Who Done It?

[simple]

PLZ HELP ME ASAP!!!

MY tank had 6 guppies, 3 zebra danios, 3 goldfish,
I added 3 black tetra and a betta splender

a few days later my bettas tail started threading
1 of my black tetra dissapered (im guessing it got ate)
and 1 of my zebra danios was dead

I told the guy in the fish shop and he said it was my gold fish,
so I took them out and placed them in their own tank

Today I noticed 1 of my guppys was dead 1 of them with half a tail,
and the betta splender's tail was a lot worse.

what is going on in my tank???

Please help me........

p.s I dont know if this is relevent I think I have some eggs in my plants (Not sure) could just be white algae? It looks almost like a complex spider web in a sort of ball shape.


All help will be appreciated.

 

[timmystood]

Too be honest I would never recommend putting guppies and a betta in the same tank. The simease fighter sees the long, flowing fins of guppies too similar to those of a another male betta and is likely to fin-nip.

Also, black tetra could be anything: black neons, black skirt, black widow etc.
If it is infact black widow tetra you have then you may have aggression problems with these, espically in small groups like you have.

 

[paul_219]

What size of tank do u have. Yeah i agree with Timmy stood. Some of your fish are fin nippers.

 

[rdd1952]

How long have you had the tank set up and what are your readings for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH? What size tank is it? It sounds as if you have water quality problems since you are losing all types of fish.

I agree that the betta and guppies shouldn't be together and danios aren't good with bettas either.

 

[Amunet]

How large is the tank? What is the temp at in the tank? Considering you had goldfish in there (they're coldwater fish that need large tanks), doesn't sound like you have a heater...
But yeah.. agree with what everyone else has said.
A male betta will see guppies as another male and will definitely nip/kill them.

 

[simple]

Thankyou Everyone,

I done some research and it turned out its black widow tetra I have.

My tank is, 4 feet * 1 foot * 1 1/2 feet. not sure what that is in gallons/litres
(big tank for hardly any fish)

The tank has been set up for about a year, just took the big step on to tropical fish. B)
I have a good filter, some air bubbles and a heater, thats temp is set at 25/26 oC.

As for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH. I dont have a clue

how much trouble am I in?

plz plz help me!

Now that Iv got a tank full of fish that dont get on, and no where for them to go
(which Im atached to them all and dont want them to come to any harm)

what should I do?

p.s Just realised how much of an amature I am

 

[n3ont3tra]

If you can, take all the fish back to the store. Your tank is still cycling. There's some pinned topics about it above.

 

[DarkEntity]

erm why do you have coldwater and tropical fish in the same tank?

First thing to do is:

A) get mature filter media from someone local to get the tank going asap
B) get rid of everything till the tank is cycled
C) get rid of the tropicals and keep the goldfish
D) get rid of goldfish and do 50% water changes every other day or so while testing the tank water and pray you dont kill all your fish from Nitrate/ite/ammonia poisoning.

Then get test kits for Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite and PH

Personally id take everything back and shout at the shop. Then start the tank properly. scape/plant/decorate the tank, get it running with a filter and heater and start a fishless cycle. (read the pinned topics). Once cycled you add some small hardy fish to mature the filter. Once this is done you can add the fish you really want.

PS

DONT LISTEN TO FISH SHOPS, A HIGH % KNOW BUGGER ALL AND ARE JUST SALES PEOPLE

 

[rdd1952]

As DarkEntity suggested, I would take the everything back if possible. There are too many incompatible fish to just return one or 2 types. You could keep one species you have but the other 3 need to go. The tank is about 45 gallon which is large enough for 3 or 4 goldfish by themselves, nothing else.

Also, get a liquid master test kit as soon as possible. It is imperitive that you know what your readings are for ammonia and nitrite as they are both very toxic. You also need to know the pH since ammonia toxicity increases at higher pH levels.