Hey all,
Would really appreciate any help or advice please!
Relatively new aquarium owner and had 6 neon tetras and 5 guppies in a 15 gallon tank, then recently bought a male dwarf gourami as the fish shop owner said they were really peaceful and calm and would be great for the fish tank I have. All was okay until a few months later he's started killing (and/or some have just died possibly) my other fish and I'm now left with 4 neon tetras and 2 guppys which he is always chasing and terrorising and nipping at their fins. Today I've just put him in my spare 5 gallon fish tank as I don't know what to do, should I return him to a fish shop? Will I have made this worse by separating him into an even smaller tank by himself? The shop I bought him from has closed down now as well. Is the tank too small for him and I shouldn't have put him in there and it's about territory? My poor fish, i don't want to restock them if he's just going to keep doing this but now they are low in numbers..
Thanks!
Would really appreciate any help or advice please!
Relatively new aquarium owner and had 6 neon tetras and 5 guppies in a 15 gallon tank, then recently bought a male dwarf gourami as the fish shop owner said they were really peaceful and calm and would be great for the fish tank I have. All was okay until a few months later he's started killing (and/or some have just died possibly) my other fish and I'm now left with 4 neon tetras and 2 guppys which he is always chasing and terrorising and nipping at their fins. Today I've just put him in my spare 5 gallon fish tank as I don't know what to do, should I return him to a fish shop? Will I have made this worse by separating him into an even smaller tank by himself? The shop I bought him from has closed down now as well. Is the tank too small for him and I shouldn't have put him in there and it's about territory? My poor fish, i don't want to restock them if he's just going to keep doing this but now they are low in numbers..
Thanks!