i had a small aquarium which i purchased 3 yrs back, but never had time and knowledge to take care my fishes. recently i purchased a sightly larger aquarium with following speci:
size: 3 x 1.25 x 1.25 feet
temperature : 25-26 deg C
filtration: 2 gravel filters , 1 sponge filter
ph: 6.5 -7.0
i had 3 gold fishes and 3 sharks (sizes: not more than 3 inch ) in my older tank. which as i told, never taken care off. and because of which, they dint grow to size, which they are expected to do after 2 yrs. anyway, i transfered them to this new tank.
soon after i purchased this tank, i added 3 pairs of tiger barb (size : 0.5 inch ) , 1 pair tinfoil barb ( 3 inch ). there wasn't much of problem.
but recently, i added 3 red bellied silver pacu ( size 4 inch ) . i suppose, this was a plant eating and peace keeping fish.. but it turned out to be a mess. after a weak of adding them, they ate half of my vegetation , ate my siamese shark and are virtual terrorist in my tank. they ate all the fins of my gold fishes and remaining sharks too. i feed my fish twice a day with grains and dried worms. and for past few days, i found water to be cloudy. i changed 50 % water but found same situation in the morning.
my question is: should i increase quantity of fish food so that they dont attack other fishes?? or should i put them in my old tank , and if so which fishes should be grouped together in my old tank??and how to get rid of cloudiness in my tank
size of my old tank : 1.75 x .5 x .5 feet
size: 3 x 1.25 x 1.25 feet
temperature : 25-26 deg C
filtration: 2 gravel filters , 1 sponge filter
ph: 6.5 -7.0
i had 3 gold fishes and 3 sharks (sizes: not more than 3 inch ) in my older tank. which as i told, never taken care off. and because of which, they dint grow to size, which they are expected to do after 2 yrs. anyway, i transfered them to this new tank.
soon after i purchased this tank, i added 3 pairs of tiger barb (size : 0.5 inch ) , 1 pair tinfoil barb ( 3 inch ). there wasn't much of problem.
but recently, i added 3 red bellied silver pacu ( size 4 inch ) . i suppose, this was a plant eating and peace keeping fish.. but it turned out to be a mess. after a weak of adding them, they ate half of my vegetation , ate my siamese shark and are virtual terrorist in my tank. they ate all the fins of my gold fishes and remaining sharks too. i feed my fish twice a day with grains and dried worms. and for past few days, i found water to be cloudy. i changed 50 % water but found same situation in the morning.
my question is: should i increase quantity of fish food so that they dont attack other fishes?? or should i put them in my old tank , and if so which fishes should be grouped together in my old tank??and how to get rid of cloudiness in my tank
size of my old tank : 1.75 x .5 x .5 feet
