catpear
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Help!
I started up my fish tank again after two year. I didn’t do so well the first time and eventually gave up. I went out and bought a better filter (Marienland power filter penguin 150), blue sand, some new decoration, and i put in a bubble stone. I let my fish tank run for three days without fish in it. I put two male guppies in there at first. One black/red the other yellow with red streaks. The yellow one was stressed/shy. He wouldn’t really leave under the filter unless to eat. I introduced 4 neon tetras 2 days later and one more guppy. The new guppy started to bite the black one’s fin so I took him back and got a turquoise guppy. He seemed to like it in the tank and really help out the yellow one, but overnight his back tail went missing. I have no idea what happened. I took him back to petsmart and saw a lot of their fish’s fins were beaten up pretty badly. I thought it could be fin rot, but I am sure if it would lose its entire tail in one night. Also one of the neon tetras that I had gotten died as well. He got stuck to the filter. Most things I read said that only sick/weak fish get stuck to the filter.. but I’m not sure how true that is.
I got a golden apple snail after I returned the turquoise guppy to petsmart. I felt bad for the fish.. they threw him away right in front of me….kind of harsh. My snail, Gary, really likes to move around the tank. I did notice that one of his tentacles has two bumps in it and is bent, not straight. Is that normal?
My yellow guppy died overnight after the turquoise fish did. It was weird because he got stuck to the filter and he was a very good swimmer and didn’t have any issues before, just stressed.
I was scared my tank had fin rot in it so I did a water change and added salt into it. I needed to put it in anyways. I’m not sure about the medicine for fin rot because I really do like my snail, gary, and I don’t want to use anything that will hurt him. I’m not quite sure what to do. I check my PH (7.4), nitrite(0), and nitrate(0) they are in the correct range.
I want to keep all my fish happy but my black guppy is not moving as much anymore. He staying in the top middle of the tank just swimming in one place. This may sound weird but I feel that he is depressed. He used to be so lively and swim around a lot. He does eat though and the tequila sunrise guppy I got will visit him every so often. I will not be adding any more fish. I realize that I am kind of pushing the limits to the tank and i do not wish to keep killing fish.
In case you are lost in my long list of what fish I have it is:
1 Golden Apple Snail
2 Male Guppies
5 neon tetras (all my tetras are perfectly happy now)
I uploaded some photos. One of my overall fish tank (and yes I did test the rock before I put them in the tank), 2 of my black guppy, and Gary my snail for his bumps. I want to know if my guppy has the beginning stages of fin rot, he was bullied so he has the nip marks to show for it.
What should I do?
I started up my fish tank again after two year. I didn’t do so well the first time and eventually gave up. I went out and bought a better filter (Marienland power filter penguin 150), blue sand, some new decoration, and i put in a bubble stone. I let my fish tank run for three days without fish in it. I put two male guppies in there at first. One black/red the other yellow with red streaks. The yellow one was stressed/shy. He wouldn’t really leave under the filter unless to eat. I introduced 4 neon tetras 2 days later and one more guppy. The new guppy started to bite the black one’s fin so I took him back and got a turquoise guppy. He seemed to like it in the tank and really help out the yellow one, but overnight his back tail went missing. I have no idea what happened. I took him back to petsmart and saw a lot of their fish’s fins were beaten up pretty badly. I thought it could be fin rot, but I am sure if it would lose its entire tail in one night. Also one of the neon tetras that I had gotten died as well. He got stuck to the filter. Most things I read said that only sick/weak fish get stuck to the filter.. but I’m not sure how true that is.
I got a golden apple snail after I returned the turquoise guppy to petsmart. I felt bad for the fish.. they threw him away right in front of me….kind of harsh. My snail, Gary, really likes to move around the tank. I did notice that one of his tentacles has two bumps in it and is bent, not straight. Is that normal?
My yellow guppy died overnight after the turquoise fish did. It was weird because he got stuck to the filter and he was a very good swimmer and didn’t have any issues before, just stressed.
I was scared my tank had fin rot in it so I did a water change and added salt into it. I needed to put it in anyways. I’m not sure about the medicine for fin rot because I really do like my snail, gary, and I don’t want to use anything that will hurt him. I’m not quite sure what to do. I check my PH (7.4), nitrite(0), and nitrate(0) they are in the correct range.
I want to keep all my fish happy but my black guppy is not moving as much anymore. He staying in the top middle of the tank just swimming in one place. This may sound weird but I feel that he is depressed. He used to be so lively and swim around a lot. He does eat though and the tequila sunrise guppy I got will visit him every so often. I will not be adding any more fish. I realize that I am kind of pushing the limits to the tank and i do not wish to keep killing fish.
In case you are lost in my long list of what fish I have it is:
1 Golden Apple Snail
2 Male Guppies
5 neon tetras (all my tetras are perfectly happy now)
I uploaded some photos. One of my overall fish tank (and yes I did test the rock before I put them in the tank), 2 of my black guppy, and Gary my snail for his bumps. I want to know if my guppy has the beginning stages of fin rot, he was bullied so he has the nip marks to show for it.
What should I do?