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I've Dealts With Tanks Before, But I Finally Got One To Call My Ow

Ashickle

Ashickle

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It's a 40gal tall and beautiful but i have one problem. i had a catshark in a tank in the living room with some barbs and it always stayed by the hater, really only left it to eat but even then sometimes her wold just eat what come by sometimes. i took him and put him in my new tank in hopes of him doing something different and he did for a day or 2 and then went right back to the heater. i though maybe it's to cold so i raised the temp a bit a few hours ago, it warmed up quite a bit but he is still doing it.

i'm aware it's not a cat shark but maybe an iridescent shark? it's still small if it is but the pet store called it a cat shark so that's what i know it as and it's silver so that makes me think it's not one.

is this common?
any solutions?
 
if its an iridescent shark take it back as it will grow much much larger than what your tank can handle also what temp is your tank at?
 
walkers101 said:
if its an iridescent shark take it back as it will grow much much larger than what your tank can handle also what temp is your tank at?
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my brother had one in the tank full grown. it was good but it would have been happier in a bigger tank.
he also never had a temperature strip on it or thermometer so i don't actually know but it feel like the living room tank which is at 74
 
must be a large tank seeing as they grow to 4ft i think you need to put a pic up for id
 
Yes, a pic would help; there are lots of fish that share the same 'common name', but the huge iridescent sharks are, unfortunately, far too often found in LFS's :( The only 'cat sharks' I can find through googling are all marine fish.
Your brother's fish was probably stunted by living in too small a tank...

In the short term; do you have any caves or other hiding places for the fish? It may well just be trying to find somewhere to hide out. Most fish of that type prefer to hide during the day and have a place to call home.

You really need to get a thermometer; one of the ones that go inside the tank; they're very cheap., only a pound or two; you can't rely on the gauge on the heater itself.
 
fluttermoth said:
Yes, a pic would help; there are lots of fish that share the same 'common name', but the huge iridescent sharks are, unfortunately, far too often found in LFS's :( The only 'cat sharks' I can find through googling are all marine fish.
Your brother's fish was probably stunted by living in too small a tank...

In the short term; do you have any caves or other hiding places for the fish? It may well just be trying to find somewhere to hide out. Most fish of that type prefer to hide during the day and have a place to call home.

You really need to get a thermometer; one of the ones that go inside the tank; they're very cheap., only a pound or two; you can't rely on the gauge on the heater itself.
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is that a ram in your picture? it's beautiful i was thinking about doing angels and rams but i'm not sure how the 2 would react to each other.

the picture is my shark, he looks healthy and everything but he just won't stop moving unless he's by the heater, that was the best picture i could get of him.
i do have quite a few caves but i havn't gotten any live plants yet, i feel like that might help too. The caves are being dwelled upon by my evil red tailed shark haha. he chases everything though he seems to thin the catshark is insane cuz he dosn't even bother with him.
 

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That is a ram in my pic (although it'd not one of mine; I have only my camera phone and it's rubbish!). Rams and angels are fine together if you wanted to do that in the future.

I'm afraid that is a Pangasius catfish you have. Do a Google image search for Pangasius catfish and see what you've taken on; and no, unfortunately fish don't grow to the size of their tank. I have no idea what you're going to do with it :unsure: Live plants may help, but they are notoriously skittish and are a shoaling fish (but PLEASE don't go out and get any more!!!)
 
Also, i doubt he will get on with your red tailed shark. These guys are bullies to anything that looks 'shark like'
 
fluttermoth said:
That is a ram in my pic (although it'd not one of mine; I have only my camera phone and it's rubbish!). Rams and angels are fine together if you wanted to do that in the future.

I'm afraid that is a Pangasius catfish you have. Do a Google image search for Pangasius catfish and see what you've taken on; and no, unfortunately fish don't grow to the size of their tank. I have no idea what you're going to do with it :unsure: Live plants may help, but they are notoriously skittish and are a shoaling fish (but PLEASE don't go out and get any more!!!)
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oh wow, that thing is huge. could explain why it grew so fast. when i got it it was about an inch shorter than my bala shark and it grew to about 3 inches longer in no time. I wanna get live plants regardless of if i keep it or not, especially if i'm gonna do angels and rams.

i think i can keep it until it grows and then trade it to the pet store near me.

walkers101 said:
return it to the shop if you can
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i think i might wait til it's just big enough for me to get rid of and then bring it to my pet store. i could probably get a trade for him at his current size.

Timmy_Bee said:
Also, i doubt he will get on with your red tailed shark. These guys are bullies to anything that looks 'shark like'
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they seem to not even notice each other most of the time. my poor bala shark gets most of it from the red tailed and the Australian rainbow
 
sorry to be a party pooper, but i dont think the tank is really big enough for the bala either. Not only do these get big, but they should really be kept in a shoal
 
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sorry to be a party pooper, but i dont think the tank is really big enough for the bala either. Not only do these get big, but they should really be kept in a shoal
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but i love him and he's still tiny. i think i have time before he get's too big.
 
Ashickle said:
but i love him and he's still tiny. i think i have time before he get's too big.
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the longer you leave the fish in an inadequtely sized tank, the higher the chance you have of stutning the growth of the fish. Also, as said above, these fish love to be in groups, by keeping a single specimen you are depriving it of that. Take the well meant advice and rehome the fish.
 
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