So, I got a 55 gallon tank from my neighbor who moved. It came with a few fish and we moved it over to our house with a couple inches of the original water, moved the fish in a cooler, and then filled the tank back up with some water with water conditioner. Things seemed to be going good. I've never had fish before so it's been a huge learning curve. I don't think the fish my neighbor had go together at all, so I'm needing a little advice. One of the fish has killed two others... but here's what is there now.
1 x small goldfish
2 x pearl gourami
1 x black ghost knife fish
There were when we first got the tank also...
2 x plecos
1 x blue gourami
1 x red tailed shark
The BGK I believe has killed 1 pleco (he was little) and the blue gourami (he was very pretty, made me sad to see). I gave away the other pleco and the RTS because the pleco was wayyy too big, he was over a foot long and the RTS was chasing all the other fish so I figured he could go to. Since the pleco was killed, I have no algae eater... and I'm not even sure what to do now. It's been about a month, so the tank has had some time to equalize. The BGK now has a cave to hide in so he hasn't caused anymore trouble since then.
But anyway, I'm not sure what to do now. The tank is pretty empty right now with just a few fish, but I don't want to get more until I know what to get and if I should rehome the BGK, (he's really neat looking though) to get something else. I would prefer some flashy fish as my son loves to watch them. I'm afraid to get more goldfish because they are messy and the gouramis... They are fairly peaceful gouramis though. And I need an algae eater...
Where should I start everyone?
1 x small goldfish
2 x pearl gourami
1 x black ghost knife fish
There were when we first got the tank also...
2 x plecos
1 x blue gourami
1 x red tailed shark
The BGK I believe has killed 1 pleco (he was little) and the blue gourami (he was very pretty, made me sad to see). I gave away the other pleco and the RTS because the pleco was wayyy too big, he was over a foot long and the RTS was chasing all the other fish so I figured he could go to. Since the pleco was killed, I have no algae eater... and I'm not even sure what to do now. It's been about a month, so the tank has had some time to equalize. The BGK now has a cave to hide in so he hasn't caused anymore trouble since then.
But anyway, I'm not sure what to do now. The tank is pretty empty right now with just a few fish, but I don't want to get more until I know what to get and if I should rehome the BGK, (he's really neat looking though) to get something else. I would prefer some flashy fish as my son loves to watch them. I'm afraid to get more goldfish because they are messy and the gouramis... They are fairly peaceful gouramis though. And I need an algae eater...
Where should I start everyone?