10 Gal. Tank With 1 Giant Danio

[dwarfgourami]

thank you all for your help with this problem. i appreciate it greatly and i am not ignoring all of your suggestions to return the fish on purpose. if i could bring him back i would but the place where i bought him from will not take him. i do not know any other place to take him or have a friend that would want him. when he gets to a big enough size i am going to move him to a bigger tank. i would never kill this fish on purpose by leaving him in a tank that will be too small for him. i will not let him grow to full size and leave him in there because that is just cruel.

For the reasons I explained to you in my post, it is already very stressful for him to be where he is and all on his own. He is quite likely to succumb to infection and die prematurely, simply from stress. Remember these are fish that should live for quite a few years. Not wishing to underrate your experience, but as you are not very familiar with giant danios and their needs, are you sure you would recognise when he was too big for the tank? These are fish with far higher swimming needs than your average beginner's fish.

Have you asked the store if they will take him for free? If they knew the size of your tank when they sold him to you, you could put it firmly to them that they have mis-sold you this fish and it is their responsibility to help you now. If you get absolutely no joy, advertise him for rehoming on this forum; if you don't find anyone here, try other fish forums, and there are special site for selling/giving away fish both in the US (aquabid) and in the UK (aquarist classified)

Or can we tempt you into that bigger tank? (nothing we like so much on this forum as corrupting other people ).

I hope TerraDreamer's response has not put you off listening to the rest of us; it is unfortunate that some posters express themselves in such an abrupt manner. However, I don't think any of us disagree with his *assessment* of what is good for the fish; we would just like to see it phrased differently.

 

[Birdie]

Or can we tempt you into that bigger tank? (nothing we like so much on this forum as corrupting other people
)

Yes, bwahahahaha - come on over to the dark side *cackle*

 

[2chains]

i am going to seriously look into a bigger sized tank any suggestions as to how big?

 

[Birdie]

i am going to seriously look into a bigger sized tank any suggestions as to how big?

What is the largest tank you can afford and fit in your house?
Get one that big.
Seriously.
If you are anything like me, you will find so many candidates to go inside it that you will want to fill it ten times over ( but don't, obviously ) and the bigger the tank, the more stable the bodyof water inside it - so the better for your fish.

*more evil cackling*

 

[2chains]

i was thinking bout a 50g to 75g tank. how much would one of those cost me? and do they come with the filter and heater? or do i need to buy those separately? once again being a total noob to fish i dont feel like messing up again like i did with buying 4 fish that were too big for the tank, ending up with 1 that is still too big, and now not knowing what to do

 

[mark.w.jones]

I would think seriously before going out and spending hundreds and hundreds of pounds and time on a new set up for the sake of one £3 fish. If it was me, i'll probably get slated for this, and as an absolute last resort, if you can't even give him away and have tried all other LFS near you, I would consider a humane form of euthanasia. This would save you loads of money and put a fish who can't possibly live happily in that tank out of its misery.

Then you can fishless cycle your tank for a bit if needed and research fish better suited to a 10 gallon. Difficult decision I know

All the best

 

[@ombomb]

My first bit of advice is to never listen to LFS employees

Bit of a silly thing to say, all depends where you buy your fish and how well the employee in question knows the subject matter.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

I would think seriously before going out and spending hundreds and hundreds of pounds and time on a new set up for the sake of one ?3 fish. If it was me, i'll probably get slated for this, and as an absolute last resort, if you can't even give him away and have tried all other LFS near you, I would consider a humane form of euthanasia. This would save you loads of money and put a fish who can't possibly live happily in that tank out of its misery.

Then you can fishless cycle your tank for a bit if needed and research fish better suited to a 10 gallon. Difficult decision I know

All the best

I wouldn't slate you for that. It's an extreme solution and hopefully there would be another way out of it. But if it comes down to the only 2 options being that or for the fish to carry on living in this tank and get stunted and die from it, then yeah put the fish out of it's misery so it doesn't suffer. absolute last resort though.