Moonlightsedge Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Well, I adopted some fish today, It's nice to see my tank so busy again. I received 2 clown loaches and a red tailed shark, so I am curious if anyone has and tips or quirks I should know about them. The shark is about 3-4 years old(most of them are around that, the corydoras and one of the tetras is 6) They have all been kept together with no problems for the last few years and I am only adding my own danios, gold barbs and 2 ghost fish to the mix that weren't already there. My main concern is my ghost shrimp will he eat them?(I already lost $30 worth of Ghost shrimp to the angel fish who leaves tomorrow) I also adopted a pleco with this mix he is about 5 inches, we re-homed our other one because he was tearing up all my plants, but the previous owner said this one was fine with their live plants so is that a normal issue with plecos? Oh it is nice to see my tank full of life, it was pretty slow due to lots of space and very few fish. I will most likely move all the live bearers to a different tank. Just so it isn't to much overloaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazy_Karma Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 I was reading a while back on Plecos, and it turns out that when they get bigger they can be very distructive and also kill smaller fish!!! Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobies et al Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Do you have any idea what kind of pleco it is? Some are dwarf, get no bigger than 5 inches, and don't have the mass to disrupt the plants. Some are herbivore....others enjoy a bit of fresh protein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Chicklets Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 You will also most likely find your ghost shrimp disappear with the clown loaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolandocalgary Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 clown loaches + anything with an exoskeleton= bad news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Yep, if anything they will be the culprits. What type of ghost fish is it? The red tailed shark might eat them depending on the size of the shrimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlightsedge Posted September 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 The pleco is just a plain old grow huge type pleco. So I suppose I will be re-homing him, The people I got him from are moving out of province and couldn't take their fish with them, so I adopted them rather than having them shipped off to the pet store. The Ghost shrimp are no longer in the tank, they have their own tank(all 2 of them) The clown loaches are very pretty so I would keep them over having the shrimp in the larger tank, I was planning on putting them back in the main tank but they are fine where they are. The 2 ghost fish I have are Ghost catfish one is just little only about an inch(just bought last week) and the other is going on 5 years and is about 3-4 inches. Thank you I'm off to see my new froggys now(well technically they are fire belly toads but...)I adopted them as well as the fish above and their set up is questionable(rubbermaid type container with a cut out lid,light and filter) but temporary until I have a tank ready for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Chicklets Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 I'm off to see my new froggys now(well technically they are fire belly toads but...)I adopted them as well as the fish above and their set up is questionable(rubbermaid type container with a cut out lid,light and filter) but temporary until I have a tank ready for them. I have mine in a 30 gallon with half land and half water about 6" deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlightsedge Posted September 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 I'm off to see my new froggys now(well technically they are fire belly toads but...)I adopted them as well as the fish above and their set up is questionable(rubbermaid type container with a cut out lid,light and filter) but temporary until I have a tank ready for them. I have mine in a 30 gallon with half land and half water about 6" deep. Mine will be in my 33 gallon, I am only waiting because I had bettas in it I was trying to spawn. I am thinking I will probably move them over this weekend. I will have sand and gravel half land half water ,with a heater and a filter but I want to incorperate a couple small caves to so we will see what I end up doing, I also have some granite pieces I built I might use some of them to keep my water and land seperat and prevent the gravel from just sliding down. I also want some live plants in the water as well and I seen a pretty bamboo at the store and like how it was half water half out of water. And where the filter pours the water back in I want a waterfal but have to come up with a plan for splash gaurding it. When my battery for my camera is charged I will post a picture of what their temporary home looks like. Athena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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