SHARKS!

[Candyco]

tank size is 4ft long
2.1 inch in height
and 1.2 wide

Well that's me gone mad i think! I'm easily confused u know! 4ft x 4ft... that would make a nice coffee table tank u know! lol but 2.1 inch in height? Thats a lil shallow! J/K

 

[dwarfgourami]

Have you got a test kit to check ammonia, nitrites etc? Do you know if your tank has cycled? If not, you want to start there. Otherwise they might all die from poisoned water conditions.

Also, those neons are going to be living (if they are still living) in a state of terror, so you need to do something for them. They will be stressed anyway without a shoal to be in- and they are in a tank with big neon-eating predators! You need to decide to find a new home for someone here- either the big hunters or the little shrinking violets. You have a good-sized tanks so keeping one of those sharks (or so) shouldn't be a problem, but then they need robust tank mates- you can't keep everything you've got at the moment. OR you can take back all the big bullies and stock up on smaller shoalers (once the cycling is done). Guppies with their long tails cannot be in with anything fin-nipping (or fish-eating). Good basic rule is, never buy anything until you have checked (in books, online, on this forum!) what its needs are and what it goes with. It is easy to blame the lfs, but they often have a difficult situation with untrained staff and a very natural urge to make money.

It is a bit of a steep learning curve, this fishkeeping lark, but I'm sure it will work out.

 

[jimmy teabags]

wot do u reakon i should get rid off, the guppies seem happy enough, no one has attacked them the neons seem happy swiming around with the sliver sharks and there just swim up and down

the gold and red tail stay under the rock and only come out at feeding time

the angel fish swims up and down on its own

there all swiming happy enough

im going to do a cylce when i go home,

 

[Kirsty]

You cant just cycle in one day, it can take up to a month

 

[CFC]

So the tank is 48 inches long, 12 inches wide and 21 inches tall?

From that i can pretty much guess that the tank is a 55 gallon aquarium which is about the right size for the fish you have, though the silver sharks (balas) really should be in a larger tank when adult.

 

[jimmy teabags]

thank u cfc

i thought i did it right

 

[Candyco]

So the tank is 48 inches long, 12 inches wide and 21 inches tall?

From that i can pretty much guess that the tank is a 55 gallon aquarium which is about the right size for the fish you have, though the silver sharks (balas) really should be in a larger tank when adult.

Sussed eventually!

 

[pica_nuttalli]

i can't remember if anyone mentioned this, but you need to be doing a lot of water changes while you're trying to get the tank to cycle. i generally recommend starting with ~10% a day, increasing to ~20% a day if deaths continue.

also, this is a family-friendly forum. you may not realize it, but a large portion of our members are in the 15-and-under crowd. most of their parents would be unhappy about foul language, so let's help the kids stay out of trouble.