if I was able to pretend you did not have the id sharks, I would say stay with community fish. Throw a few more barbs, maybe a small shoal of another species such as golden or rosy. Maybe a three spot gourmi or two. A few cory cats would be cool too. But you have the sharks so I really wouldn't add anything til those find a proper home. Sorry to be the bearer of the truth. 10 gallon is really two small for much. You could set it up with a handful of neons and a couple cories. Or keep it as a quarantine tank. You can feed you fish blood worms a few times a week. Your barbs will love them. Really any of the frozen fish foods will be gobbled up. High quality flakes or tetra bites will work as a staple.
feeding irridescent sharks
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oscarcrazy;2394371; said:
thanks for the info on the feeding. and 10 gallons isn't much .. it's my second tank. the sharks will be in the 50 gallon tank that i am picking up next week. And i'm more for the aggresion in fish. There are alot of nice looknig fish for a community tank. however I just like the more .. shark, ray, aggressive fish as opposed to community fish. And on the note of feeding .. they are only aout 3 and 2.5 inch's now so can i start feeding them meal and blood worms now? .. also the barbs seem to be more aggresive when it coems to getting the food. the sharks never seem hungry when i put the food in but after a few minutes eat a little thats in front of them. so how do i make sure they get in on the worms too without the barbs eating them all?
Acura_RSX;2395180; said:
I dont think that anyone here will offer you the information you want simply because you will not be able to house these guys properly.. If you havent noticed this is MFK.. and most members treat their fish as children and know how to take care of them.. I as well as most of the other members with Pangasius sp. in their tanks will tell you that you will need something MUCH MUCH bigger then a 50 gallon. To say that Pangasius sutchi, or ID Shark will max out at about 2 feet in captivity is probbaly due to the fact that the ones you have seen have not been cared for properly. I can tell you that my Paroon has grown from 3 to 5 inches in about a month.. that is real time growth rate with proper tank size and food consumption.. If you, as you stated in your post, are looking for aggressive fish then i dont think pangasius are for you.. they tend to be very flighty and very chilled out fish.. showing no aggression at all to fish of comparable size.
Since you seem destined to try and get an answer about feeding you fish i will do my best to help you out.. I feed my Paroon ( Pangasius sanitswongi ) Hikari sinking carnivore, Hikari Massivore Delight, Silversides, Scallops, Raw shrimp shell off because he is still small.. and he will also eat all different typed of floating foods..
cepon3;2395915; said:
alright. thank you. And I know about the tank. if i have to buy something a few hundred gallons next year I will. i didn't say i wouldn't. It's not that i'm not properly housing them. but a 50 gallon is going to be fine for a while. a 300gallon tank is not neccisary while they are 3-8 inch's .. when they out grow it. they will get a bigger tank. but the need isn't there right now. Also from my understanding from breeders with both that iridescent and paroon (id) are two different fish. very similar and in the same family but iridescent doesn't grow quite as big as paroon. either way. the tank isn't the problem. it's just what to feed them that i was wondering
Glad you plan on housing them properly. Thoguh realize that there is no "if" in having to buy that 300 gal. Start planning for it now in terms fo money and space. They will be ok in a 50 for a short while, 75 that basicly takes up the same space would be even better.
The advice that cepon3 gave you is sound in terms of feeding and housing. The species are very similar. And both get huge. Your sharks should eat blood worms no prob right now. Probably too small for meal worms.
Why do you want agro fish? If you want aggresive fish, the fish you have now don't fit that bill. Id's are very passive and usually very skittish fish. If you want something agro, look at some smaller ca fish such as convicts or firemouth for starters. Lots of personality in those fish.
The advice that cepon3 gave you is sound in terms of feeding and housing. The species are very similar. And both get huge. Your sharks should eat blood worms no prob right now. Probably too small for meal worms.
Why do you want agro fish? If you want aggresive fish, the fish you have now don't fit that bill. Id's are very passive and usually very skittish fish. If you want something agro, look at some smaller ca fish such as convicts or firemouth for starters. Lots of personality in those fish.
oscarcrazy;2396840; said:
Yah it's not aggresion towards tank mates I want I want sharks that will become big and will eat goldfish etc.
id say feed them blood worms and if you want them to get big fast i would even put some raw ground beef in there. i hope you have some other tanks availible much larger because that redtail will gain about two inches a month atleast so a 38 gallon tank will not be good for to long. i wouldnt go with the oscar they kill and eat everything and from my experience they are very dirty and not worth the time you have to put in to keep the tank clean. an oscar may trough off the ammonia which is a big threat to a redtail.
I'm new to this forum, so you can take this or leave it, but my experience is this...housing is top of the list. The id's as stated before can be skiddish. Once they get moving and slamming around they get miserable. Stressed fish don't grow well. Plus the red-tailed shark will pick at the ids bad. When you turn the lights out he's sneaking. Mine little red-tailed picked my three ids relentlessly, until they wouldn't eat. That was in a 90 gallon. So definitely choose great food but get a big tank, or these ids can get miserable. Mine 'snowed' scales all over from slamming the sides, rubbing their noses until blood. Then the red tail got a new home and they settled some. But their anxiety was always a problem...so they got a new home too. Just sharing my experience...hope it helps
There are several members on here with Id sharks over the 30" mark. Mine is 10" at 9 months right now. Good luck with yours, and also is that a red tail catfish you are referring to? If so you won't have to worrry about your other tankmates for long!
