You have 4 small angelfish and 3 small clown loaches in a 10 gallon tank We have gone through about 5 other angelfish already We bring them home and they are found dead after about a week or two HELP?

Answer 1

The basic rules for keeping fish successfully are :- 1 inch of fish needs a minimum of 1 gallon of water. :- Every tank needs a permanently running cycled filter. :- Every tank need at least 50% of its water changed every week. Follow and keep to the above rules and your fish stand a chance of survival. Fail to keep them and I can guarantee that your fish will be constantly getting ill and maybe dying. The species you named are all tropical fish and so you will also need a heater/thermostat set at around 78F to 82F. You will need a thermometer too to keep an eye on the temperature. Your tank is way too small for the kind of fish you purchased. Angelfish grow to around 6 inches tall in less than a year, and Clown Loaches grow to over 12 inches long in about the same time. You would need a minimum of a standard dimensioned 4 foot tank for that amount of large fish but it would be better if the tank was 6 feet long x 1.5 feet deep x 2 feet high.