Angry Shark

[WILDER]

If you don't rehome some of the fish, the shark will just pick them off one by one.

 

[OohFeeshy]

[quote name=''genesis' post='971957' date='Nov 14 2005, 06:46 PM']
damn, correction

my tank = 55 litres
[/quote]

Doesn't make any difference

 

[piper]

The simple fact is you have not researched the fish you want to keep, sorry for being blunt but its true.


The only way your going to solve your problem is by having a tank of around 50Gal


http/www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Di...cfm?pCatId=1172


If you search this forum for red-tail black shark you will find many other people asking the same question as you have.

 

[Angel Lady]

I keep red tailed black sharks, And believe me the problem is only going to get worse, He is beautiful by the way. He looks like he is very healthy. You might go and buy some clay pots and give him some more places to hide, see if this helps some until you get a bigger tank (which is a must for you) these people here know what they are talking about when they tell you that is too many fish for that tank, You can go by this a inch of fish per gallon of water. And that is the limit.

 

[Genesis]

http/www.liveaquaria.com/general/fwcompatibility_chart.cfm

says he is compatible


but i have no way of getting a 50 gal tank for about 6 months


if i set him up some territories would he be better?

 

[WILDER]

Might help for a while, but believe me he will pick them off, as that what they do.

 

[Genesis]

You can go by this a inch of fish per gallon of water. And that is the limit.

i have 6.4 inches of fish, total
i have 12 us gallons of tank total

do the maths

 

[b.c.f.c]

yes but they get bigger and fast.with a healthy diet you will be surprized how fast they grow, and its not all about the inch per gal rule the shark just wants his own little space and will be aggressive to any thing that comes into this space, this being the whole of your tank.

 

[Angel Lady]

This is true he will only get worse if until he stresses out your entire tank. Based on the fish that you have the shark can very well manage to kill them all by chasing and bulling them... It is your tank and you do with it as you want but you will see everyone her is telling you the right thing to do..

 

[Genesis]

hmm, i just want him to be a lil more friendly, im not sure if that kribensis' death was entirely the shark's fault, it was the day after i had bought the kribensis that it died.

i am just hoping to make the shark a lil more friendly by making him a happy territory to roam

 

[WILDER]

Take the advice or leave it, he will never be friendly as they are an aggressive fish.

 

[dwarfgourami]

How can the fish listed in your profile make up only 6.4 inches? Even if they are all juveniles? And if they are juveniles they will grow

I know you didn't ask for this, genesis, but please bear with me if I just have a bit of a probe as to the rest of the tank.

What exactly is your sucking loach- I have seen both common plecos and Chinese Algae Eaters described by that name? If he is a pleco, he will produce too much waste for that tank. Chinese Algae Eaters grow aggressive and territorial and suck the slime coats off other fish as adults, so the last thing you'd want in with an angel. Both plecos and CAE's will outgrow the tank.

The angel will also find the tank too small to grow up in.

What sex are your dwarf gouramis? If they are two males, you could find yourselves with a lot of territorial issues in a tank that size.

And what sex are your kribs?

Please excuse me for going slightly off topic, but sometimes it does help to have problems picked up early. Remember the inch per gallon rule is only a beginning: certain fish cannot be kept together regardless of inches, and many fish (like angels) need a tank of a certain size, again regardless of the inch per gallon rule. The problem is that fish will outgrow the tank in the sense of their health being damaged long before they have visibly outgrown it=can't turn around in it.

About the shark, he will need to be rehomed (to a bigger tank, back to the shop or given away).

 

[Genesis]

yes but there are levels of aggresiveness

anything i can do to make him happy then? if not aggresive?




awnser to above question....

Sucking Loach is his official name http/www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/algeater.htm

1 male dwarf guorami
1 female dwarf guorami

1 male krib
2 female kribs

 

[b.c.f.c]

hes not a dog your cant make them tame or friendly even.

 

[WILDER]

http/www.personalpetadvice.biz.ly/articl...edtailshark.htm