How someone can help!
I'm very new to fish keeping. I have a 60 litre tank that contains a few guppies, few platties, Leopard frog and died have a tiny gibby. But I lost the gibby this morning which I'm gutted about as he was such a friendy little fish compared to the others.
I would like to figure out why he died so it doesn't happen again. The tanks has been setup for 9 weeks, is planted and I've introduced fish slowly. the gibby been one of the first and the Leopard frog the last last weekend. All levels have been 0 and the ph level 7 or just over. the only level that was high is the nitrate which was just over 50mg, so I did a 25% water change 2 days before I found the dead gibby. the only other thing that has changed in the tank is some tablets that help the plants grow, which I was adviced to use, but was told they wouldn't harm the fish.
Can anyone help, as one of the guppies looks poorly to, but she could be pregnant as he back end is very very red.
Thank you
Mark
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This is always difficult. Gibbies are pretty hardy fish, but they are not entirely immune do "bad things".
What have you been feeding it? They do need fibre in their diet, preferrably fresh vegetables and such.
Looking at it from a different perspective: It would CERTAINLY have outgrown your tank - now you don't have the problem of either finding it a new home or finding the money to buy a much bigger tank.
Can I suggest that you try a or similar as a replacement, as they are also pretty much "safe" fishes, and they stay reasonably small [usually around 10-12cm fully grown].
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What have you been feeding it? They do need fibre in their diet, preferrably fresh vegetables and such.
Looking at it from a different perspective: It would CERTAINLY have outgrown your tank - now you don't have the problem of either finding it a new home or finding the money to buy a much bigger tank.
Can I suggest that you try a or similar as a replacement, as they are also pretty much "safe" fishes, and they stay reasonably small [usually around 10-12cm fully grown].
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Thanks for your quick reply, I've been mixing his food up, one night feeding Cucumber, the next Alga waffers and I've even drop in some lettice. But I've always removed the left overs after 24 hours or less.
Its only a start tank at the moment, I'm already planning to get a much larger tank thats just over 200 litres. should have this in place soon, but going to learn from my mistakes with the smaller tank.
Its only a start tank at the moment, I'm already planning to get a much larger tank thats just over 200 litres. should have this in place soon, but going to learn from my mistakes with the smaller tank.