so for no reason what so ever my gf just bought me fish today and a 1 gallon bowl 6 guppies and 2 small catfish about a inch and a half long. The catfish are probably gonna eat the guppies soon lol but any way any help you could give me on making them live as long as possible would be great. Mostly the catfish also i need a name for one of the catfish i name one Kant after Immanuel Kant my favorite philosopher.
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fish help................?
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Cherry
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If you want them to live, return them to the store. Or buy a 10 or 20-gallon tank with a filter, gravel, heater, and siphon for water changes and substrate cleaning, a bottle of tapwater dechlorinater, and some food (flakes are probably fine)... ideally, a light. There are various kinds of catfish, so it depends - little cories are OK though a group of 3 would be better than a pair, but big catfish might need more than a 20-gallon tank. And perhaps they're plecos...
Anyway, you need to ID the species and see if they can live with guppies (both water conditions and temperament).
Still, you need to return the fish to the store immediately because if you cram them all into an uncycled tank, they will die within a couple days. In the 1-gallon bowl, I expect them to all die in under 12 hours.
Anyway, you need to ID the species and see if they can live with guppies (both water conditions and temperament).
Still, you need to return the fish to the store immediately because if you cram them all into an uncycled tank, they will die within a couple days. In the 1-gallon bowl, I expect them to all die in under 12 hours.
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BurninUp4U
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maybe u can get some kind of fish tank separator - u can go to your local pet store/ their website and see if there is anything good there
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You should not put them in a bowl, they should be in a tank with a filter. I would recommend at least 5 gallons. Also, they will probably die soon because they tank did not get the bacteria going yet. You should get some really strong fish to put in the tank for a few months and then get the fish you like. You should change part of the water every week, just like 25% of it and make sure that you never change all of the water at a time, even if the fish die. You should also only change part of the filter at a time and change one part this time and then another part next time instead of just changing complete filter cartridges. Also you should get some test strips to make sure that the water quality is right in the tank. You should get a heater and a thermometer. If you do all of these things, they will live a really long time, those kinds of fish are more on the easy side to take care of.