StevenCumming
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So last night I spent hours moving my fish and setting up a new 75l (20gal) aquarium which was an upgrade of a 34l (<10gal) one. One of my Serpae tetras has been severely fin nipped and has difficulty swimming around. I was wondering if I was able to put just that one tetra into a small qt tank under my main aquarium with a powerhead I have had media in for a few days running alongside my aquariums?
My tank details are as follows:
75l Aqua One 510
100w heater
Filter in the hood with extra ceramic noodles and ~150g of activated carbon also extra.
Under-gravel Filter System
Stock:
- 7 Serpae Tetras
- 3 Silvertips (yes, I know I need more but I was waiting for the 20gal)
- 1 BN Catfish
- 2 Kuhli Loaches (I got these yesterday with the tank)
- 1 Male Guppy (I got this yesterday with the tank)
Lots of live plants!
So the other thing I was unsure about it when I had all the fish together in my QT tank yesterday for a few hours when I was setting up the new tank, the guppy was fin nipping the steering fins of all the other fish! It was going crazy swimming up to them attacking them for a few seconds and moving on to the next one! Now that the tank is set up I have it in a floating separation tank and every time I let it out it goes straight back to fin nipping. Will it always be like this? Should I just get rid of it? Should I keep it in the QT tank forever by itself? I normally empty it when not using it by the way, and just move a small power-head from my main tank into the little tank.
Basically I would just like to know I can separate the sick tetra for a few weeks while it regrows (hopefully) it's fins and gets some colour back into it? I just don't want to stress it out being the only fish in that tank.
Above is a photo of the sick fish, it has been like that for a few weeks now.
My tank details are as follows:
75l Aqua One 510
100w heater
Filter in the hood with extra ceramic noodles and ~150g of activated carbon also extra.
Under-gravel Filter System
Stock:
- 7 Serpae Tetras
- 3 Silvertips (yes, I know I need more but I was waiting for the 20gal)
- 1 BN Catfish
- 2 Kuhli Loaches (I got these yesterday with the tank)
- 1 Male Guppy (I got this yesterday with the tank)
Lots of live plants!
So the other thing I was unsure about it when I had all the fish together in my QT tank yesterday for a few hours when I was setting up the new tank, the guppy was fin nipping the steering fins of all the other fish! It was going crazy swimming up to them attacking them for a few seconds and moving on to the next one! Now that the tank is set up I have it in a floating separation tank and every time I let it out it goes straight back to fin nipping. Will it always be like this? Should I just get rid of it? Should I keep it in the QT tank forever by itself? I normally empty it when not using it by the way, and just move a small power-head from my main tank into the little tank.
Basically I would just like to know I can separate the sick tetra for a few weeks while it regrows (hopefully) it's fins and gets some colour back into it? I just don't want to stress it out being the only fish in that tank.
Above is a photo of the sick fish, it has been like that for a few weeks now.