How are my fish?

[Ravenes]

 

[Ravenes]

The white skirts seem to be nippy towards the angelfish, should I rehome it?

 

[Ravenes]

That and they keep swimming into a wall

 

[itiwhetu]

What light have you on the tank, natural light is best.

 

[Colin_T]

How are my fish?

Photograph them under normal white light and we will let you know.

 

[Ravenes]

How are my fish?

Photograph them under normal white light and we will let you know.

Here’s it under a different light

 

[Ravenes]

Yeah I was wondering should I be worried?

 

[Colin_T]

Black widow/ skirt tetras and their colour forms (white skirts, Glofish) are renown fin nippers and will probably kill the angelfish. You don't want to keep them together.

The fish in the middle of the picture doesn't look right but I need closer pictures and maybe video to see what's wrong with it.

The fish would be more comfortable if the tank had a darker substrate, or a darker background, or more plants.

Some floating plants like Water Sprite (Ceratopteria thalictroides/ cornuta) would help them feel more comfortable and help deal with the brown algae on the bottom. You can let Water Sprite float on the surface or plant it in the gravel/ sand and it does well there too.

 

[Ravenes]

So how do I get rid of the angelfish they’ve been together for 3 years

 

[UnknownFishies]

How big is the current tank you have? Angelfish require a minimum of 25 gallons because they grow fairly large depending on the type. Skirt tetras are on the more aggressive side of the tetra spectrum so those two to not go well together. My suggestion is get another 15-20 gallon tank for the tetras depending on what you have right now. Because if you have a 30 gallon right now and get a 15 gallon that could work fine. At least in my opinion.

 

[Ravenes]

I have it in a thirty gallon I don’t have an extra tank I feel sorry for my angelfish

 

[UnknownFishies]

I have it in a thirty gallon I don’t have an extra tank I feel sorry for my angelfish

How many skirts you have?

 

[Ravenes]

How many skirts you have?

Six

 

[itiwhetu]

You really should look at lots of live plants for this tank, it will make everyone happy.

 

[Ravenes]

Ok I’m sorry if I’m a bad owner. My mom bought me the fish and wanted it to look nice. I used to use neon tetras but they kept dying so she told me to buy bigger fish