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Anonymous - 2013-01-25
I put it in a 5000 gallon tank it grew to 59.

Anonymous - 2013-01-25
It's 45 inches it ate my tiger fish.

Larry - 2009-11-23
I have 2 featherfins in a 55 gallon tank with a few zebra danios, glow-fin tetras, black tetras, and 2 golden algae eaters. They all get along just fine. I did have the same problems others mentioned with neon tetras disappearing, but only with neons. Featherfins just like the taste of neons apparently. The best way to introduce new fish to your tank with the territorial featherfins is to rearrange the tank. Move the plants and rocks around at the same time that you add the new fish. The confusion makes them think they are in a new area (which has the new fish), and the territory is no longer theirs. It has worked great for me for all fish except the neons. Just don't add neons to a tank with featherfins and you should be okay.

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Ryan - 2010-10-17
I've actually been able to keep neons with featherfins successfully. I currently have 6 neons in my 55 gallon aquarium with 2 featherfins. But they were raised with many small fish which included 5 neons in my old 20 gallon aquarium. They usually don't get too aggressive towards bottom dwellers, but from time to time will spar with each other around the tank. But I have had 3 out of 7 kuli loaches die lately, but I don't know if it was from them or old age, but I hope you have greater luck with smaller fish with the guys!
Ren - 2013-01-24
My featherfin ate 14 fresh shrimp in two days. Every weekend I would buy at least 10 and couldn't figure out where they were going. I owned it for a year before he ever came out of his cave so I call it Houdini, it had tripled in size when he finally showed up. It gets against the highest center piece and just hovers in a perfect vertical 90 and lets the bubbles go up his belly. Very enjoyable now that I see it, very playful with my 7' placo, they are like bff's, inseperable.

Anonymous - 2013-01-23
my bleeding heart tetras stopped eating

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Jeremy Roche - 2013-01-24
Most common reason for a group of fish to stop eating is water conditions. Test your water levels with some test strips or bring a water sample into the pet store and ask them to test it.

Amit - 2013-01-23
I have 4 awesome Mono fish in my 3 ft by 1.5 ft by 1 ft tank. From last 4 months and they have grown nicely. It's a great feeling to have to keep them. Please tell me more about them to make them more healthy and happy.

ananya roy - 2013-01-23
Hello, I have two goldfish with white spots on their tails and also some parts of their body. I have separated them in a hospital tank, but cannot determine if it is fungal or protozoan infection. It is like white grains on their body. Their eating habits are normal, but they are less active now after I have separated them. What should I do? Please help! Thanks.

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Jeremy Roche - 2013-01-23
Sounds like Ich my friend. Can be treated with aquarium salt and raising the temps. Ich can also be treated with numerous Ich meds on the market.

Jorge - 2013-01-21
Hello I have 2 young veiltails (about 6 cm) in a 18 L nano tank, it has an air pump and filtering by gravity (with activated carbon). Can I care for those fishes in that tank? Thanks!

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Jasmine Brough Hinesley - 2013-01-22
Two of these fish should be fine in an 18 Liter Nano Tank. The general rule is for every inch of fish you should have 1 gallon of water. These guys usually only get to be a little over 2 inches when full grown and so that tank should be just large enough to accomodate their full grown size. I wouldn't add anymore fish though.

praths - 2013-01-20
I have 2 silver monos in a 10 gallon tank. These guys are new and is in freshwater. Eating seems to be a concern as they have not ate since i got them 2 days ago.. As i m new to monos please give me some insight on their food habitat

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Jeremy Roche - 2013-01-21
These are difficult fish to keep and they are schooling fish and should be kept in numbers. 10 gallons is too small for them. Is your tank a freshwater set up? Very important to find out what environment that they came from. If the petshop had them in brackish you will need to know the salinity so you arent shocking them.

Mandy - 2013-01-20
I wish I had read up on the green puffer fish before buying him. I just have a 5 gallon with one neon and one guppy. When I got him at Walmart (yea I know I shouldn't have), the guy told me that a 5 gallon would be fine and that they usually do fine with tank mates such as the ones I listed. He also told me that they generally just eat fish flakes and that the ghost shrimp would be fine in the tank. However, before we even got home with him and the two ghost shrimp, he had eaten them. Now he has started to pick on my other fish. Needless to say, I have separated them and am going to sell him as I can't afford another tank and its maintenance. I wish Walmart would keep accurate information and an informative fish keeper or 2 if they are going to continue to have fish.

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Jeremy Roche - 2013-01-21
I would call the store manager and speak to them. They should give you your money back!

karthi das - 2013-01-19
I brought a pair of parrot fish, electric blue, electric yellow, tin foils, kissing gourami in my tank.... will it be safe to put them together? Help me guys. Thank you.

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Jasmine Brough Hinesley - 2013-01-19
How large is your tank? The larger the better. I would be cautious putting all those fish together... blood parrots are not usually considered 'peaceful' community fish because they can get aggressive. They can sometimes get along alright with other fish of similar size however. If you have an extremely large tank with plenty of hiding places you can try putting them altogether. If they start fighting you will want to separate them.

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