fighter question

[Linnyuk]

my tank is below......
i have male and female fighter for a few months.they seem happy and strong...then they die within a day or two of each other.
i get a couple more and the same happens!
my ph and nitrate is normal and all other fish are ok.
any thoughts please ??


Dimensions: 91cm L x 30cm W x 38cm H/36" L x 12" W x 15" H
Volume: 106 l./23 gal.
temp 81*f

MY FISH N' STUFF:
2 siameese fighters (m+f) / 2gouramis (m+f)
2 red crabs / 2 frogs / 1 mountain shrimp / 4 ghost shrimp
2 sailfin plecs + 1 unknown plec / 1 chocolate gourami
2 guppies (m+f) / 2 sucking loach /2 koolie loach
2 tiger barbs / 3 glass fish / 2 silver halfbeaks
2 black widow tetras / 3 neon tetras / 3 glo tetras
2 danios / 1 red fin black shark

 

[Cheese Specialist]

Hey again Linny,

What I am about to say is not going to be nice but I promise I am not trying to get at you but help you. We all make mistakes...

That looks like quite a lot of fish in there. What size are you plecs? Sailfins get huge (18")Sail Fin/Gibby plec info and poo like crazy. You might want to find out what kind your other plec is too.

Also, you shouldn't really be keeping barbs with any fish with long fins like male guppies and bettas as they are know for fin nipping. They should also be kept in group of 6+ to minimise their naturally aggressive nature.

I am sorry but IMO there is a lot wrong with that tank. Guppies should be kept 2+ females to each male to stop the females being harassed to much, the tetra and danios should be kept in groups and I am not sure but your rfbs may be the one that gets really big and aggressive. I don't know about keeping frogs and crabs in the same tank either.

As I said in the other topic, you may have problems with your Amonia or NitrIte (you said nitrAte os ok). Is the tank cycled? How much maintenence do you do?

Again sorry to be the bringer of bad news