Guppy Fins Shredded

[awolace]

Hope somebody can help. I have two snakeskin guppys. They have been absolutely fine until the last two days. They now have completely shredded fins. The only thing I have added recently is a lyretail killifish. The two guppies used to bully and eventually killed my other guppies but always worked as a team and never hurt each other as they were of the same markings. They are in with neons, gouramis, harlequins and the solo killifish. Their top fins are practically gone now so pretty worried bout them. Any ideas? Have no tank I can move them too!!

 

[turtlegirl]

Can you get a Rubbermaid tub to put them in for now? How long ago did you last add a fish? How often do you feed?

 

[awolace]

Feed once daily. Killifish was added 7 days ago. I have a breeding trap I could put them in?

 

[turtlegirl]

How big is the tank?

 

[awolace]

125 litres. Probably slightly overstocked but inherited most of it.

 

[lloyd]

lyretail killifish although generally known as being peaceful can acually get quite nippy. they should be kept in groups of 6 or more so the fact that you have one on its own could suggest a reason why it could be the killifish nipping. in i wouldnt say your tank is over stocked but a group of the killis might not be a good idea so i would suggest taking him back and seeing if that solves the problem

 

[awolace]

I was mistaken I actually have a fundulopanchax gardneri gardneri killifish. My LFS advised to keep them solo as community fish. Is this type known as fun nippers?

 

[awolace]

I was mistaken I actually have a fundulopanchax gardneri gardneri killifish. My LFS advised to keep them solo as community fish. Is this type known as fun nippers?

 

[awolace]

I was mistaken I actually have a fundulopanchax gardneri gardneri killifish. My LFS advised to keep them solo as community fish. Is this type known as fun nippers?

 

[megamegs1234]

I just recently developed a similar problem. I have one guppy and I just recently added three new guppies to the tank. My old guppy, a small female, recently started hiding from the others in the back of the tank and two of the three new ones started developing small holes on their tails. I suspect that the biggest of the guppies, a male, is bullying the others. Recently, the new female guppy has also become aggressive as well. So now I have one large male and one large female chasing each other around and trying to bite off each other's tails and the tails of the little ones. I feel bad for my little girl guppy because she's hiding but I really feel bad for the boy, whose tail is beginning to shred pretty badly. What do I do with the bullies? And is there any way to repair my little guy's tail and get the girl out of hiding?

 

[lloyd]

I was mistaken I actually have a fundulopanchax gardneri gardneri killifish. My LFS advised to keep them solo as community fish. Is this type known as fun nippers?

Im no killi expert but i would imagine they would prefer a small group at least. i dont really know if they get nippy

 

[MBOU]

They are, Killifish are generally known for being really nippy and in some case really quite aggressive! I mean... look at the Golden Wonder panchax, they are killifish and I've seen adult males eat good sized platies

I found the Gardneri to be particularly nippy. Dont think Killies belong in community settups as a general rule. Personally I would set up a new tank for the Gardneri but that aside, the two need to be seperated one way or another, whether you rehome guppies or return the killifish.

Would definately be having words with whoever sold them to you easy mistake though I suppose as the seem well behaved in shops when there are lots of them and they have no territories to protect so its easy to mistake them as nice calm little fish.

 

[awolace]

Cheers for the replies. I have done a bit of reading today and contacted a friend. I am rehousing my two guppies and one of my honey gouramis tomorrow and have picked up a partner for the killifish. Everything seems to have calmed down now an with those three gone tomorrow I hope I'll be sorted. The guppies are in a bad way tho. They have no top fin at all now and a decent amount of their tail fins have gone. Hopefully they will recover.

 

[JamesIEMitchell]

I could really do with some help. I'm brand new here... Hi, I'm James!

I "inherited" a freshwater tropical tank that's about 6/7 years old and holds 150L.
It contains 28 fish in total: 1 giant Plecostomus, 2 Albino Skirt Tetras, 5 Neon Tetras, 3 Buenos Aires Tetras, 1 Black Neon Tetra, 2 Banded Rainbow Fish, 1 Turquoise Danio, 6 Zebra Danios, and 7 Guppies (2 Male, 5 Female)

I just looked into the tank and one of the male Guppies is missing half of his Caudal fin. The males guppies were only purchased about 4/5 months ago. I bought a group of 5 new female guppies to add to the tank, because after looking online as to why the males had bits missing out of their tails, I learned that there had to be 3/4 females for each male.
Two days after introducing the newest guppies, I found the remains of one of them stuck in some java moss. It didn't have any skin, or a head... just a pile of white flesh with the bones from the fantail. I'm getting really worried now.

This is a picture of the male in isolation.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8446/7881828160_a66dd7037a_b.jpg


All help appreciated.

 

[phoenixgsd]

hello james, im npo expert but just googled your stocking and came up with this .....the buenos aires tetra is an extremely large tetra, growing to 7 cm. A hardy, inexpensive, and beautiful fish, the Buenos Aires Tetra makes the perfect addition to any freshwater tank. However, care should be taken as they will nip and chase slower moving fish with long tails