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SnakeIce
10-10-2003, 10:51 PM
to start out with here is a list of the fish that came with the tank...

one angel said to be about three years old raggety looking
one zebra danio
one Large black mollie
one large common? pleco(about 8 inches)
one red tailed black shark
one yoyo loach nice about 3 inches
one catfish with long feelers... don't know what this one is am going to research it
and four albino black skirts had been dyed

any problems glareing at you with these fish? oh and the pleco has a bent tail... he can't straighten his body out, and the shark nuzzles the angel who don't appreciate that

the tank is acrylic is the tank safe from the pleco scratching it?
SnakeIce
10-10-2003, 11:01 PM
the catfish with the long feelers is probably a pimolodus pictus spelling aside... how big do they get?
stik6shift98
10-10-2003, 11:07 PM
the pictus catfish might eat the danios when it gets big but thats about it...
SnakeIce
10-10-2003, 11:14 PM
if it is indeed the species pictus that I have then it is full grown at about four inches

so that could be where the neons that were in the tank at some point went?
Matt W
10-10-2003, 11:15 PM
Pictus will get about 4-5 inches or so....I never had a problem with them and zebra danios...
stik6shift98
10-10-2003, 11:23 PM
my pictus eats my neon tetras....i just took him out today since i bought 2 more ...i was also told pictus catfish like to be in a group of 3 or more...
SnakeIce
10-10-2003, 11:32 PM
i will have to say about the mix is that the yoyo is the only fish I like out of them all...
angel is all bent up/beat up cause of bad genetics or miss treatment...

some of the assortment are ok(danio, mollie) but only one??? I like groups if possible...

the red-tailed shark sounds to aggressive for my liking, keeps picking on the angel...

pictus could eat other fish and I don't think it is cool enough to warrant putting up with that... a nice angelfish might get away with it....

pleco's are poop machines and this one is deformed to boot...

and four(ok #s are better) dyed tetras, yuk dyed fish

is it ok to try to get rid of some of the fish I don't like? and how should I do that... thanks
stik6shift98
10-10-2003, 11:37 PM
try giving them away first....u can donate them to a local fish store.... im sure someone will want them

if u live closer i would take em...