silver sharks

[Paul]

as some of you might know, I'm a cichlid man. never owned any other fish
before in my life.

now, I have got a tank for work, but the people here wanted some tropicals,
so this is what I got:

1 silver shark

1 dwarf gourami

1 bristlenose catfish

2 clown loaches

3 Cardinal Tetras

3 black Tetras

personally I don't go for such mindless little creatures as tetras, but the
loaches and cat are pretty cool.

I'm interested in this shark though, but I don't know much about him. I am
feeding a tropical flake food, and for the loaches and cat I am feeding
zuccini. what does the shark eat??

[Misty]

"Paul" > wrote in message
...
> as some of you might know, I'm a cichlid man. never owned any other fish
> before in my life.
>
> now, I have got a tank for work, but the people here wanted some
tropicals,
> so this is what I got:
>
> 1 silver shark
>
> 1 dwarf gourami
>
> 1 bristlenose catfish
>
> 2 clown loaches
>
> 3 Cardinal Tetras
>
> 3 black Tetras
>
> personally I don't go for such mindless little creatures as tetras, but
the
> loaches and cat are pretty cool.
>
> I'm interested in this shark though, but I don't know much about him. I am
> feeding a tropical flake food, and for the loaches and cat I am feeding
> zuccini. what does the shark eat??
>
>
>
>

Silver Sharks are great fish - they grow large quickly however but still
retain their peaceful attitude.

I have two living happily in a community tank of tetras thats fed on flake
only.

I do however feel you should up the number of Cardinals - at least 10

Dwarf Gouramis are peaceful shy fish - why not put some colourful
livebearers in instead of them.

Clown Loach are very active when small but will hide when they get larger so
in an office tank might never be seen. Why not substitute with the ever
active corydorus cats - I could get 5 of them for the price of a clown
loach in my local aquatic centre.

[Paul]

Misty wrote in message <6M98c.25$3u4.8@newsfe1-win>...
>
>"Paul" > wrote in message
...
>> as some of you might know, I'm a cichlid man. never owned any other fish
>> before in my life.
>>
>> now, I have got a tank for work, but the people here wanted some
>tropicals,
>> so this is what I got:
>>
>> 1 silver shark
>>
>> 1 dwarf gourami
>>
>> 1 bristlenose catfish
>>
>> 2 clown loaches
>>
>> 3 Cardinal Tetras
>>
>> 3 black Tetras
>>
>> personally I don't go for such mindless little creatures as tetras, but
>the
>> loaches and cat are pretty cool.
>>
>> I'm interested in this shark though, but I don't know much about him. I
am
>> feeding a tropical flake food, and for the loaches and cat I am feeding
>> zuccini. what does the shark eat??
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>Silver Sharks are great fish - they grow large quickly however but still
>retain their peaceful attitude.
>
>I have two living happily in a community tank of tetras thats fed on flake
>only.
>
>I do however feel you should up the number of Cardinals - at least 10
>
>Dwarf Gouramis are peaceful shy fish - why not put some colourful
>livebearers in instead of them.
>
>Clown Loach are very active when small but will hide when they get larger
so
>in an office tank might never be seen. Why not substitute with the ever
>active corydorus cats - I could get 5 of them for the price of a clown
>loach in my local aquatic centre.
>
thanks for the tips, it's only a fairly small aqaurium, I intend to take the
fish out when they get too big and take them back to the shop to substitute
for smaller fish. I didn't really want the dwarf gourami either, but the
weight of numbers was against me I'm afraid :-(

[Flash Wilson]

On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:40:07 +1000, Paul > wrote:
>I'm interested in this shark though, but I don't know much about him. I am
>feeding a tropical flake food, and for the loaches and cat I am feeding
>zuccini. what does the shark eat??

I had two and they ate flake quite happily.

This is when I was new to fishkeeping.

They can be quite easily startled and rush around and jump and
hit themselves on the lid, so make sure the office tank is
somewhere quiet!

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[Chris Palma]

I know everyone has their fish preferences, but I am a huge fan of
gouramis and think you made a great choice! I have 9 honey gouramis in my
75gal, and they are a lot of fun. They are a bit shy, but it is neat to
see them peaking out from their hiding place in the silk plants. They
love floating plants, so if you put a plastic plant in without its base
and let if float, your dwarf will probably hang out there.

I vote with your officemates -- keep the dwarf.

--chris


On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Paul wrote:

>
> Misty wrote in message <6M98c.25$3u4.8@newsfe1-win>...
> >
> >"Paul" > wrote in message
> ...
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> >
> >Dwarf Gouramis are peaceful shy fish - why not put some colourful
> >livebearers in instead of them.
> >

<snip snip>

> >
> thanks for the tips, it's only a fairly small aqaurium, I intend to take the
> fish out when they get too big and take them back to the shop to substitute
> for smaller fish. I didn't really want the dwarf gourami either, but the
> weight of numbers was against me I'm afraid :-(
>
>
>


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