pinkpetal256
New Member
I'm a beginner, my tank has been up and running for about 7 weeks.
I have bought my fish under the guidance of books and aquarium staff - but to be honest, everyone tells me something different.
1 got 4 mollies to start with - they are all fine, 1 a little aggressive. They had 5 babies within a week, but only one super-baby has survived.
I then added 7 cardinal tetras, 1 which was killed a few weeks later.
I've recently added 2 dwarf gouramis and 4 guppies - all male, as i was told that this was fine
I came home last night and one of my guppies and 1 tetra had been killed. I am not sure who the culprit is and whether all my fish are compatible together, or whether i just have too much testosterone in the tank - and should get some females.
All the fish have been perfectly healthy, with no odd behaviour at all.
I'm feeding them flakes once a day, and bloodworms once a week - is this enough?
Could it be my mollies are making the killings - they are bigger than everything else except the gouramis? What do i do? As a novice, i'm getting v. upset about all these deaths! Advice gratefully received!
I have bought my fish under the guidance of books and aquarium staff - but to be honest, everyone tells me something different.
1 got 4 mollies to start with - they are all fine, 1 a little aggressive. They had 5 babies within a week, but only one super-baby has survived.
I then added 7 cardinal tetras, 1 which was killed a few weeks later.
I've recently added 2 dwarf gouramis and 4 guppies - all male, as i was told that this was fine
I came home last night and one of my guppies and 1 tetra had been killed. I am not sure who the culprit is and whether all my fish are compatible together, or whether i just have too much testosterone in the tank - and should get some females.
All the fish have been perfectly healthy, with no odd behaviour at all.
I'm feeding them flakes once a day, and bloodworms once a week - is this enough?
Could it be my mollies are making the killings - they are bigger than everything else except the gouramis? What do i do? As a novice, i'm getting v. upset about all these deaths! Advice gratefully received!
