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My wife picked up an angle fish for our tank today. ran into an issue though when she was removing it from the bag from the fish store he got injured from the net. he got caught between the net and the wall of the tank. looks like he has some bleeding into his right side gills. not a lot but enough to make them red in color though his cheek. is there anything i can do to help him heal or is going to die on me?

Perfect thank you for the info. Everyone is so helpful, i don't know enough yet but i have decided to get a second pictus (the original tank mate to my first one) and i will get 1 angle and i will see what rainbows are worth around here.

Ya I noticed that they look pretty thin. I think i might look into getting some torpedo barbs. Anyone know if they are easy to find in Edmonton? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_line_torpedo_barb

Thank you so much for the info everyone. I am offically down to just a pictus now, he decided he liked the taste of guppy and wanted to be an only child for now. I picked up some feeder minnows for him for now until i can decide what to do.

wow thank you everyone for the info. I was thinking of getting second pictus to keep the first company. I would like to populate the tank with something that will have a bit of size to it and have some color so that my little girl has something to look at as well. (perhaps not the best reason but a good enough one for me). I am wondering if raising feeder fish (assuming my guppies are not going to stay in my main tank and i will buy another to raise feeder them in it) is considered a bad idea. I am located out in lloydminster so I am wondering if anyone knows a good location to pickup live food for my fish If my tank is 39G and had 2 pictus in it how many angel fish would be considered the right amount to not be overstocked?

Thank you for the welcome. I have put my question up on the other forums. thank you for your advice.

Well so far I have am learning from inexperience. I picked up a killer looking pitcus to go into my guppy tank. Due to my lack of research I am now running out of guppies. I am wondering if Blue rams or something like angel fish would get along well in a 39G tank with this pictus. Also should i look at getting a second pictus to keep him company or will other fish of his size be fine?

I have already made mistakes in my tank. I purchased some guppies to help me break my tank in. I make the mistake of thinking that my local fish guy (very knowledgeable but busy) would remember what i told him while i was in his shop last time. I asked for a bottom feeder and ended up finding a nice 4 line pictus. Well now i am a couple weeks into a tank and i am down a couple guppies. So i am not up for getting rid of the pictus, but so far he is getting to be more expensive than my dog to feed on a daily basis. No idea if this is teh spot to start with questions so if not please ignore and i can re post in another section. 1) is it considered cruel to feed big fish live food? if not is it best to raise my own or better to buy a food source (no idea where yet) 2) would Blue rams be a good fish to get into? if so will they live with the pictus without hassle? Sorry like i said i have a ton of questions and I am headed to start looking in the forums for answers. But any info is greatly appreciated.

Hello everyone, just got a 39 gallon tank for my birthday and i am an up and coming expert. Well at least a wanna be. Either way hello everyone. i will be around with a ton of questions if anyone is interested in answering them.