So i got a 1.5" pleco who seems to have his fins nipped at. Im almost 100% sure its the Red Wag Velvet Swordtails in the tank cause the guppies seem to nice and the Angel Fish are always by themselves.
Anyways to prevent this? Will this Kill my baby? Should i just add Anti-bacterial stuff to help repair his fins faster and let him get bigger so he is at less risk of getting bullied.
Hummm...I've always thought that bristles were pretty capable of defending themselves. My bristle was added to my tank at 1 inch and held his own against loaches, rams, etc.
I'm surprized that swordtails would possess the ability to pick on a pleco or even be interested in bothering him. I'm stumped :-?
Are you sure it's other fish nipping at the fins? What size is the tank, what else do you have in there fish-wise and what are your water parameters and maintenance routine?
aww poor little guy.
could well be the swords.providing many hides made from rocks and slate
may be a benifit to him,i know you have plants,but i wonder if low level hiding places
would be a help until he gets bigger,
i have trouble with my platys,they can be nasty little horrors,and traumastised an angel fish one time.
unfortunatley my FW "Master" kit is Extremly old (8yrs) and it didnt come with a Nitrate test. Im going to try to get a new kit.
I will Do a Water change!
Yeah that's why i generally avoid community tanks all of my tanks are biotope meaning all the fish are from the same region i mean humans are 87268763909873089763 times smarter than fish and look how long it took us to accept people from other nations lol... but seriously i'd stay away from anything anti bacterial it could wipe out all your nitrogen cycle bacteria. also it sounds like your changing your water alot i mean it's not bad but it's unnessisary work... also anyone who tells you they have 0 nitrate in their tank is lying or has a faulty testing kit the only thing that gets rid or nitrate is plants i mean water changes dilute it but never totally get rid of it. Well some of it escapes as nitrogen gas but not as much as i like to fantasize haha. Your pleco should be fine you can always try adding some target fish like danio's or tetra's especially tetra's if your diggin my biotope idea considering the bristle nose is an amazonian so are the angels. But he'll eventually learn how to hide better and grow. Plus fish are fickle they'll loose interest in him eventually. Sometimes people get too picky about their fish's behavior think about how much fin nipping goes on in the wild i tend not to worry about unless i see some kind of infection developing then it's time for quarentine and treatment. One more random out there idea..try changing the temp a couple of degrees temperature changes can spur on mating and other ritualist seasonal behaviors stands to reason maybe it would change the mood of your tank. (just a random thought) PS dont forget algea waffers at night when it's totally dark that will allow him to eat with out harassment from the other day dwelling fish.
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