EMERGENCY! Dying fish. Bullied guppy. Need help

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

It helps you beneficial bacteria keep up. Add too many fish at once and it won’t be able to handle it all. If you need to add all your fish at once, you can just make sure to test it and do water changes whenever there is ammonia reading

You should NEVER 'need' to add all your fish at once!
That said, I have seen posts advocating such a practice from members of the Mod team. This ties in with the myth that once your tank is cycled, then that's it. A 'cycled' tank is always cycling.
'Cycled' simply means that the tank has reached a stage where the beneficial bacteria are now effective in managing the waste ammonia and by-products effectively. This ability can fade away, if the tank becomes over-stocked, for example, or the beneficial bacteria is reduced by a bad water change, etc., etc..

With cycling, you are establishing a delicate and balanced ecosystem, (and the smaller the tank, the more delicate it is).
Adding too many fish WILL upset the balance and fish will die and posts will be made in the Forum Emergency section...again.

This is especially true when plants have been ignored, or dismissed as being too difficult. Even the smallest of tanks can have plants and floating tanks virtually need no care whatsoever. Plants can act as a 'buffer' for so, so many mistakes, thanks to their natural ability to absorb ammonia and ammonia by-products.

 

[fishyfun&fans]

im on a plant shopping trip today ;-)

 

[fishyfun&fans]

That’s exactly what I’ve done this morning Bruce and narrowed it down to a list of 15 possibles

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

That’s exactly what I’ve done this morning Bruce and narrowed it down to a list of 15 possibles

Be sure to put in some research, just as you would prior to going on a fish hunt.

NOTE that many shops push forward their most attractive looking plants and many of these are actually only semi-aquatic...but they look nice in a tank, so hey! (These will slowly rot as soon as they're in the tank).
Keep an eye out for Tropica products...these aren't the cheapest, but you certainly get what you pay for.
Keep an eye out for plants that you'll be able to split when you get home...you'll get more for your money.

When you do get home, don't forget to treat for 'passengers'.

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Thankyou vey much bruce and fishy fun and friends and fans. Just another question: Anyway, I had to remove my 4 cherry shrimp that were lucky to survive my betta. I rehomed them in the 1/2 tank, there are 4 survivors. I feel bad for them but another tank is no option. Will they be fine, I will do water changes everyday. There were originally 8 but samurai ate 4 so I rehomed them in the 1/2 gallon. Will they be happy?

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Thankyou vey much bruce and fishy fun and friends and fans. Just another question: Anyway, I had to remove my 4 cherry shrimp that were lucky to survive my betta. I rehomed them in the 1/2 tank, there are 4 survivors. I feel bad for them but another tank is no option. Will they be fine, I will do water changes everyday. There were originally 8 but samurai ate 4 so I rehomed them in the 1/2 gallon. Will they be happy?

Not getting hunted for food? They'll be ecstatic.

They should be okay in that tiny, tiny 'tank', with lots of Java Moss, for example.
Whilst shrimp give a very low bioload, they should still be treated as you would hope to treat your fish, so keep an eye on ammonia levels, nitrites and nitrates and change water accordingly. NOTE that shrimp are particularly sensitive to nitrate levels, etc..

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Not getting hunted for food? They'll be ecstatic.

They should be okay in that tiny, tiny 'tank', with lots of Java Moss, for example.
Whilst shrimp give a very low bioload, they should still be treated as you would hope to treat your fish, so keep an eye on ammonia levels, nitrites and nitrates and change water accordingly. NOTE that shrimp are particularly sensitive to nitrate levels, etc..

thankyou, i will test water because in tiny tanks ammonia and nitites ae toxic becuse there no were or it all to go is toxic

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

thankyou, i will test water because in tiny tanks ammonia and nitites ae toxic becuse there no were or it all to go is toxic

In English, please.

 

[fishyfun&fans]

translation-thank you i will test the water , in tiny tanks ammonia and nitrates/nitrites are toxic because theres nowhere for the chemicals to dissipate.

i think

 

[Obsessed with fish]

translation-thank you i will test the water , in tiny tanks ammonia and nitrates/nitrites are toxic because theres nowhere for the chemicals to dissipate.

i think

your right, sorry for the foren languch i was using

 

[Obsessed with fish]

In English, please.

sry fo the foren languch

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Not getting hunted for food? They'll be ecstatic.

They should be okay in that tiny, tiny 'tank', with lots of Java Moss, for example.
Whilst shrimp give a very low bioload, they should still be treated as you would hope to treat your fish, so keep an eye on ammonia levels, nitrites and nitrates and change water accordingly. NOTE that shrimp are particularly sensitive to nitrate levels, etc..

They were gettting hunted for food, i saw samuri bite ones head off and eat a full one in a few bites. The other ones dissapeared but i saved 4

 

[fishyfun&fans]

Translation-Sorry for the foreign language

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Translation-Sorry for the foreign language

 

[OliveFish05]

You should NEVER 'need' to add all your fish at once!

The only reason in this situation I was suggesting doing all the fish at once is 1. They are planning very low bioload fish, like the cories and tetras. 2. I thought I had seen them mention something before in another thread about the fish store being a bit far away or they were very limited aboutnhow often they should go or something. I would never recommend someone add 12 discus, schools of three different tetras, and all their bottom feeders at once (even if the tank size was accurate), or add 18 koi to a pond at the same time.