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	Tetra Fin Trauma-Help Please
new-aquarist Small Fry Posts: 3 Kudos: 1 Votes: 0 Registered: 10-Jul-2004	My new tetra fish was attacked by another fish in our tank. He has half of his tail fin left. will he be ok or should we remove him from the tank???
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
Daniel Banned Posts: 600 Kudos: 524 Votes: 12 Registered: 25-Jul-2002	First off, do you know what kind of tetra it is? What other fish is in the tank with it? How big is the tank? Does the tetra have a red/neon strip down his body? How big are the two fish? These answers would definatly help us in answering your question.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
new-aquarist Small Fry Posts: 3 Kudos: 1 Votes: 0 Registered: 10-Jul-2004	i think i know what happened, we have a 5 g tank with a pretty feeder goldfish, 3 neon tetras and a saimese fighting fish. the guy (moron) at the store where we buy all of our equipment from said that this would be no problem but: what we have learned is: we overfed our goldfish, whitch turned the 5 gallon tank into an amonia bath for all other fish. the beta ate anything smaller than it was (neon tetras tailfins) SO with that said we are completely restarting our tank!! any hints?? Thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004	only keep a betta in there!!!!! neons need a school of 6 an goldfish need a 55 gallon!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
new-aquarist Small Fry Posts: 3 Kudos: 1 Votes: 0 Registered: 10-Jul-2004	Thanks, the beta and gold fish have been returned. my little girl was terrified when she saw the beta make a meal out of tetra tails! will a 5g tank support 6 tetras? what about a male and female guppy? i have completely given up on lfs advice. please pardon our ignorance we are trying to start this tank successfully with an intent to eventually move up to larger tanks.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35
Daniel Banned Posts: 600 Kudos: 524 Votes: 12 Registered: 25-Jul-2002	hmm that was an unusually aggressive betta. Its good that u took the goldfish back. Anyways, a 5g would not support 6 neon tetras. A male and female guppy would be okay until they had babies that you had no where to put.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:35


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