HELP!!! Angel Fish down....

[pepsky]

Hi, I'm new here, but I need some amediate help. We have started trying out angel fish and have 5 in a 10 gallon tank. We have already lost 4 and need help to save these guys! We have 3 mable angels and two others(not sure which kind). One of the ones, which we don't know what kind it is, has lost its tail fin completly and all of his other fins are standing up, looking spikey. Yesterday we put him in a breeder to seperate him from the others because we don't know if they have been nipping at him and then today, two of the marbles are starting to have the spikey fin thing. They also have a buldge in the stomachs and one has red lines in his eyes. We are completly new at Angels and have been trying to figure this out. Any ideas would be much appreciated and well needed! Please respond ASAP. Oh ya, they like to hang out by the heater a lot.

Also, we also have a 5 gallon tank with 2 remaining guppies, all the rest died (had 7) and the male which has been there all a long is not looking good, his back fin is falling apart and he swims next to the heater a lot. Any advice on that too?

p.s. Other tanks- 2 gallon with baby Tiger Barbs, 29 gallon with 3-4inch tinfoil barbs and 5-1 inch tiger barbs.

HELP!!

 

[Shizat]

All I can say is that you need to read a lot more on your hobbies before you get into them.

 

[pepsky]

All I can say is that you need to read a lot more on your hobbies before you get into them.

How exactly does that help me? All that comment tells me is that you know as little as I do about the subject...maybe you could keep your smart alec comments to yourself. I've had fish for over ten years, just never angels...maybe next time, if you know some way to help me you could post a comment and not waste both of our time. Thanks...

 

[ooSho]

hi, sorry about ur fish dying....i always thought angelfish needed atleast 20 or more gallons and a tall tank ? I dont know....they might all be stressed in such a small space maybe he needs to be in the 29g and the others in the 10...

 

[jams.alaskan]

You've got troubles my friend. the ten gallon will not serve your angels. What temp do you have the tank set at. If you can give folks your sizes of fish, size of tank, ammonia, nitrate and nitrite levels, # of fish and other information like how long has the tank been set up it may help. When did you get the fish? Is it possible to return them and not get them till you can do more research on their needs. You are a lot like me and I think we tend to put the cart before the horse. Best of luck and I'll keep checking here to see if you are getting the help you need.

ALASKA

 

[my_fallen_angel]

Firsdt of all you have far to many angels in a small tank.
Stress from over crowinding could be a main cause.
But i sounds like fin rot.
was you tank cycled?
If its finrot you need to get some sort of medication that will treat it.
But if you do cure it your probably going to have more problems from the over crowind factor down the track

Sorry
Kellie