Ok, so after I got my tank, so did my boyfriend
Basically he has a 23 Litre tank with quite a strong filter (it came with the tank, but it strong enough to create a proper current for them to ride or pushed around if you will) and an airstone. It does have some fake plants, a bridge, a coconut house and one java fern on some bogwood.
6 tetra's have disappeared next to 1 baby BN
We first believed it could have been the stress of transport, then 1 got stuck in the back with one of it's fins between a slit which I then taped over and he had a power-cut for a day)
His water-stat's are ok (I double checked, a little bit of ammonia, but it was barely noticeable when compared to the grading-scale).
His tank is not best put together tank in the world, I've commented and advised against his choices so there's no need to comment about them again (really I've pestered him A LOT, alas without result however),
However if you can tell me who or what the culprit is, that'd be great.
1 male betta,
2 female betta's
4 tetra's (these are left and were slightly bigger than the original group he had. I got some more after the first few had disappeared.
1 small red tailed shark
All were found in the filter (or what was left of them.) With the BN now also gone, I'm not sure about the cause.
Is it more likely to be another fish, disease, the water somehow or some other factor?
I've got 5 pygmy corry's, 1 male betta, 1 BN (Small), 2 julli corry's (they were the last left in the shop being terrorised by angelfish so I took them on and they seem ok joining the pygmy's, keeping an eye out to get some more in the future though), 5 endlers (and a few baby's, I've not really made an effort to save all of them so it's survival of the fittest at the moment) and 2 frogs.
Would it be a good idea to transfer some of his fish to my tank (not the male betta of course, that's definitely bound to go wrong with mine), it's quite heavily planted so I might be able to keep 1 or both girls on, at least temporary, as it's a bit of a maze. And the tetra's as well (although I'm not to sure about the rts). This is in a 30 L. I'm planning to upgrade in 1-2 years, but as I'm still in a student accommodation, I can't right now. (Yes I'm already dreaming of my future tank
)
However, could this endanger the fish I already have? Otherwise I'd rather see if he can take some of them to a shop instead.
Basically he has a 23 Litre tank with quite a strong filter (it came with the tank, but it strong enough to create a proper current for them to ride or pushed around if you will) and an airstone. It does have some fake plants, a bridge, a coconut house and one java fern on some bogwood.
6 tetra's have disappeared next to 1 baby BN
We first believed it could have been the stress of transport, then 1 got stuck in the back with one of it's fins between a slit which I then taped over and he had a power-cut for a day)
His water-stat's are ok (I double checked, a little bit of ammonia, but it was barely noticeable when compared to the grading-scale).
His tank is not best put together tank in the world, I've commented and advised against his choices so there's no need to comment about them again (really I've pestered him A LOT, alas without result however),
However if you can tell me who or what the culprit is, that'd be great.
1 male betta,
2 female betta's
4 tetra's (these are left and were slightly bigger than the original group he had. I got some more after the first few had disappeared.
1 small red tailed shark
All were found in the filter (or what was left of them.) With the BN now also gone, I'm not sure about the cause.
Is it more likely to be another fish, disease, the water somehow or some other factor?
I've got 5 pygmy corry's, 1 male betta, 1 BN (Small), 2 julli corry's (they were the last left in the shop being terrorised by angelfish so I took them on and they seem ok joining the pygmy's, keeping an eye out to get some more in the future though), 5 endlers (and a few baby's, I've not really made an effort to save all of them so it's survival of the fittest at the moment) and 2 frogs.
Would it be a good idea to transfer some of his fish to my tank (not the male betta of course, that's definitely bound to go wrong with mine), it's quite heavily planted so I might be able to keep 1 or both girls on, at least temporary, as it's a bit of a maze. And the tetra's as well (although I'm not to sure about the rts). This is in a 30 L. I'm planning to upgrade in 1-2 years, but as I'm still in a student accommodation, I can't right now. (Yes I'm already dreaming of my future tank
However, could this endanger the fish I already have? Otherwise I'd rather see if he can take some of them to a shop instead.
