will my problem be solved?

To solve the snail problem, I've just invested my birthday money to a new tank. unfortunatly it's only a ten gallon but im hoping if im extra extra extra careful no snails will make it into my new tank, and even if they do i can keep the population under control. I also got some pretty new white gravel for the new tank!yay!

let the cycling begin!



(I'm always open for advice)

HI Jess (Happy Birthday). I just posted a note on your other topic "nuisance snails". well i actually cycled my tank with snails. so if you get live plants from most stores your will end up having snails. now if you want to be very very very careful you can buy plants from petsmart which are in a tube and guaranteed to be snail free. however, if you get a slightly bigger fish they will eat the snail eggs and baby snails, to keep them under control. once i had goldfish in my tank and there were no snails. if you are only planning on having guppies then you can keep the water temperature close to 72-73F and also throw in a goldfish. however if you plan on keeping the water temperature close to 78-80F for tropical fish you cannot have a goldfish there.....too hot for the goldfish.

good luck.

Some of the vendors on aquabid.com sell live plants with a no-snail promise.

I don't use live plants, and i cant get a goldfish because i have teeny tiny babies in my tank.

So now i don't know what to do!!
My fish have fin rot and ick again! should i keep them in the old tank untill it is cleared up?

Did you let the new tank go through its nitrogen cycle before you put in the fish? When you move fish to a different aquarium, it weakens their immune system and makes them vulnerable to diseases and parasites. You can lessen the shock by using the drip acclimation technique. Moving then again will only increase the shock. If the new aquarium was not cycled, put in a cup of gravel from the established tank, and try to find some live hornwort. Of course, that could introduce snails, but the ammonia and nitrites in an uncycled aquarium are much bigger problems. Please ask more questions if you need to. We'll try to help.

no no no, i haven't put them into the new tank yet. They are still in the old tank but they have fin rot and ich, so i was wondering if i should put them into the new tank right after it is done cycling or if i should wait until they are healthy again.

you should treat the fish in the current tank, before moving them to the new one. otherwise that tank can get infected. if you need advice on which medicine to use let us know. ich is treatable....no sweat. the fin rot too.

btw, from my experience goldfish did not eat little baby guppies. i had goldfish along with guppies which gave 30-60 babies a month.

Sorry about jumping to delusions Dude has the right idea.

Broken record warning: Water changes are a good way to deal with these kinds of problems.

I would definately leave the sick fish in the old tank till you get them healthy again.

Are you sure that you have fin rot? This is a commonly misdiagnosed problem. Do you have pictures?

Is it possible that with so many fish in the tank, that maybe someone's a bit nippy?

Just a thought.

thanks for the advice. i have good medicine for the ick already.

I'm 125% for sure I have fin rot.