I have been working for months on introducing a pair of Angel fish to my 30G tank. I have one angel who has lived for at least 6-8 weeks and I added a new angel this past Sunday which seems to be doing great. This one is a bit bigger than the other angel, but seems peaceful. Tonight I noticed 3 dead neon tetras. Could my new angel have done it? Is there a disease that would kill the neons that could have been introduced when I added the new fish....I added one angel and one neon tetra this week-end. Ammonia has not spiked and the nitrate levels are similar or slightly elevated from the day I added the fish. My guppies seem fine. What killed these three fish that isn't hurting the others?
2007-06-19 15:34:58 · 10 answers · asked by kat 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Can the angel be territorial enough to kill in just 48 hours? It seems to me it would take it time to get used to the tank before it started bullying the others. I hate to be greusome but how does it kill the others? They didn't look injured when I took them out of tank...no bite marks!
2007-06-19 15:59:02 · update #1
It is most likely the neons being killed by the angels as the previous answer indicates. But this scare should make you consider buying a cheap 10 gallon set up to use as a quarantine tank in the future so that you can be much safer when you introduce new fish to your tank.
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2007-06-19 15:42:57 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be hard to know just what killed the fish. It certainly could have been the new angel (they are fish-eaters, and will eat neons and fish of about that size when they're adults. And either of the new fish could have introduced a disease or parasite to your tank if no quarantine was used. Neons tend to be sensitive fish, so without knowing what your water tests were, I couldn't say one way or another (just because your ammonia didn't increase, doesn't mean it wasn't already at or near a dangerous level, and you don't mention testing for nitrites - ideally, the ammonia and nitrite=0 [0.5 if your tank is still cycling] and the nitrate should be less than 40).
2007-06-19 15:45:39 · answer #2 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I even have presently obtained a fish tank and grew to become into counseled at my interior sight fish keep that neon and angel fish ought to be prepare, my angel fish has killed 2 so a approaches and that i'm purely a week in. I even have executed various internet learn and each internet site has commented on the reality that angel fish should not be positioned with lots smaller fish! i'm taking the angel fish returned immediately to whinge. i might get your angel fish out as immediately as obtainable earlier it kills all of them.
2016-12-13 07:49:04 · answer #3 · answered by jaffe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate to tell you this, but probably. I had the same problem, I bought a small one at the same time i bought about 10 neons. The enevibility is that the angel fish grows up and when new neons are introduced, the angel will eat them, and then eventually eat the rest, because in his mind, they are food now....
2007-06-19 15:44:21 · answer #4 · answered by o0o_fenix_o0o 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes angelfish and neon tetras do not mix. You should try serpae tetras or black ones they mix well together but you have to get at least 5. As far as your new angelfish she prob ate them bc she is new and she is more big. The other one just was used to them and i cant believe she never ate them actually. You should have tried to get your new angel as big as your other one. Bc the bigger fish always pick on the other ones.
I can not believe she has not ate your guppies yet as well and she prob will. Guppies do not mix with angels.
2007-06-19 17:11:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Angel fish are territorial, and a bit mean. I had two angel fish that killed off my whole tank. As for the guppies, they'll not bother them....until they're hungry...
2007-06-19 15:42:35 · answer #6 · answered by zen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably, Angelfish are semi-aggressive. They say you should keep angelfish in a tank with fish larger than them, because neons will eventually be eaten.
2007-06-19 17:05:49 · answer #7 · answered by signatureqh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The angels undoubtedly ate your other fish. They do that. I severly dislike their temperament, and I really don't think they're that pretty of a fish.
2007-06-19 18:06:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. angelfish eat neons in their natural habitat. if they're not big enough to swallow them yet, they will in a few months. i would not keep neon tetras with them unless you want to use them as feeder fish. you can use bigger tetras, but not neons.
2007-06-19 15:38:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes...their called Chinese angel fighting fish. That's why when you go to the pet shop you dont see those fish with any other fish in their tank. or their in that little box above the tank. I had one once and it picked on some of my puffer fishes and it ate my other fishes. And PS they are sometimes known to eat their on species. depends if they like the other fish their sharing a tank with.
2007-06-19 15:43:47 · answer #10 · answered by ~XOcandycaneXO~ 1 · 0⤊ 6⤋