Help!

[strangeworld2002]

Hi all,

I am need of some urgent help. I have just been away for 2 weeks to Canada and left my auntie to feed my fish. Before I went my fish were fed twice a day, as to not over complicate things and fear of over feeding I asked her to feed them once a day.

Before I went all fish were in perfect health and all seemed fine. On returning I have found that all of my fish have had their tails and fins nipped and they all seem very unhappy. I am trying to find out what the cause of this is. At the moment I am blaming it on my serpae tetras but as I only have 4 of them and they are quite small I can't see how they could of done so much damage.

The fish in my tank are:

4x Serpae Tetras
4x boesmani rainbows
2x syno angelicus cats
2x pearl gouramis
2x red thicklip gouramis
2x bolivian rams
5x tiger barbs
1x king tiger plec

Before I went on holiday the serpae's and ram's were added. Prior to this there was no fighting or nipping and after I added them all seemed Ok.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Just to note I did have a rainbow shark which again seemed Ok before I went away. On returning he was in the worst shape of all of the fish and died last night

Thanks

 

[Nick16]

tiger barbs are reknown fin nippers

 

[strangeworld2002]

Thats true, but why would they start nipping all of a sudden? They have been placid for months.

 

[tenohfive]

Both the Tigers and the Serpae's are famous fin nippers. If you've just added the Serpae's I'd suspect they're the culprit.

 

[minxfishy]

It also maybe neither, have you tested the water stats since your return? Maybe you had a mini cycle whilst you were away.

 

[Jazzzz]

I would blame the iger barbs from personal experiance
mine seem carm with lots of food though