I cannot believe he would think this is okay. My brother is 11 and to get his βrevengeβ on me for telling him to knock it off after hearing he was misbehaving at school. I get home work and come home to the decor messed up badly in my tank and the net left out. I asked my brother and he said he fed my cichlids with my tiny fish because he was mad. That situation is handled but iβm very upset. Some of the fish I noticed were gone were some of my first ever. He said he did not keep count or knew what he took out and basicly murdered. I noticed my diamond tetras were gone, my first everfish a danio, and some cories and my clown loach which was in here to grow out. Question is, is it safe to swallow cories? I know I canβt get them back by now but with their bony structure is it safe for the cichlids?
EDIT: To clarify to all the helpful people here, I forgot to mention my brother is bipolar. This is not the first time he has done stuff like this as about a year ago he keyed the neighbors car and also tried to cut random wires next to our power box. He does see counseling once a week but my mom has decided to take him to a medical professional for their advice for the next step.
As for the hundreds of comments. I never did expect this much help! Thank all of you! I am glad I got some great insight in terms of the health of my fish but more importantly the health of my brother.
I saw in another post someone suggesting getting a beta to eat unwanted fry. I have a molly issue and am looking for something that will eat the fry. I never considered getting a beta with any other fish but maybe its not a bad idea?
Will a beta mess with my adult mollies? I have about 10 and don't want anyone stressed out. I also have a very sweet parrot cichlid, a severum, and a feather fin catfish. None of these fish will even eat fry so I doubt they would bother a beta. My severum likes to act aggressively during feeding but has never bitten or eaten anyone.
Would a beta get along with these fish? Or would everyone just get stressed out? I have a standard shape 75-gallon tank so I also don't know if that is too tall for a beta to get air.
I have a very large Black belt cichlid currently in a 125 gallon tank with only a small Raphael catfish that hides in the driftwood. Him along with my Green Texas in a different tank have seemed to become more shy and I was reading up on some dither fish helping large CA be more comfortable. I think I could do large tetras or silver dollars with the Texas as heβs less aggressive but the black belt will not tolerate any other fish near his size I would think. Would livebearers be a good choice?
