Hi,
I'm so new at all this that I thought I had posted this question before, only to discover that I'm nowhere to be found. So here goes again.
I recently took over a 4' x 1.5' x 1/5' tank from my daughter. She had converted a brackish water tank into a freshwater tank, then lost interest. Most of the fish died, but the survivors languished in an algae infested and filthy tank. They included:
2 figure 8 puffers (2")
2 ryunkin goldfish (3")
2 angelfish (2")
After a 4 day absence I found the torso of one of the angels on the bottom of the tank. All fins and trailers had been eaten away. My daughter swore she fed the fish while I was gone. The irony is that the angels had started to come around and swim more freely through the tank. Some nipper probably went after it.
But the problem is; puffers like brackish water, goldfish like cool water, and angelfish like warm water. Puffers are aggressive, angels are slow swimmers (with tempting trailing appendages), the ryunkin rummage around the bottom, rollicking around, and eating the plants I put in to regain some sort of ecological balance to the tank.
Does someone have any suggestions as to how I can salvage this mess without flushing any of the inhabitants into fishy heaven?
I'm so new at all this that I thought I had posted this question before, only to discover that I'm nowhere to be found. So here goes again.
I recently took over a 4' x 1.5' x 1/5' tank from my daughter. She had converted a brackish water tank into a freshwater tank, then lost interest. Most of the fish died, but the survivors languished in an algae infested and filthy tank. They included:
2 figure 8 puffers (2")
2 ryunkin goldfish (3")
2 angelfish (2")
After a 4 day absence I found the torso of one of the angels on the bottom of the tank. All fins and trailers had been eaten away. My daughter swore she fed the fish while I was gone. The irony is that the angels had started to come around and swim more freely through the tank. Some nipper probably went after it.
But the problem is; puffers like brackish water, goldfish like cool water, and angelfish like warm water. Puffers are aggressive, angels are slow swimmers (with tempting trailing appendages), the ryunkin rummage around the bottom, rollicking around, and eating the plants I put in to regain some sort of ecological balance to the tank.
Does someone have any suggestions as to how I can salvage this mess without flushing any of the inhabitants into fishy heaven?
