i actually think LED would look better .
So , 1 could anyone shed any light on what we are doing wrong
2 , recommened a decent 40 or 48 litre tank with LED lighting please
Sorry for the huge first post
Cheers
CHRIS
I'm in the UK btw
So , 1 could anyone shed any light on what we are doing wrong
2 , recommened a decent 40 or 48 litre tank with LED lighting please
Sorry for the huge first post
Cheers
CHRIS
I'm in the UK btw