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hope everyone had a good new year! sorry this could be a long thread!

i went away for new year and i came back to a few problems.

15g - looked like my new male guppy brought 3 days before i went away had died Don't know why and had rotted in the tank. i only found a small bit of him left. the day i returned i lost one of my gourami, two days later the male gourami passed on. in that time i did two water changes one of 50% and a small one 10% after found the male gourami.
i've tested the water since ph 7 nitrates 5 others 0 so all fine.
i've since moved the female guppy back into my 40g. this leaves only 5 corys, who seem to hide all the time, why???

could i add 2 further corys and a small shoal of some tetra??

Problems with 40g - on returning from holiday i noticed my ram had a white fungus along the bottom of his dorsal fin. i increased the temp, to around 28-29C and the next day treated with a fin rot and fungus control.
later that day i found 3 dead rasbora no marks or fungus. i lowered the temperature back to 24.5C.
Any ideas why these could have died??
the next day the ram was on it's side and very pale hour later he was dead.

again i tested the water nitrates 10, ph 7, others 0.

this all happen last week and i've had no other deaths.
since the rasbora died the remaining shoal has stayed in the long grasses and are not as active, why??

i want to add some more rasbora, possible?? problem is can only buy them very small 1cm ish. would my angel (1.5 -2inches nose to tail) eat them and would the much larger rasbora i have accept the new fish.

40g
3 swordtails
1 guppy
1 angel
3 ottos
1 clown pleco
8 rasbora

15g
5 cory juilli

thanks shekoi.

Last edited by shekoi at 10-Jan-2005 04:47

www.blooming-brilliant.co.uk

need help quick please!!!!

i'm going to lfs later.

can i get 2 more corys and shoal of something for 15g??
and can i add more rasbora to 40g without problems? how many?

or should i just wait and see if tanks are fully back to normal. no deaths in 15g since saturaday morning and nothing in 40g since wed.

www.blooming-brilliant.co.uk

I would wait until the tanks are healthy again. If you add stock now you could be throwing away money.
Keep up with the gravel vac and water changes. Personally I would wait two weeks with no further sickness before adding stock.

PS.. Sometimes you have to wait more than an hour and a half for people to respond to your posts.

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If at first you DO succeed, try not to look astonished.

sorry for rushing people. i've only got the car today until 5 so wanted to see what people said before going to the LFS.

Thanks for your reply.

shekoi

www.blooming-brilliant.co.uk

i'm going to leave it for awhile before stocking. now i just need ideas for stocking the 15g. what shoaling fish would be best. i've got rasbora and neons in other tanks so somthing different. i want ideas then i can look at the fish later to see if i like them.
could i add 2 corys and a shoal tetras etc without being over stocked??

how about? info welcome on any of my ideas, have to fit shoal into 15g home to 5 corys.
Rummynose
Glow lights
black widows
black or red phantoms
golden or cherry barbs.

and would adding more rasbora to my 40g be overstocked? and would small rasbora be ok with my angeland remaining rasbora?

cheers shekoi.


Last edited by shekoi at 10-Jan-2005 07:49

www.blooming-brilliant.co.uk