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Another potential problem with the sharks besides size and aggression between themselves is that they will begin to eat your other fish. That will come a lot sooner than you think. As soon as they are big enough to get the tetras (or any other fish) in their mouths, you will begin to start missing fish. You won't find any remains as they swallow them whole.

I also think I saw a goldfish (not sure of all the species as I've never kept them) of some type in the tank but it's not in your stock list.
 
Hmm, I have a Red finned shark.. (I think it's called a Red Tailed Black shark) It's about 3-4 Inches.. It's in with two Goldfish and Tweo Tiger Barbs and a PLeco... LOL. the water tempo is cold enough for the goldfish and warm enough for the tropics.. LOL.. I thought about putting it in with my community but didn't wanna risk it eating my tetras.. LOL...
 
rdd1952 said:
Another potential problem with the sharks besides size and aggression between themselves is that they will begin to eat your other fish. That will come a lot sooner than you think. As soon as they are big enough to get the tetras (or any other fish) in their mouths, you will begin to start missing fish. You won't find any remains as they swallow them whole.

I also think I saw a goldfish (not sure of all the species as I've never kept them) of some type in the tank but it's not in your stock list.
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Already stated my plans about the sharks.

Unfortunately, the goldfish and my tetras died from ich.

mcdanielnc89 said:
Hmm, I have a Red finned shark.. (I think it's called a Red Tailed Black shark) It's about 3-4 Inches.. It's in with two Goldfish and Tweo Tiger Barbs and a PLeco... LOL. the water tempo is cold enough for the goldfish and warm enough for the tropics.. LOL.. I thought about putting it in with my community but didn't wanna risk it eating my tetras.. LOL...
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I have rainbow sharks, not red fins. Not sure about the differences.
 
I have rainbow sharks, not red fins. Not sure about the differences.
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ahhh... That's what I have... I couldn't ever thing of the name of it. LOL...
 
TylerFerretLord said:
rdd1952 said:
Another potential problem with the sharks besides size and aggression between themselves is that they will begin to eat your other fish. That will come a lot sooner than you think. As soon as they are big enough to get the tetras (or any other fish) in their mouths, you will begin to start missing fish. You won't find any remains as they swallow them whole.

I also think I saw a goldfish (not sure of all the species as I've never kept them) of some type in the tank but it's not in your stock list.
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Already stated my plans about the sharks.
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The only thing I see is that you said in your original post and in your signature that you are "planning on giving away when too big". What I am stating is that the sharks will begin eating your fish way before they are too large for your tank. Probably at 6 to 8 inches they will begin to feast on your other fish. Certainly by the time they are 10 to 12 inches and they will most likely reach that size in less than a year. They reach full maturity of about 40" in 4 years. They are extremely fast growers.
 
rdd1952 said:
TylerFerretLord said:
rdd1952 said:
Another potential problem with the sharks besides size and aggression between themselves is that they will begin to eat your other fish. That will come a lot sooner than you think. As soon as they are big enough to get the tetras (or any other fish) in their mouths, you will begin to start missing fish. You won't find any remains as they swallow them whole.

I also think I saw a goldfish (not sure of all the species as I've never kept them) of some type in the tank but it's not in your stock list.
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Already stated my plans about the sharks.
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The only thing I see is that you said in your original post and in your signature that you are "planning on giving away when too big". What I am stating is that the sharks will begin eating your fish way before they are too large for your tank. Probably at 6 to 8 inches they will begin to feast on your other fish. Certainly by the time they are 10 to 12 inches and they will most likely reach that size in less than a year. They reach full maturity of about 40" in 4 years. They are extremely fast growers.
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Hmm...

I want to keep them, but I want to keep my smaller ones. Since my goldfish have passed on ( :-( ) could I keep them in the 40? Or keep my current fish in the 40 and put them in the 100, along with larger fish?

If the latter is better, any recommendations on fish that will do well with them in a 100?

I honestly want to keep them, I think they are very neat animals, and look amazing.

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Can I have your opinions on this?
 
plecs look like commons, a 100gal is big enough, providing the dimensions are ok, to keep 1 of them with your smaller fish (rehome the sharks now)

what dimensions are the tank you are looking at?
 
TylerFerretLord said:
Can I have your opinions on this?
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That fish was terribly stunted and most likely lived a miserable life. It should have been over 3' long in about 3 or 4 years. He was also in a tank with fish that he could not eat because they were too large. A catfish swallows food fish whole so anything too large to fit in it's mouth is safe. He says he has never seen one eat another fish but as someone that has fished all my life, I know that a catfish will prey on other fish given the opportunity. It may just be that the tank is so small the catfish can't catch the other fish as it needs room to swim.

Your fish could easily live in your tank for several years. It may not ever show signs of stress, disease or aggression but it would never reach it's full size and never thrive. As I've said before, you could take a newborn baby and put it in a 4' x 4' closet and feed it for the rest of it's life and the baby would probably "live" to be an adult but is that really living.

The last thing that the article says that really makes me wonder is in the last paragraph. He says he is assuming that people know what to expect form these fish because there is so much info available. Actually, my assumption is quite the opposite. I feel that only a small percentage of people who buy these fish have any clue what to expect and what their needs are.

Bottom line is that the decision is yours as to what you do with the fish. All fish are different and you may not have any problem with yours or they could turn into tank wrecking crew.
 
Miss Wiggle said:
plecs look like commons, a 100gal is big enough, providing the dimensions are ok, to keep 1 of them with your smaller fish (rehome the sharks now)

what dimensions are the tank you are looking at?
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I don't have it yet, once I get it I'm going to do a fishless cycle so I can get them in with as little stress as possible.

rdd1952 said:
TylerFerretLord said:
Can I have your opinions on this?
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That fish was terribly stunted and most likely lived a miserable life. It should have been over 3' long in about 3 or 4 years. He was also in a tank with fish that he could not eat because they were too large. A catfish swallows food fish whole so anything too large to fit in it's mouth is safe. He says he has never seen one eat another fish but as someone that has fished all my life, I know that a catfish will prey on other fish given the opportunity. It may just be that the tank is so small the catfish can't catch the other fish as it needs room to swim.

Your fish could easily live in your tank for several years. It may not ever show signs of stress, disease or aggression but it would never reach it's full size and never thrive. As I've said before, you could take a newborn baby and put it in a 4' x 4' closet and feed it for the rest of it's life and the baby would probably "live" to be an adult but is that really living.

The last thing that the article says that really makes me wonder is in the last paragraph. He says he is assuming that people know what to expect form these fish because there is so much info available. Actually, my assumption is quite the opposite. I feel that only a small percentage of people who buy these fish have any clue what to expect and what their needs are.

Bottom line is that the decision is yours as to what you do with the fish. All fish are different and you may not have any problem with yours or they could turn into tank wrecking crew.
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I'm going to keep them.

If that means buying a massive tank down the line, so be it.
 
That'd cost a fortune, a bigger tank than 100 gallon. How much did your current one cost?
 
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