heemskn
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I am new to this forum and aquariums. Having done some research online in the last days I realize that I made a lot of mistakes, including adding too many fish to quickly. Question is how to fix it. Here goes:
I have a 15 gallon tank with an aquatec 5-15 powerfilter. In it a dwarf gourami, dalmatian molly, two danios, two guppies (male and female), two tetras, 4 tiny ghost shrimp and a little pleco. Gravel on the bottom, 4 different (real) plants and a fake tree trunk ornament. The shrimp and pleco immediately moved into the ornament. The pleco only comes out at night, the shrimp never. Everybody seemed happy on a diet of tetracolor flakes twice a day, and some freeze dried tubifex every other day. The molly had babies who I put into a separate little tank where they seem to thrive.
About 3 days ago a couple thing changed:
I moved the aquatec filter to the tank with the molly fry and replaced it with a new penquin biowheel 100. It looked like the tank went a bit cloudy for a day but is all clear again now. The penquin filter is the same size but creates quite a bit more flow. I also started feeding a bit of TopFin Small Freeze Dried Medly once a day, which looks like a mix of dried up bugs. It appears to make the danios and gourami quite a bit more agressive when feeding. I also added an African dwarf frog.
The next morning the female guppy had red scratch on her side, about same size and color as her gill, but further back. Initially she was hiding in a corner of the aquarium, but now swimming around as usual. Also one of the frog's front legs is now covered in white fuzzy stuff and looking nasty. I put him in the plastic breeder tank for the time being. Apart from the gourami being a bit more assertive I did not really observe any hostility between fish.
What happened? Is one of my fish hurting the others? Is the frog problem the result of an injury or an unrelated disease? Should I move the frog out (and back to PetSmart; he is still under warranty)? Any suggestions for changes to the mix of fish?
Thanks
I have a 15 gallon tank with an aquatec 5-15 powerfilter. In it a dwarf gourami, dalmatian molly, two danios, two guppies (male and female), two tetras, 4 tiny ghost shrimp and a little pleco. Gravel on the bottom, 4 different (real) plants and a fake tree trunk ornament. The shrimp and pleco immediately moved into the ornament. The pleco only comes out at night, the shrimp never. Everybody seemed happy on a diet of tetracolor flakes twice a day, and some freeze dried tubifex every other day. The molly had babies who I put into a separate little tank where they seem to thrive.
About 3 days ago a couple thing changed:
I moved the aquatec filter to the tank with the molly fry and replaced it with a new penquin biowheel 100. It looked like the tank went a bit cloudy for a day but is all clear again now. The penquin filter is the same size but creates quite a bit more flow. I also started feeding a bit of TopFin Small Freeze Dried Medly once a day, which looks like a mix of dried up bugs. It appears to make the danios and gourami quite a bit more agressive when feeding. I also added an African dwarf frog.
The next morning the female guppy had red scratch on her side, about same size and color as her gill, but further back. Initially she was hiding in a corner of the aquarium, but now swimming around as usual. Also one of the frog's front legs is now covered in white fuzzy stuff and looking nasty. I put him in the plastic breeder tank for the time being. Apart from the gourami being a bit more assertive I did not really observe any hostility between fish.
What happened? Is one of my fish hurting the others? Is the frog problem the result of an injury or an unrelated disease? Should I move the frog out (and back to PetSmart; he is still under warranty)? Any suggestions for changes to the mix of fish?
Thanks