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mnrt5 - 2011-03-24
Hello I have 2 silver tip sharks. And we have had them for over a year. They are about 6 in. They have been doing great now they won't eat any of the food we put in there. Also 1 of them started swimming on his tail. Does anyone have any suggestions, for us so I don't lose them. I love sharks.

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Clarice Brough - 2011-03-24
It sounds like your fish may be sick. Loss of appetite can be a first sign of illness. Beyond checking for ich (white spots) or other disease like parasites or fin rot, check your aquarium water for high levels of ammonia or nitrite. Do a large (say 25-50%) water change especially if you detect either of these. Make sure your filtration is working properly.
If it has been a few days since you noticed it, you could try a general antibiotic treatment for finrot but since these guys are scaleless fish, don't add ich treatments with copper or malachite green. This includes Quick-Cure, Rid Ich, and Ich Guard. One of the accepted treatments for parasites (ich) in scaleless fish is to raise the temperature to around 84 degrees and add aquarium salt (about 1/4 teaspoon per gallon).

Martina - 2007-02-13
Alright I know that everyone loves their "Id shark," I however do not. I thought that maybe you would like a comment on a different level. I adopted a large tank with 3 of these sharks in it and some other lonesome kind of fish. The sharks were smaller but they are now about a foot long. I HATE them! The biggest one is friendly and calm but the other two where crazy. Sometimes there is nothing around and nothing going on and they will freak out and flip around, bang into all the other aqua life and walls. They bang into the filter systems and heater and all that stuff and then your constantly making sure that everything is alright. And then when they are done freaking out they look like they are dead and that is probably the best time that you can have in that tank. I have even tried moving them to a room with no traffic and they still freak out. They seem to get sick lots but all the other fish in the tank and healthy and happy as long as the sharks arent acting like jerks. One shark finally died after not taking to a treatment for one month. I dont know how anyone can say that these sharks are good pets. This is the worst adoption that has ever happened in the history of animal adoption! I hope they dont have a very long life span.

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kane - 2011-02-26
Why don't you sell them then put them in the paper?
Anonymous - 2011-02-27
I HAVE TWO OF THEM AND LOVE THEM EVEN WHEN THEY FLIP OUT...IT'S THEM NOT ME... AND THEY GET BACK TO KICKIN IT WITH REST OF THE TANK...WHEN I ADDED AN ALBINO WHITE FROG THEY SEEM TO HAVE BEEN CALMER?
Cha Li - 2011-03-19
When people love their pet, they love them. These ID sharks grow big but the have lots of personality. You should rescue the dieing shark Martina.

robert weyrough - 2011-03-17
How big of a tank do I need for my fish to grow full size? Have them in a 40 gallon tank now they are about 4 to 5 inches now the silver tipped shark or cat shark. Thank you.

Billie Jo - 2011-03-16
I have had my shark for about 2 months now and for about two weeks he started acting different. Now he is running into everything and swimming in circles. I put my hand in the tank and her ran into it. I have been watching him and I don't think he can see. I feel bad for him but I don't know what to do?

jason 5 - 2009-08-18
This fish is aggresive to small fish in a large aquarium. They can grow over 27 inchs and weigh 4 pounds. They will eat small fish, but they are good with oscars until they get big.

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drg - 2010-08-15
Who told you that?
jason - 2011-03-10
I got missed up on redatail catfish size in a large fish tank sorry but it was over a foot I messed up I had one and it got huge.

Jason - 2009-06-30
My four line eats worms, feederfish, and crickets, it is 16inch long.

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justin - 2010-08-20
How big of tank do you have set up?
jason - 2011-03-10
Justin my catfish is dead because ick but it was a 75 and I gave feeder fial most day its was a lot of money but he was freakin huge it got ick from feeder fish.
jason - 2011-03-10
I mean 14 inches but they get really big in the wild.

katrina clark - 2007-02-06
hi there, all my 4 yr old wanted for xmas was a shark so i got a 30glln tank and 2 bala and 1 id shark. my id sits in a tunnel we have and hardly ever leaves unless there is food of course. i actually thought he was dead, he floats on his back and stands straight up on his tail and i think he must have hit his head really hard because he is fine now. i am going to get a bigger tank and a few more to keep him company, i just feel bad because he always seems so depressed or he is just really lazy. he had a huge belly for a month, thought he was pregnant, and all of a sudden it was all gone. i don't get it but he still seems healthy. hasn't grown much yet thank god. love shrimp. enjoy your sharks they are awesome

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Queen_of_Aquatics - 2010-03-20
A 30 gal is far to small for those 3 fish, and normally balas are not supposed to go with id sharks. You really should leave id sharks alone and try not to spook them. They're very sensitive for they don't see well.
Lyndsay Henning - 2011-03-02
Hey there wondering if some kind people could help me out here. I've adopted 2 Massive pangasius will post pics later on. Not sure of the sexes and not sure best way to feed them. One was injured in a rock in a tank way too small for them hence they came here to my bigger tank. I've never had a mature pangasuis had a few youngsters that fell victim to the cichlids they'd lived with for months got rid of the cichlids and they live with 2 tinfoil barbs that are fairly big a 6 to 8 inch plec and a similar size black ghost knifefish. They appear pretty chilled and happy after the war we had getting them out of a box into the tank no fights between them. I tried the pellet food but they won't eat it and they will eat tropical flakes but I've read that's not enough for them so any help much appreciated.

amanda salesman - 2010-02-04
i have albino cory fish and I have had them for years and years in a 55 gallon tank, they grew big. But also in my 55 gallon tank I had almost every fish you can imagine, but for some reason they just all started to die off. I think it was because of the albino frog I bought. So I decided to get a 10 gallon just for my little fish and added some new little bitty albino cory fish and to my suprise today I looked and there is at least 55 eggs on the side of my tank. But I did not know this until I had come home from the pet store and bought a bunch of little tropical fish. I hope these little eggs will survive, hope the tropical fish wont eat them. They are all small, don't know if this matters or not. I have never seen this in my 55 gallon tank, which may be because there was other big fish in there that probably always ate the eggs, especially the frog. So anyways I'm so excited, but then I'm scared. I'm just going to leave them there and let nature decide on what to do. Hopefully it will all work out. I see the little albinos swimming by the eggs on the side of the tank all the time, wonder if this is a good thing. I wonder if I should just take every little fish out of the 10 gallon tank and just leave the eggs by themselves, please a little help. lol

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Rene - 2010-04-02
I've been breeding peppered cory catfish so I think it would be close to the same. I have a breeders net that I put the eggs into. Takes 3-7 days to hatch. They will take up to 3 days to free swim, do to the yoke sack still around its head. dont worry it'll eat it. Then feed newly hatched brine shrimp or really fine baby food. You can still lose some at 3 months so good luck.
Anonymous - 2010-06-25
By chance you can separate the two albino cories and observe them that's how I do it with my mollies.
Anonymous - 2010-11-06
I had the same problem but not big fish just leave the albinos in there so when the babies hatch they can be nurtured in the right way.
Anton - 2011-02-27
Take all the other fish out but leave the albinos in to look after the babys, when the babys hatch take the parents out so the babys wont be eaten, feed the babys shrimp or blood worms.

Daniel Ian Simons - 2011-02-24
I have two in a 25 gal tank amongst bronze corys and bala's , and I often feed tubifex and as soon as it touches the water the plecos pick up the scent and eat it, have I got the only 2 meat eating bristlenoses? Or are they gaining a protein source as my local pet shop is under a refurb and bogwood is out of the picture at the moment.

Kat - 2010-08-10
I have 2 id sharks and I went to check on them today and noticed their skin looked weird...by this I mean white, red and some peeling off...almost looks like a chemical burn...has anyone had this before? My water all tests good...I did add a couple fish and a little bit of ick medication but not much for a 170 gallon tank. Any ideas how to fix the problem?

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Mandee - 2010-12-22
My Pangasius catfish is the same right now, and the skin is peeling off the top of its head and back. I am so scared I had it for over a year and a half and this never happened before.
Though he was in the same tank as a sodonitis catfish which is think hurt it because sodoni is poisonous and swims upside down and would chase my shark around. So I got sodoni out but sharky not feeling better.
If you find a solution let me know.
Ken Finnell - 2011-02-19
Same issue with my catfish, Looks like a burn or skin peeling. I did have him in the same tank as my upside down catfish as well but he was moved before this even happened. I originally thought it was from my heater like a burn, then looked at it like it could have happened from him running into the coral. The only thing I've done different was add some ick because I saw his eyes were getting white in the front top areas. Now this happens... I think the Ick is causing it. Going to do a 50% water change this week and follow up with a 50% water change the week after just in case.

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