Need Help Asap Pls!

[vikkibanks]

Ok very quickly, i have a 180 litre rio tank, ive got 2 angel fish, 2 male dwarf gouramis, 6 silver tip tetras, 1 bristlenose plec.
i have been asked to rescue 3 clown loach fish from my parents, as they are having over crowding issues, question is with what i have already will it be ok to put the loachs in

Thanks in advance

 

[Essjay]

They should be OK as a very temporary measure. They will need a much bigger tank than 180 litres before long. If it urgent that your parents rehome them, then take them but look to finding a new home for them within a few months. Or get yourself a bigger tank and a few more as they are shoaling fish.

 

[Noahs ark6]

That tank would be too small for a group of fully grown clown loaches

 

[vikkibanks]

nightmare.com is an understatement..... just got the loaches from parents gaff and they are MAJORLY stressed, darting around and swimming into the glass continuously!!! they are breathing VERY rapid. got a feeling they are going to be dead by the end of tonight ...... as regards to the replys, my parents tank was a biorb and only 30l, surely the fish shop should never of sold the fish to them in the first place with it only being a 30l tank?!?!? idiots grrrrr

Thanks for replys guys

 

[Essjay]

Provided they survive the transfer they'll be better off in your tank for now than a 30 litre tank. But not for long.

How did you put them in your tank, just take them out of the biorb and put them straight in? Do your parents have the same water supply as you? And I also need to ask, how well do your parents maintain their biorb?

If you put the loaches straight in and the biorb's water is different from your tank, the loaches will be shocked. The water could be different because your tapwater is different from your parents' or if they don't manitain the biorb very well, it could be suffering from old tank syndrome resulting in the water in there being quite different from the water supply, and your tank. (Or dare I ask, maybe it's your tank that is suffering from old tank syndrome while the biorb isn't).

Since they are now in your tank, whatever the cause of their behaviour, all you can do is keep your fingers crossed. For future reference, it is always a good idea to acclimate fish slowly when being put into a new tank, whether it's from a shop tank or someone else's tank to yours.

Of course you may have acclimated them slowly in which case the behaviour is something else, no idea what.




Some shops will sell you anything with little regard to whether it's suitable or not. Sad but true.