hey everyone... me again :
well i have yet another question... this time about angels. ok its a looooooooong story so lets get it all out.
a few months ago i got rid of all my guppies which i had for a year and i bought a pair of pearl gouramis (1m & 1f) and a pair of koi angels(3-4 cm long) at my lfs. everything was great until i had something bad happen (non fish related) and was too upset to do my regular water change the one weekend and was away for the next weekend (attending non fish related matters... that extended from the bad happening). thus 2 weekly water changes were missed in a row.
well my terrible neglect and excessive nitrate levels ended in the death of one of my little angels. so i had the gouramis and one koi angel for about a month and decided that those little neon rainbows (1.5-2.5cm) were cute so i got 4 and then 4 more the next week. in the first week one disappears but i assumed that it may have been sick and sometimes that happens with new fish... but then the rainbows were dropping like flies until there were 4 left. my water was fine and i didn't know what to do but i started cycling a 10 gallon. i then noticed when the lights go out... my little angel was really more of a devil and was harassing the poor little things badly. when the 10 gallon was cycled i moved the rainbows out (by then i had 2 left)
(bear with me i'm going somewhere)
i then got a replacement angel which is white and about 2 cm larger length wise so that i had a pair again. and again when the lights went out that meanie koi angel was bullying the white one...
well they sorted themselves out (the angels) thought the smaller koi angel is definately still more agressive and keeps the other incheck with an occasional nip but they are generally pretty peaceful with eachother and the gouramis. the koi angel also seems to have an insatible appetite and will eat till he looks like he is going to pop.
my problem is the 10 gallon is not big enough for the rainbows long term. and i also stupidly bought yoyo loaches without knowing their size and put them in the 10 gallon... again they will have to be moved into my big tank. but what is the best way to move the yoyos and rainbows into the larger tank without fish deaths?
has anyone had any experience in territorial angels and how to introduce more fish into the tank? if i waited until the rainbows and loaches were slightly larger would that be better? although if the rainbows and loaches are larger... so are the angels!!!!
ideas anyone?
hayley
well i have yet another question... this time about angels. ok its a looooooooong story so lets get it all out.
a few months ago i got rid of all my guppies which i had for a year and i bought a pair of pearl gouramis (1m & 1f) and a pair of koi angels(3-4 cm long) at my lfs. everything was great until i had something bad happen (non fish related) and was too upset to do my regular water change the one weekend and was away for the next weekend (attending non fish related matters... that extended from the bad happening). thus 2 weekly water changes were missed in a row.
well my terrible neglect and excessive nitrate levels ended in the death of one of my little angels. so i had the gouramis and one koi angel for about a month and decided that those little neon rainbows (1.5-2.5cm) were cute so i got 4 and then 4 more the next week. in the first week one disappears but i assumed that it may have been sick and sometimes that happens with new fish... but then the rainbows were dropping like flies until there were 4 left. my water was fine and i didn't know what to do but i started cycling a 10 gallon. i then noticed when the lights go out... my little angel was really more of a devil and was harassing the poor little things badly. when the 10 gallon was cycled i moved the rainbows out (by then i had 2 left)
(bear with me i'm going somewhere)
i then got a replacement angel which is white and about 2 cm larger length wise so that i had a pair again. and again when the lights went out that meanie koi angel was bullying the white one...
well they sorted themselves out (the angels) thought the smaller koi angel is definately still more agressive and keeps the other incheck with an occasional nip but they are generally pretty peaceful with eachother and the gouramis. the koi angel also seems to have an insatible appetite and will eat till he looks like he is going to pop.
my problem is the 10 gallon is not big enough for the rainbows long term. and i also stupidly bought yoyo loaches without knowing their size and put them in the 10 gallon... again they will have to be moved into my big tank. but what is the best way to move the yoyos and rainbows into the larger tank without fish deaths?
has anyone had any experience in territorial angels and how to introduce more fish into the tank? if i waited until the rainbows and loaches were slightly larger would that be better? although if the rainbows and loaches are larger... so are the angels!!!!
ideas anyone?
hayley