So i just got my 2nd paroon shark, 1st one got eaten by my pacu. Now my paroon has ich, and then he ate my pb bass. what a great day...
BAD NEWS AGAIN AND AGAIN!!!
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From looking at your list I assume you tried to move your paroon sharks from the 20 to the 35 gallon tank? I have made a mistake of putting a catfish in with a pacu that was too big for it to handle. I put a baby 3" tsn in the tank with a 6" pacu, and woke up about 3 days later to watch them in the rising sun to see the shock and horror of the pacu biting through the head of the tsn. I still wish to keep pacu myself and have kept them in the past with no problem, but they grow so massive so quickly that I am going to wait till all my catfish are large enough to be able to handle such a brute, then raise one from a baby. As for the ich raise the temps do lots of water changes. When any of my fish get it which is rare these days I do daily water changes, and it seems to clear up in about a week.
looks like, from your list, all your tanks are overcrowded now or will be shortly. i would get some bigger tanks or reevaluate what you are keeping, or you are just asking for trouble
fishloverblake;1086930; said:
Might only get to 6 feet in an aqaurium. Largest reported weight was 600 lbs, at a lenth of nearly 9 ft. Average is probably 6 ft for a full grown adult. Takes many years for them to get to that size. You'll need a footprint of at least 6'x12' or a pond of at least 10' dia. Hope that helps. They need a little height as well. Never believe anything you hear about fish size until you've researched it for yourself to the max. Might want to start saving for that new tank
