Had 6 Tiger Barbs - Now Down To 2

[-germ-]

Oooh i feel all chuffed now
Good luck
Just a little addition, whenever i've fish in cycled i've always done 60% change daily (with prime of course ) morning, noon and night.
Keep this up and you shouldn't go wrong, unless it seems to stress your fish then get posting on here (don't hesitate to PM me).
Ps. Look into keeping betta and gourami together, it is often considered a bad mix, although many have been successful with it...
Edit, not clear, 60% daily as in 3x20%; 20% in morning 20% in afternoon 20% before bed.

 

[Rikki]

Oooh i feel all chuffed now
Good luck
Just a little addition, whenever i've fish in cycled i've always done 60% change daily (with prime of course ) morning, noon and night.
Keep this up and you shouldn't go wrong, unless it seems to stress your fish then get posting on here (don't hesitate to PM me).
Ps. Look into keeping betta and gourami together, it is often considered a bad mix, although many have been successful with it...
Edit, not clear, 60% daily as in 3x20%; 20% in morning 20% in afternoon 20% before bed.

wow, that's a lot of water changing isn't it?

Well, it seems as though the female betta has eaten the scissor-tail I noticed her yesterday becoming agressive towards it, and now that I have come home from work it is gone.

She doesn't bother the gourami...YET. I hope she doesn't!! So now I am down to 2 fish in that tank. The gourami is still looking sick, but with improvement.

How often should we be doing tests on the water?

 

[-germ-]

Not really when you get into the swing of it it shouldn't take too long...
We did tests daily, in the morning before first water change and about 5 mins after, this was to make sure we knew the changes were proving effective.
If you plan on only doing one do it after the water change.
Obviously if anything catches your eye, like the fish hanging at the top.
Have you considered returning the fish and seeing if the LFS will let you get them back once the tank has cycled?
Or give you a credit note?
Is your test kit liquid or strip, i forget. Did you get some Prime....

 

[Rikki]

Our test kit is liquid. We don't have "Prime" here, but we have been using something that does the same.

 

[-germ-]

Careful...
Whats the name of the product? Some are useless and some can possibly be detrimental to your tank in the future....