Well i am sad to report of my first fish loss since i started my obsession about 6 months ago
I had finally got round to getting the two fish i really wanted (Red-tailed black shark and a Clown Loach) and as soon as i have them one of the Loaches goes and dies!!
i've got about a 75litre tank, all readings are as you guys suggest on here and i do a 20-25% water change every weekend
With the following:
3 white cloud mountain minnows (although i plan to move these out)
2 neon tetras
2 rummy nose tetras
(the above 7 seem to have developed their own shoal now and go everywhere together)
2 male guppies
3 male swordtails
2 Peppered Cory's
1 red-tailed black shark
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15
Fed on:
Flakes
Dried bloodworms
Sinking Algae flakes
Peas
Cabbage
Courgette
and now small bladder snails.
At the weekend i decided to get myself 2 Clown Loaches, mainly becasue i love the colour and reading up on the behaviour they sounded pretty cool, and thought i could afford the space in the tank especially given i was about to move my minnows out. I also have a second smaller tank which i am breading snails in so excellent i thought ready made food source for some clown loaches as well.
So off i popped to the shop and got me two lovely and colourful Clowns - Get in!!!
They hid away at first on Saturday (says on here that is normal - so i thought cool no probs). Then i kept seeing one out and about investigating much the same as my corys do (couldn't tell if it was the same one or not). Today (Tuesday) i discover one of my clowns floating at the top behind my pump.
The little fella seemed all coloured up and no white coating etc. He seems to have lost his barbles from around his mouth but that could be the other fish having a nibble?Would you guys mind having a look at these pictures and seeing if you can see anything obviously wrong with him?
Was it a case of a bad specimen from the shop (having only had him 4 days) or am i actually doing anything wrong in terms of feeding / overstocking?
For anyone interested the other remaining Clown Loach is doing fine forever out and about - even saw him carry a snail off into his cave in his mouth this morning.
I'm now a bit reserved about getting another one now - or will the remaining one get lonely? (by the way i do plan to upgrade my tank size to accomodate their growth in the future)
Anyway sorry for all the questions, it would be good to hear your guys thoughts.. just a bit gutted i've killed my first fish!
Cheers
Matt
I had finally got round to getting the two fish i really wanted (Red-tailed black shark and a Clown Loach) and as soon as i have them one of the Loaches goes and dies!!
i've got about a 75litre tank, all readings are as you guys suggest on here and i do a 20-25% water change every weekend
With the following:
3 white cloud mountain minnows (although i plan to move these out)
2 neon tetras
2 rummy nose tetras
(the above 7 seem to have developed their own shoal now and go everywhere together)
2 male guppies
3 male swordtails
2 Peppered Cory's
1 red-tailed black shark
----
15
Fed on:
Flakes
Dried bloodworms
Sinking Algae flakes
Peas
Cabbage
Courgette
and now small bladder snails.
At the weekend i decided to get myself 2 Clown Loaches, mainly becasue i love the colour and reading up on the behaviour they sounded pretty cool, and thought i could afford the space in the tank especially given i was about to move my minnows out. I also have a second smaller tank which i am breading snails in so excellent i thought ready made food source for some clown loaches as well.
So off i popped to the shop and got me two lovely and colourful Clowns - Get in!!!
They hid away at first on Saturday (says on here that is normal - so i thought cool no probs). Then i kept seeing one out and about investigating much the same as my corys do (couldn't tell if it was the same one or not). Today (Tuesday) i discover one of my clowns floating at the top behind my pump.
The little fella seemed all coloured up and no white coating etc. He seems to have lost his barbles from around his mouth but that could be the other fish having a nibble?Would you guys mind having a look at these pictures and seeing if you can see anything obviously wrong with him?
Was it a case of a bad specimen from the shop (having only had him 4 days) or am i actually doing anything wrong in terms of feeding / overstocking?
For anyone interested the other remaining Clown Loach is doing fine forever out and about - even saw him carry a snail off into his cave in his mouth this morning.
I'm now a bit reserved about getting another one now - or will the remaining one get lonely? (by the way i do plan to upgrade my tank size to accomodate their growth in the future)
Anyway sorry for all the questions, it would be good to hear your guys thoughts.. just a bit gutted i've killed my first fish!
Cheers
Matt