Our 55 gal tank contained a school of serpae tetras, two albino cory cats, a (lonely) bala shark and (wait for it!) our albino tiger oscar, The Sheriff. (This was a temporary setup for The Sheriff.)
My husband was dying for a pleco, and we'd heard some good things about a local fish store, so we paid a visit one day and I let him pick his fish out. He doesn't do his research sometimes, and being new to plecos he chose a very sick fish. It was put directly into the tank without even thinking this fish might be a silent killer.
The next morning, all of our fish are floating (except the oscar). It was terrible. We went back to the store only to have them tell us they have a 24 hour return policy and we were basically screwed. Had we invested in a quarantine tank, our original tank would still be around, sucks we had to learn the hard way.
--How that hodge-podge of different fish got together is a different story.
My husband was dying for a pleco, and we'd heard some good things about a local fish store, so we paid a visit one day and I let him pick his fish out. He doesn't do his research sometimes, and being new to plecos he chose a very sick fish. It was put directly into the tank without even thinking this fish might be a silent killer.
The next morning, all of our fish are floating (except the oscar). It was terrible. We went back to the store only to have them tell us they have a 24 hour return policy and we were basically screwed. Had we invested in a quarantine tank, our original tank would still be around, sucks we had to learn the hard way.
--How that hodge-podge of different fish got together is a different story.
