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I hope you can help. We have 8 angel fish and 4 swordtails 2 canddy
> tetras
> one of our sword tail got popeye we medication her and she is better.
> Now
> one of our older angels wont eat and is always in the corner. If she
> comes
> out the others pick on her. And the sword when we put her back in the
> big
> tank all she did was swimm at the top so we now we have both angle and
> one
> swordtail in a ten gal tank any idea what to do
> New at fish and love them all we have named every one
> Thank you
> Edith


edith

Could you give us information about your tank? Size, filtration etc. Also if you can have your water tested and post the results. It might be a water quality issue.

The tank is a 55 gal and we have the Rena filstar xp2 under ground filter as well as a Top fin 60 power filter on top we checked the hp it is 7.0 as for the rest we haven't learnt that yet. Can you tell we are new only had the tank and fish for 4 months. We are very atached to our fish. Every time I look in the 10 gal and see my sick angle and swordtail I cry swortail is wilma and the angel is abut. Thanks for the help and hope some one can tell me what is wrong
Edith

edith

Do you have a pet store nearby? Most places will check your water for free if you take them a sample. How often are you doing water changes? How often do you feed? In my experience most illness is caused due to poor water quality, it can be a bit of a challenge when you're new. There are tons of people on here that are far more knowledgeable than me, but that's my first suggestion. Have the water tested.

Also, I'm not sure how big your angels are right now, but you will eventually have too many fish for a 55 gallon. Are they still pretty small??

We have 8 angels to of them are the size of 2 toonies the others are still small. my swordtails are 5 months old we have 2 candy tetras and a silver mono. We also just started the real plants in the tank is there such a thing as the wrong plant for these fish? I am going to take our water to the pet store in a few min.I don't wont to lose my fish.As for water chainges we do that once a month is that wright?
Thanks again for the help I am just a baby when it comes to my kids
Edith

edith

I am sorry you asked how often we feed. We feed them twice a day I feed them before hubby goe's to work at 8'48 and he feeds them at night at 7pm. We also just started feeding them blood warms once a week as a treat
Edith

edith

You should really be doing water changes on a weekly basis. I do about a 20-25% change every week. Some people might tell you more. It you're trying live plants you'll probably be able to do the water changes a little less frequently once they get established.

You won't be able to keep 8 full grown angels in a 55 gallon tank. You might consider taking some of them back to the store before you get too attached. A good rule of thumb when you're starting out is to use the inch per gallon rule. One inch of fish (at full grown size) to one gallon of water. As you become more experienced this rule can be stretched a litte. However, full grown angels are about 6 inches, so you already have 48 inches of fish and that doesn't include your others. Some people might argue with me but I personally think that many angels will need more space.

LOL Your right we do have to meny. How ever to late on the atachment we all ready are we have named every fish in the tank. But we are going to get another tank that way they will all be happy and us to. You see When met my hubby all I wanted was a dog liveing an apt he asked if fish would do and I am so loveing it can't have kids but there my kids.I am going to get the water tested will post what I get
Thank you
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edith

Dear lazylizardlady I want to thank you so much for your help. I took the fish yea the fish over to the pet store she was put in a tank and was told right there what it was I am not good at spelling but here goe's she has numoniea I got the meds and she is being treeted right now and we are takeing water to our own pet shop to be checked for P.H, nitrite , nitrate,hardness and marisain, what ever that is thank you so much for your help since she got sick all I have done is cry maybe it will be better now hope so
Thanks again
Edith

edith

Glad you were able to figure it out! Be sure to keep us posted on how she does!

I will do that. Getting one fixed and then I find one of our candy tetras dead I wasn't close to it like our angels and swordtails. But like a baby I did cry
Thanks again
Edith
P.S
maybe some day we will meet in the chat

edith

Well my sick angel died last night. Yea it hurt bad but I looked at our big tank and glad to say we have everything write up to par now nitrites 0 nitrates 10 everything is good P.H and ammonia all good. So yea I lost her but at least now we wont lose any more.
Thank you for all your help
Edith

edith

Hi Edith,
I just wanted to let you know that your Silver
Mono wont work in your tank.
These are brackish water fish, that eventually
require full salt water.
You could take it back in exchange for
4 more tetras.
Tetras should be kept in groups of 6 or more.

Some info on Monos for your:

http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_mono.php
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfmcls=16&cat=1944&articleid=2472
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/monos.htm

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Sorry So_Very_Sneaky I made a mistake on the name of the fish it is a buenos aires not a mono
Thanks for the links tho we are looking in to buying 120 gal and starting salt but not for a while
Thank you
Edith

edith

Oh right on.
Just another mention,
tetras should be kept in groups of 6,
so consider getting 5 more buenos aires,
if you only have one.
I love those tetras! I myself have 5 (due to the loss
of 3, due to old age),
with plans to get 5 more sometime this month.
Arent they gorgeous!

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Hi So_Very_Sneaky I to love those tetras but here they are hard to find I was lucky to have gotten her. It was the only one left. I would love to get more but again our tank is well stocked now with our angels and swordtails then the candy tetra and our red he just such a funny one he runs all the time. He tries to play with the angels lol but they don't think being run around is funny. But they all get along.
Edith

edith

You probably have a Petcetera near you.
They always have Buenos Aires Tetras.
Candy tetras are white skirt tetras that have
been dyed to be the "candy" colors you see.
Heres a link about dyeing fish.

http://www.deathbydyeing.org/

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I'm not sure So_Very_Sneaky but I haven't heard of that pet place in Ottawa. But I really don't want to over crowd the tank any more not till I get our other two tanks we are getting a 120 gal and going in to salt water but not till we learn more about it lol It is going to run us in the thousands of dollars we don't buy second hand you never no what you get with the tank. If the persons fish were sick or if leeks.
Edith

edith

I really dont think your tank is overstocked.
Besides, what should be most important is providing
the right situation and life for the fish you have.
For schooling fish, this means their mental and physical health depends on having a certain number of individuals.
Keeping less than adequate numbers of these fish can make them nervous, unsocial, and skittish.
Schooling fish should always be kept in schools.
If youre unwilling to provide them with what they need,
perhaps you can return them to the pet store in exchange
for a fish that doesnt need a school.


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