Charlottef007
New Member
Hi all, I have a 320L tank which I have had since May last year with no issues. I have 8 yoyo loaches, 6 black phantoms, 1 male guppy and 10 neon tetras. I test the water regularly and change the water on average every 10 days around 30%. Temperature is 26 degrees.
One of the loaches is twice the size of the others and seems to be the dominant one. Last week he grabbed hold of a male guppy and killed it, leaving me with 4 more. Yesterday, I noticed that literally overnight 3 more guppies had gone. I changed the water and hovered the substrate and found no bodies. Just now, he has attacked and eaten a neon tetra.
I fed them a mix of flakes and wafers this morning so surely he can't be hungry?
What do I do? I could take him out and put him in a separate tank but I don't think it would be fair to have him live on his own. Or maybe one of the other loaches would become dominate and start killing too?
I could move the tetras into a separate tank but then would he start killing the black phantoms?
One of the loaches is twice the size of the others and seems to be the dominant one. Last week he grabbed hold of a male guppy and killed it, leaving me with 4 more. Yesterday, I noticed that literally overnight 3 more guppies had gone. I changed the water and hovered the substrate and found no bodies. Just now, he has attacked and eaten a neon tetra.
I fed them a mix of flakes and wafers this morning so surely he can't be hungry?
What do I do? I could take him out and put him in a separate tank but I don't think it would be fair to have him live on his own. Or maybe one of the other loaches would become dominate and start killing too?
I could move the tetras into a separate tank but then would he start killing the black phantoms?
