Hi all,
I've just bought tropical fish for my daughters. For the first couple of weeks everything went well but now fish are dying one by one. The tails have clearly been nibbled but I'm not sure which one is the culprit. I was told all the fish we have should get along, but obviously that's not the case.
We started with:
3 male guppies and 3 female guppies
2 mollies
(all from a friend)
Then added (from the store):
3 male guppies (from the store)
8 neon tetras
4 glowlight tetras
2 black swordtails (well, we were told the were swordtails but you cant see a sword like spike on the tail, but other than that they look exactly like the picture that I googled)
So obviouly nothing fancy, just soemthng basic for the kids. As soon as we bought fish home from the store though we found a new fish dead every few days. First we lost the three guppies we bought (I assumed the ones that were already in the tank may have been territorial), then one of the femlae guppies was killed, then the smaller swordtail and this morning we found the smallest mollie dead!
The fins have definately been nipped. The guppies sometimes chase each other around but only for a few seconds and I've been assured by everyone guppies are friendly. One of my friends is happy to take whichever fish is causing trouble, but I need to know which one it proably is. Any ideas????
All help greatly appreciated.
I've just bought tropical fish for my daughters. For the first couple of weeks everything went well but now fish are dying one by one. The tails have clearly been nibbled but I'm not sure which one is the culprit. I was told all the fish we have should get along, but obviously that's not the case.
We started with:
3 male guppies and 3 female guppies
2 mollies
(all from a friend)
Then added (from the store):
3 male guppies (from the store)
8 neon tetras
4 glowlight tetras
2 black swordtails (well, we were told the were swordtails but you cant see a sword like spike on the tail, but other than that they look exactly like the picture that I googled)
So obviouly nothing fancy, just soemthng basic for the kids. As soon as we bought fish home from the store though we found a new fish dead every few days. First we lost the three guppies we bought (I assumed the ones that were already in the tank may have been territorial), then one of the femlae guppies was killed, then the smaller swordtail and this morning we found the smallest mollie dead!
The fins have definately been nipped. The guppies sometimes chase each other around but only for a few seconds and I've been assured by everyone guppies are friendly. One of my friends is happy to take whichever fish is causing trouble, but I need to know which one it proably is. Any ideas????
All help greatly appreciated.