Ringoffire
Aquarium Advice Regular
My aquarium adventure started on a whim as a surprise for my young daughter. If I knew now all the trouble I would have I would have thought twice. But I got all my equipment and fish in one day with no idea what I was doing. Got home set it all up thought it would be fine, not so much. The only previous fish experience is with several Bettas over span of a few years. Needless to say the petsmart employee was happy to sell me lots of stuff with no recommendation on cycling the tank, letting good bacteria establish and so on. All of which I have now learned of from all my mistakes. Tank started with 2 fancy male guppies, 2 neon tetra, 2 green Cory catfish, 1 algae eater and 3 black Molly fry. 1leafy live plant (can't remember the name) and 1 dwarf hairgrass. Needless to say this is much too overstocked for my size tank. ( 3 gallons with carbon filter) and I know this is too small but will have to do for a bit till I can afford a bigger one. First I lost 2 of the fry( not surprised) a few days later both neon tetras after a random 2 hour power outage, and today both guppies to white fungus. Tried treating it with fungus clear but suppose it was to late. After they died I put the carbon filter back in and did a partial water change. After that I came to suspect the fungus possibly came from the hairgrass that had the same substance on it. I removed the hair grass. My question now is since I didn't complete the fungus treatment and removed the grass after the water change am I still at risk of the remaining fish being infected? Any advice is greatly appreciated as I have put forth a lot of effort and really want to succeed.