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well, he has a rainbow shark, a single albino cory, and 2 zebra danios, i am having him deliver the tank to me this weekend, the cory will get a bronze cory buddy in my sisters tank, till i get my 20 gallon *any day now* then im gunna get a few more, the shark is going into a 30 gallon for now, *still small, but is being stunted in a 10, must get into a larger space ASAP* and im gunna seperate my male live berers from the females, and sense i have less males, im gunna put the danios in there with the males, his tank hasnt been cleaned in months, algea going mad, fish dying off 1 by 1, so i need some advise, as to if my plans will work

Last edited by fishyhelper288 at 20-Dec-2004 07:29

My only advice would be to take care mixing his fish with yours. If his are dying off they may bring diseases with them that you really won't want in your tanks (or your sister's). Unfortunately it sounds like it's going to be very difficult for you to quarantine them under these circumstances. Maybe someone else has some ideas for you?

Good luck.

well heres what I would do. Remove his fish from the tank. Clean everything really well, do a great big gravel vac, replace the water, scrub the sides, clean it up really good, then fill with fresh water, or water from your tanks, and place his fish back in. Allow a month or so in quarantine like this before mixing his fish with yours. You dont want to give all your fish some disease or sickness that is carryed over from his tank.
Unless the rainbow shark is over 4 inches, I wouldnt worry about it being stunted in a months time. If it is larger, perhaps it would be better to return him to the pet store.
Then later on if you feel like it, you could always get a new younger, healthier fish to replace it.


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My only advice would be to take in all the advice that has been given. Finally dont be in a hurry to mix the fish at all.

All the best with all the work that has to be done.

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thanx everyone i was planing on doing that anyway, i wasnt going to emediatly place them, the shark has to grow a little i guess, my oscar is in the 30, his perminate tank is on the way, that new tank will house him and the shark, i think its a 60+ my mom hasnt told me but i cant wait, i realy want to help them, when i get the 20 gallon, im going t oscrub it out nd put the shark in that for a little while, to streach its fins before he get to go in the 30, when the 30 is free, the cory is going to get a school, 1 fish at a time though, every other week or somthing, i dont want to rush him, maybe they could breed that would be cool, can u mix albino and say peppered? or an actual color? (as apposed to albino) and this one is more yellowish, and the ones at walmart are more white, why is that/ i havent had a young cory for months, almost a year.

The ones at "dept. store" are probabally faded because of stress/lack of care. "Dept stores" should not be allowed to sell live fish. Chances are the "pet department manager" has minimum fish knowledge if any.

Last edited by Light_Bright at 05-Dec-2004 08:38

well the last cory died and i hope tomorrow i am able to pick the tank up, wish me luck!

good luck!!! sorry to hear about all that sadness! ={

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The ones at "Dept. store" are probabally faded because of stress/lack of care. "Dept. stores" should not be allowed to sell live fish

For some reason were not allowed to use the petstores name about there fish only positive comments. It had something to do about some guys getting sued or something over fish just say W****** or something like that.

aS For you fishhelper dont be in any sort of a rush to move the fish around. The shark is the really only thing that matters. THe zebras will fit in a ten they just need a school and so will the cories. The shark, tho, will get stunted entually. HEs the one you want out of there asap. GOod luck with the tank and the new tanks your getting.



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Last edited by Light_Bright at 05-Dec-2004 08:40

i dont have to worry about the corys anymore the last 1 died a little while ago, he couldent remember when, but the shark is going in the 30, soon as he is done quarintineing, and so oscar can get better, i am going to clean that 10 gallon, then put the danios and my male fish in there, i want to controol my liveberring fishs' breeding habbits and im going to bug my neibor soon again, im gunna leave a note on his door to remind him, oh, and i was suppost to be gettign a 90 gallon, but it was sold already but the shark and oscar can look forward to that good life, and when my oscar leaves me ( i dred that day i am going to put my livebearers in there, wont they love that, right now, i have enough babys to fill a 150 gallon tank

oh, and i wouldent be suprized to see the shark stunted he hasnt done a water change in MONTHS! i dont mean 2-3 i mean like 5 so i think right now, he would be gratefull to get clean water first

I GOT EM!!!!! finally, the tank, i mean, it would make any deticated aquarist cringe, algea EVERYWHERE! nothing was not touched, well except the fish, but he had a long fin and normal danio, i love the long fin, oh OMG that sharkim am very pleased, yesterday was THE best day i have had in like 3 months, ok, get this, i got a purble/blue/red, white, and cobalt blue betta u know the long fin on the belly? well the bottom like inch is purple/blue/red, (all mixed together to get a very pretty color) then there is a 1-2 cm thick line of white, and the body, and rest of that fin is a beautifull light cobalt blue, the tail is simmilar but not as organized the colors run a little, and his other fins are sort of a mix, but i love him, and i saw my first liveberers born, i found out that they come out head first, she had 6, and egg, and a very young still born, all in her bag,just from wallyworld and get this!! her fins are electric blue, in floresent lighting oh, and i bought another danio for the 2 he had left, and i bought a cory for my sis's lonely 1, i could only afford 1 and her tank is over stocked as it is, it will be better any way, the shark zipped back and forth and all around as fast as he could, i could tell he was sooo pleased

Wow, im glad your happy with the fish you recieved. Sounds like you got a really nice betta have any pics at the moment??


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