Dog-eating Tetra

well idk what it was but remaining 4 neons r fine along with the guppy, dwarf gourami pair and 2 BN's so i'm ok with that.

i just foudn the other one that was missing, it is dead and covered in a white gel stuff thing??? no sign of "rotting" some of them were very slow moving and remaining up the top of the tanka night before i found them dead. i am baffled by this and wonder if they could have had their fins nipped when they were dead/very slow due to illness? i will get over the loss of an entire species of fish from my tank and nearly half of another in time.

that was my reasoning when my friend suggested that.

well i got a pair of dwarf gouramis, a guppy(completly left out of this) and 2 bristlenoses. this has been like this for maybe 4-6 weeks. i have recently removed some vegetation which has removed some cover but there were deaths before this change.

i have lost all 4 of my glowlight tetras and 2 neon tetras.another neon is missing. i found 2 dead on sunday and did a water change on tuesday after finding another one dead. tests show amonia=0, nitrite=0 ph 6.4-6.8, nitrate=20 ppm. what is wrong. i have noticed the tail fins are nearly gone on most of the deceased fish. please help me.

was on again today at 5:30 and another program on the amazon was on too. i recorded both but only got vhs still very good programmes.

yup probably the most interesting pic i ever seen of fish... but i'd reccomend leaving the "gates"closed... lol :lol:

i had my fav fish(male flame-red dwarf gourami) lose control of his direction(maybe swim bladder) anywya i had a glowluight suffer from smae thing and i reluctantlyput down my gourami after 3 days of noticing severe signs. and sorry for the loss of you fish by the way, i (as i'm sure most people)am very sad when any of my fish get sick or die.

ok and i expect answer is yes but just making sure, i need a pair?

i have recently fallen in love with blue rams and would love to have some of my own but i am worried they may be incompatable with my tank and current stock. i have an aqua one 510 75ltr tank with 7 neons, 3 glowlights, 1 guppy,2 bristle noses and a pair of dwarf gouramis. i would like to know if a) i have room and how i could make room if not and b) if the blue ram(s) would get on with my current fish. Thanks Richard

thanks so much for the advice. will go do water change tonight.

oh i just thought, what do they look like when they're mating? because i saw them when nest was new sort of curled up in each other right by the nest. this just courting?

ok thanks, so i'm not gonna kill off any fry or anyhting? and it may be good to get rid of nest as the other fish cna act normal again?

i have a big problem- i have a bubble nest from my pair of dwarf gouramis but my ph has goten down to about 6. it would be near impossible to change water without distubing or destroying nest. i don't want my ph so low but i can't bring myself to destroy the nest as i have never had any fish breed before. the male is new as my other died. the bubble nest is reaching 2 1/2 weeks old now and i'm not sure if that means it's not fertile. the male was guarding furiously in first week or so and all other fish wouldn't go higher than 10cm in the tank. it is a 75 litre aqua one ar-580 community tank. other stock are bout 4-6 glowlight tetras, 6-7 neon tetras, 2 bristlenoses, 1 guppy(sole surviver of 7) and the pair of dwarf gouramis. i need to do a water change as it is getting 1.5-2weeks overdue. please help. Richard

nice. i have just found that my dwaves have mated but in a community tank. not many hopes for survival but i'll try my best.

what things would i need in another tank and how big would it need to be?

i think my dwarf gouramis are mating but they're in a community tank along with 7 neon tetras, 3 glowlight tetras, 1 guppy and 2 bristlenoses. i don't really have funds for another tank. any advice welcome.

i was saying that the shp assistant didn't really want to sell me the fish cause he said the difference betwen my tnak and their tanks would kill the fist(2 neon tetras and 1 mature male dwarf gourami).

i change about every 2 weeks but was away on holiday so hadn't been done for almost 3 weeks before the one i did today. and i ment ph up sorry. i have had like 2-3 dead fish and a huge groth spurt from the plants recently(since last water change. the person at animate spretty much said he didn't ant to sell me the fish cause they'll die form shock of 1ph. i will monitor the ph levels more closely this week and next.

i also forgot to mention that the 6 ph reading was before my usual water change which i have done now. i will add in the ph down and test get water tested on monday.

tank size is aqua one ar-520(bout 75 liters) i have now 2 bristlenoses, 1 female dwarf gourami,1 guppy(other 5 died),3 glowlight tetras(a few died),4 neons-i want to get some more tetras when i get new dwarf gourami. my filter is just the one that came in the hood of the tank.

hi. i went into animates papanui today to get a replacement male dwarf gourami(other one died of inability to control direction of swimming)to go with my female. i had the water tested and results were almost down to 6.the staff there told me i had to get this up and told me to buy ph up and cycle+aqua plus and that i should put cycle+aqua plus in everytime i changed the water. i haven't been using either cycle or aqua plus when i do my water changes and i think i'm a fair way from my fish limit. all other tests were fine but ph wa sa bit low. what action should i take to get this up as the shop have ph at 7 and i don't want new fish to die from the shock of the cange. thanks richard

i'd like to get maybe 2-3 more male guppys if they will suit my tank which has a male and female dwarf gourami, 4 glowlights, 6 neons,2 bristlenoses and 2 male guppys. i only want a few more if they're not too expensive, will suit my tank and i'd lie a particular clour/strain rether than a random mix. does anyone know whether or ot i can fit them and what source to buy from.

yea redecortaing helps with the agression. thats what i try to do when i introduce new fish so my red dwarf gourami doesn't hassle the new tank mate and it does help.

ok thanks for all your help