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redpaulhus · 06-15-2007, 01:55 PM

How long has the tank been setup ?
what's your ammonia level ?

It sounds like its not completely cycled (ie the biofilter isn't keeping up with the fish waste yet).
Could be too many fish too soon, or an overzealous overcleaning of the biofilter, etc

Change water and take some fish out until you have consistantly zero ammonia and nitrite.
Then add no more than 6 one-inch fish in any given month (so that your biofilter can catch up)

Don't buy IR sharks if you can't keep them as adults - they're not easy to find homes for -- unless you know somebody with a 10'x10' tank (a tank the size of most bedrooms) -- then you don't know somebody with a tank that can handle a 3' fish.
Would you say
"look at my cool rottweiler puppy, I'll give it away when its an unwanted 150lb adult ? "
how about
"check out my baby elephant, I'm sure somebody will want to house and feed it when its huge" ?

If you're not equiped to house an adult animal, its irrepsonsible to buy it. Would you put a baby rabbit in a hamster cage ?

06-15-2007, 01:55 PM	#10
redpaulhus fishgeek Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Boston Age: 38 Posts: 452	How long has the tank been setup ? what's your ammonia level ? It sounds like its not completely cycled (ie the biofilter isn't keeping up with the fish waste yet). Could be too many fish too soon, or an overzealous overcleaning of the biofilter, etc Change water and take some fish out until you have consistantly zero ammonia and nitrite. Then add no more than 6 one-inch fish in any given month (so that your biofilter can catch up) Don't buy IR sharks if you can't keep them as adults - they're not easy to find homes for -- unless you know somebody with a 10'x10' tank (a tank the size of most bedrooms) -- then you don't know somebody with a tank that can handle a 3' fish. Would you say "look at my cool rottweiler puppy, I'll give it away when its an unwanted 150lb adult ? " how about "check out my baby elephant, I'm sure somebody will want to house and feed it when its huge" ? If you're not equiped to house an adult animal, its irrepsonsible to buy it. Would you put a baby rabbit in a hamster cage ? Last edited by redpaulhus; 06-15-2007 at 01:57 PM.