Hi guys!
Glad to have joined the site! Hoping you can help me with a couple of issues!
(I've attached a video for one of our lovely fish who have unusual poo! I'm not sure if this means some of them are infected with whatever??! We are very new to having a fresh water aquarium but being the gal I am, I'm constantly worrying about our fishies! (Sorry guys, I can't upload the video, it doesn't seem to give me an option!) The poo is a long string of thick white poo)
Also, when we initially bought the aquarium at the beginning of July we bought 5 zebra danios & 5 platys as they were deemed "safe" fish for new aquarium trainees. Since then, one of the platys has sadly passed away BUT we have one platy who has grown considerably bigger than the others but is severely picking on one of the others!....weirdly enough, the one that's being picked on keeps following the one thats bullying him around but he is giving him an awful time!....to the point that the poor wee thing hides in the plants at the bottom of the tank even if the bully is passing overhead....its really upsetting me!
I read that sometimes removing the offender for a few hours and re-introducing it to the tank can help but I spent half hour tonight trying to get the bug*er out of the tank but he was too cute and I caused a whole lot of stress to the fish with my trying so gave up in the end!
Don't know what to do....any advice would be so appreciated! 1. the poo! 2. dealing with a bully 3. easiest way to get a live fish out of the tank!!!....O!....and just out of interest.....why do fish go up and down the glass really quickly & vertically??....looks like they are flirting with themselves??......or....dread to think, is it another sickness related thing??!
Thanks for any help!
Glad to have joined the site! Hoping you can help me with a couple of issues!
(I've attached a video for one of our lovely fish who have unusual poo! I'm not sure if this means some of them are infected with whatever??! We are very new to having a fresh water aquarium but being the gal I am, I'm constantly worrying about our fishies! (Sorry guys, I can't upload the video, it doesn't seem to give me an option!) The poo is a long string of thick white poo)
Also, when we initially bought the aquarium at the beginning of July we bought 5 zebra danios & 5 platys as they were deemed "safe" fish for new aquarium trainees. Since then, one of the platys has sadly passed away BUT we have one platy who has grown considerably bigger than the others but is severely picking on one of the others!....weirdly enough, the one that's being picked on keeps following the one thats bullying him around but he is giving him an awful time!....to the point that the poor wee thing hides in the plants at the bottom of the tank even if the bully is passing overhead....its really upsetting me!
I read that sometimes removing the offender for a few hours and re-introducing it to the tank can help but I spent half hour tonight trying to get the bug*er out of the tank but he was too cute and I caused a whole lot of stress to the fish with my trying so gave up in the end!
Don't know what to do....any advice would be so appreciated! 1. the poo! 2. dealing with a bully 3. easiest way to get a live fish out of the tank!!!....O!....and just out of interest.....why do fish go up and down the glass really quickly & vertically??....looks like they are flirting with themselves??......or....dread to think, is it another sickness related thing??!
Thanks for any help!