We've had the tank set up for almost a month and a half now. We've had both platys and mollys for about a month and a week. The first time we added fish after that was a week ago. We brought water to be tested at Petco at that time, and the guy said all the levels were perfect and that we could go ahead and add new fish. So we did (the gourami and 3 neons). They died within the weekend. The gourami was constantly chasing after the neons and nipping at them, much like the platy is now doing. Petco had told us it was okay to have 1 gourami and that the 3 neons would be fine. After those died, we went and got our water checked again, this time at a lfs. Again, he said our levels were where they should be, but that ph was a little high, but that was due to the hardness of our water in the area. We picked out the 2 guppies that day and took them home.
When my boyfriend gets home, I'll have him test it today, so I can give you up to the hour readings.
But if it's cycling, does that explain the chasing and nipping? After I posted that message I went downstairs and sure enough, the orange guppy had died.
The platy has been nipping at the guppy's tail and body since we got them 3 days ago. And it is a male, based on the sticky thread I read afterwards.
If we were to buy more platys, do you think that would curb his macho man attitude and he'd leave the remaining guppy alone, or should we get more guppies anyway?
And is it possible he is trying to breed? Both sunset female and the blue platy female have a round belly, but then again, he's not attacking his own kind, just the guppies..er, guppy.
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