Please Help Me, My Fish Are Getting Murdered

[knightsnke]

My fish are getting murdered. I just found my Angelfish swimming around with no Eyeballs. Are any of these fish in my tank a red flag?


1. Leapord Ctenopoma


2. Gold Datnoid


3. Neon Blue Gourami


4. Pearl Gourami


5. Gold Gourami


6. Paradise Gourami


7. Opaline Gourami


8. Rio Negro Pleco


9. Standard Pleco


10. Green Severum(largest fish)


 


Please Help I'm losing too many fish!!! Thank you

 

 

[SonjaBeirnaert]

Can you please write down by each fish their gender, because that is important.

 

[Kelly-Jo]

My money would be on the severum but i'll let a more knowledgeable member give you a definate answer.

Sorry about your angelfish

 
 
Edit: How big is your tank?

 

[gmc1]

How long have each of your gouramis been together.I can see problems here.

 

[Ch4rlie]

The gold datnoid, usually known as tigerfish, immediately made me think he may be aggressive to other similar looking fish.
 
I have here a link from SF about Datnioides undecimradiatus
 
That site says -
 
"Although juveniles may form groups, adults are not gregarious and tend to respond aggressively to conspecifics and similarly-shaped fishes. They are best maintained singly or in a group of 5 or more individuals."
 
Second thought was towards the gouramis, just as gmc1 suspects as well. I have had gouramis before and they can be aggressive, pretty mean bullies sometimes actually. And having 5 different species in one tank is kind of pushing things as well, especially if they are all males.
 
You do not mention how many of each of these species you have, this may also be a factor.
 
And my last query, what sized tank are all these kept in? Quite a few of these species will be pretty big as adults so a fairly large tank with quite a few plants and broken lines of sights will be required ito help lower agression betwenn a lot of these guys mho.