1) One of my wild guppies keeps nipping at my fantail goldfish's tail. Should I be concerned? The goldfish is only in there temporarily. Can the guppy actually hurt the goldfish?

2) My goldfish has 2 tears - one in its top fin and one in it's tail. Hence the reason it's temporarily in with the guppies and minnows. I had it in a pond outside, with another one which has gone AWOL. I guess one of our cats or a stray took it and tried to get the one that I managed to rescue. The tears look like they are healing. Can they do that? I was hoping that they would. :thup:

1. If the fish is only there temporarily I doubt the guppy will do lasting damage.

2. They usually heal on their own

He/she will probably have to stay in that tank until I've finished treating the guppies for Ich, incase the goldfish has picked it up. After that it will be moved into it's new home outside again, in the bathtub

Thanks Caryl

Ya guppies may have to watch out for your goldfish. If he is big enough he may eat them, I had one that ate all my white cloud mountain minnows once!

I am not sure a fantail could go fast enough to catch a guppy. A comet certainly could, and would.

Ya guppies may have to watch out for your goldfish. If he is big enough he may eat them, I had one that ate all my white cloud mountain minnows once!

Nah he/she isn't big enough. Mouth is still too small to eat my guppies or minnows. And seems totally uninterested in the other fish anyway! It's just one particular guppy that seems to not like the goldfish :dunno: