Rainbow Shark Rubbing Rocks

[SDWalters]

Oh and that shark cat has already died im afraid, barely lasted 2 days.

 

[WILDER]

Poor thing R.I.P.
Didn't stand a chance.
I would report them and tell them that you are that will make them do something.

 

[shelaghfishface]

CYMRU AM BYTH

i like you already

advertise them in the buy sell swap part of the forum, im sure no one will see you out of pocket, but thats irrelavant at the moment,they need to be moved
where abouts are you?

 

[WILDER]

Not only are fish suffering you throwing your money down the drain.
They need there licence taking away if thats how they treat fish.

 

[SDWalters]

Im in north london, (1/2 Welsh , the better half im sure you would say )

I really do like my rainbow do you not think if i removed the other he would be ok until the new tank??

 

[shelaghfishface]

i agree 100% with you wilder, its awful,just greedy LFS making a fast buck ( they are not all like that i can assure you SD)

 

[WILDER]

Whats the name of the lfs.

 

[shelaghfishface]

taken from wikipedia
An adult rainbow shark thrives in a 55 gallon sized tank with water at the neutral pH range (6.5 to 7.0 pH), with temperature kept between 22 to 26°C (72 to 82°F), and water hardness maintained at 2 to 15 dH. A single rainbow shark is normally mixed with other community fish of similar size
Rainbow sharks are compatible with barbs and rainbow fish, which are upper-tank and middle-tank dwellers. They can also live with danios, loaches, plecos and gouramis. Also they can live with bala sharks
Rainbow sharks are tank-bottom and aquarium-surface cleaners. Being bottom-level and mid-level dwellers, they consume leftover fishfood. They are known to be territorial, and aggressive to their own species. If kept with their own kind or relatives, harmless play-fighting occurs. This fighting behavior involves head-and-tail butting. Provision of hiding places and hollowed decors such as plants or artificial cave-like and tunnel-like aquatic ornaments minimize this typical behavior. Due to this behavioral characteristic among its own kind, rainbow sharks are not recommendable to the new aquarist. Keeping them with relatives such as red-tailed sharks, and black sharks are avoided

 

[SDWalters]

I already managed to get them to take back a chinese algae eater which they told me wasnt agressive, maybe they arent in a large tank when younger but i have read as they get older they become increasingly aggressive, and was constantly attacking my rainbow so he had to go!

Right guess he should go too! Going to make a post now of the buy sell swap section, Thank u very much for the help and advice, the place is called spring time, which is in Crews Hill.

 

[shelaghfishface]

also go to a book shop and buy " WHAT FISH" a buyers guide to tropical fish.. i found it yesterday its brilliant!! published by interpet

 

[WILDER]

Also the net good for researching fish.
Don't trust all lfs as some of them don't deserve to be selling fish.

 

[WILDER]

Don't mean to sound rude but didn't your common sense kick in and say my tank to small for some of these fish.

 

[SDWalters]

Well they are all very small and i wasnt aware how big any of them grew to until after buying them. (Also im blonde, i have no common sense)

To top it all off, i have just looked at my oscar and he has a few white spots on his flippers? im guessin this is whitepot /ICH

 

[shelaghfishface]

actually all of mine do too,,on there fins that is.. is there anyway you can get a photo? or can you tell us if he looks like he has been sprinkled with salt?, what about the other fish? are they showing any signs? does the oscar appear to be "flicking" or rubbing on the decorations in the tank at all?

 

[SDWalters]

Can try a photo tommorow, but no he basically has 4 or 5 white specks, not on his body at all just the flippers, and is jus swimming round as normal comes to see me when i walk near etc etc, no rubbing or anything either.