Ilikefishes
Aquarium Advice Freak
I would've posted this under Unhealthy Fish, but they're not diseased and I know how to cure them, so here it is:
Throughout my time spent in the Aquarium Hobby, I've noticed nipped fins on my what are supposed to be the "dominant" fish in my tank. I have:
1 Red Tailed Black Shark (who should be the Alpha Fish, but is a peaceful social butterfly)
2 Gold Barbs (who I think are doing the nipping, since barbs are known for this)
6 neons (they're neons...)
1 Betta (again, a peaceful social butterfly)
1 Pleco (pretty small)
2 Boesmani Rainbows
2 Platys
The RTBS has had nipped dorsal which I've Melafixed twice now. My betta now has almost nothing left of his top fin. It is NOT finrot. One of my neons has a tail fin that was nipped off as well. He still swims fine, and Melafix is helping the regrowth process. But do you all suspect that the Two Gold Barbs are doing this? It is happening more and more frequently since the barbs are now a good size larger than they were when I bought them as juveniles. They are not full grown yet. I've seen a full grown gold barb, he was huge. But yeah. Is this gonna keep happening. I love my Golds but I can't have this in my community.
Throughout my time spent in the Aquarium Hobby, I've noticed nipped fins on my what are supposed to be the "dominant" fish in my tank. I have:
1 Red Tailed Black Shark (who should be the Alpha Fish, but is a peaceful social butterfly)
2 Gold Barbs (who I think are doing the nipping, since barbs are known for this)
6 neons (they're neons...)
1 Betta (again, a peaceful social butterfly)
1 Pleco (pretty small)
2 Boesmani Rainbows
2 Platys
The RTBS has had nipped dorsal which I've Melafixed twice now. My betta now has almost nothing left of his top fin. It is NOT finrot. One of my neons has a tail fin that was nipped off as well. He still swims fine, and Melafix is helping the regrowth process. But do you all suspect that the Two Gold Barbs are doing this? It is happening more and more frequently since the barbs are now a good size larger than they were when I bought them as juveniles. They are not full grown yet. I've seen a full grown gold barb, he was huge. But yeah. Is this gonna keep happening. I love my Golds but I can't have this in my community.