Three Weeks Into Fishkeeping

[Iann]

I have been stocking my tank over the past three weeks; I started with two mixed mollies and three red eye tetra. A week later I added two male, blue dwarf gourami.
They didn’t get on; as soon as I put them in the tank they started fighting with each other. One killed the other that very night.
When I spoke to the staff at my local LFS, they found it to be an unusual situation as they sell the dwarf blue’s in pairs?
They had some female dwarf blue gourami in, so I took one of them instead of another male. When I put the female in, she tried to approach the male but he did not want to know her and started attacking again. It got to the point where he was following my other fish and bullying them.
The staff at my local LFS swapped him for another male. The new male dwarf blue is a lot better with my other fish.
Last weekend I got a pair of pearl gourami and four black widow tetra, they all seam to be getting on ok. My male blue gourami is a bit of a loner, he doesn’t really have a lot to do with any of the other gouramies, but he lets the mollies bump him around a bit.
I’ve been offered a pair of small angel fish, that are in a display tank at my LFS, they are in a tank with two large angel fish and a lot of other large fish such as clown loach, one archer fish, an Indian giant gourami, that’s a bit of a bully and looking to be re- homed. The angels that I can have are really nice looking, they are yellow and silver. I’m a bit worried that they might be used to a more boisterous tank than mine and pick on the other fish that are in with them?

 

[WILDER]

Is the tank cycled can you post water stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate,and ph, how many gallons or litres is the tank.

You are stocking the tank to fast, also angel, gouramis, and the black tetra's will not get along fin nippers.

 

[Iann]

Is the tank cycled can you post water stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate,and ph, how many gallons or litres is the tank.

My tank is 300 L, i don't no the stats as i let my man at the shop do all that, i take them a water sample in and they do a test for me, my filter seams to be running as it should, according to the shopkeep.

 

[riverman444]

What were your last readings from the "shopkeep"?

 

[WILDER]

Till we know your result i would hold off buying more fish, i would give the angels a miss won't get on with the black tetra's, plus clown loaches are out of the question need very large tanks of 125 gallons.

 

[Iann]

What were your last readings from the "shopkeep"?

I don't know as i've never asked for any of the precise read out thingies, i just ask if it's looking good
What about the Angels, any thoughts?

 

[WILDER]

Angels out of the question with the black widow tetra's.

 

[Iann]

plus clown loaches are out of the question need very large tanks of 125 gallons.

I've seen them in smaller, i bet you have too?

Angels out of the question with the black widow tetra's.

I don't know, the black widow tetras are quite big(for tetras), i'm more worried about the pearl gouramies, they might clash as they are about the same size and like the top of the tank. as the angels become bigger they might pick on the pearls?

 

[SamUK]

yea i rescued the 3ft tank in my sig from a friend.



i moved the angel fish that was in there out and put it in my 80G because the pearl gourami was constanty fighting with it.

quite vicious it was too!

the angels dont like the smaller gourami i have much either.

 

[Iann]

yea i rescued the 3ft tank in my sig from a friend.



i moved the angel fish that was in there out and put it in my 80G because the pearl gourami was constanty fighting with it.

quite vicious it was too!

the angels dont like the smaller gourami i have much either.

Thanks, looks like i'm gonna have to think about what to do next, i really like the look of the angels, they are a really nice pair. But i dont want beat up fish.