Hi there i wondered if any1 cud help me, i have 3 white clouds, 3 neon tetras, a dalmation mullie and recently added a shark and 2 odessa barbs. My shark died after 2 days here and today i have noticed that my neons have no tails or half a tail left, also my mullie keeps hiding. what is going on in my tank, im scared they r going to die and my 4 year old will be hysterical. Any1 know?
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eeek, mine have no tails because of fungus, and they are dying like flies. Yours have a chance, give the barbs away.
Put a fish medication with aloe vera in it into the tank to help heal the fins. If you are uk based you could look for a product called melafix, its tea tree based also helps with damaged fins and tails.
male odessa barbs can be quite territorial and nippy of other fish in a dominance related thing. so it could be your larger odessa barbs taking chunks out of your neons and that is why they have no tails left, ideally those need taking out of there, they are not ideal fish for community tanks such as yours
Barbs are the worst thing you could put in your tank they are also known as fin bitters! I would take them back to the pet store ASAP and how big is your tank??
Added: First of all how big is your tank, right now if I am right you have 7 fish in there?
I'm presuming you mean Dalmatian Mollie,they are nippy fish mollies in general i had to get rid of mine as they kept chasing and biting my angels.
you also have barbs barbs they are aggressive some of them the rose barb is a peaceful fish but the rest are not community fish
i would say the barbs are the problem i would consider taking them out and have a rethink about the fish you have ,go to an aquatic shop and see what fish are compatible with what you have
I agree with animallovinggirl...get those out of there! Barbs are very aggressive. When you purchase fish always look at the labels to see what can be placed together. If you don't know how, just ask someone in the store. Usually they can tell you exactly whats wrong and how to correct it.
well i was going to say its the shark attacking the neons as they like to nip them, but because hes died then it has to be the barbs as these are well known to nip fins too! sorry for the bad news.
take away the barb. maybe give him to a guy who likes seeing fishies get shredded by bigger ones?
You have a fin biter in there. It is probally the barbs, they are known for that. Isolate your injured fish so that they can recover are at least not spread any disease. Tell your 4 yr. old you both are going to play 'nurse' or 'hospital' she'll feel better knowing you are in charge and trying to fix this. Your barbs have already begun with the fin biting so you should get more compatible (more aggressive and able to defend themselves) fish for them. The mollie and neons need a seperate, safe place. I'm not familiar with white clouds but observe them with the barbs anyway. We had a similiar problem with a fancy guppy,we had to seperate him too and now he lives quite happily in the goldfish tank. We call him our Goldgupirrahna. We accept that they have problems and you just have to deal with it. You'll get this figured out too and it will be alright and fun again.
Almost without any doubt its the Dalmatian mollies that are dining on the tetras fins - had the same problem . strictly speaking they should not be in the same tank neon's like slightly acid water and mollies like slightly salty water
but over the tears they both have become adaptable fish .
If you like your tetras get rid of the mollies .
a good website is liveaquaria.com
tets are best
good luck
hey there .. right you have a barb problem.. with barbs they are only happy and 'community fish' when they are in a shoal so you need to get some more barbs to add to your tank then they will leave the rest of the fish alone.. i work for pets @ home in the uk (i don't no if you no it) and we always tell people that barbs are high risk fish they love nipping tails and bullying other fish hence why your poor neon tetra's got it lol
the next step id take if i was you is add 3 more barbs to your collection.. i know it sounds ludicrous to add more of the problem to your tank but once they are in a shoal they are happy and will 'play' around with each other rather than bullying the other fish for their amusement..
The right thing to do would not go to the place where you got these fish from they obviously havent got a clue lol
I hope you get to sort your problem out = )
P.s. watch your Mollie as well.. they are usually quite social community fish but i have known for mollies to take over a tank kill plecs and even sharks
Good luck = )
I was about to say that it might be fin rot or, more likely, something was nipping their fins. Then I saw your note about the barb and I'm quite sure you've discovered the culprit.
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