my turn
first, the story...
i got a tank to put barbs in, so i put tiger barbs, gold royal barbs, and rosy barbs, 3 of each. my tank was a little dirty, so i decided that a ground feeder would probably be in order. i went to a small store (its not a huge chain like petland or petco) and saw these tire track eels. they were cool, so i asked how much they were. they werent that expensive, so i asked if i could get 2 of them. being the good fish store owner, he asked what i had in my tank. i told him and he said they would be fine. i bought them and went home. i put them in the tank, and all was jolly. for 3 weeks, everything was fine. but then, one of my eels was dead. i was like alright it happens, its just a fish. the next morning however, before i turned on my lights, i saw those stupid tiger barbs ganging up on my other eel. i had to go to school, but i decided id take care of it when i got home. too little, too late. the freakin eel was dead, and i knew exactly who had did it. my choices were this:#1 keep the killers in there and buy some more barbs and hope they quit being little punks.#2 take them back to the pet store, which would require a waste in gas (i live far out), just to take back a cheap little punk.#3 put them in my brothers tank (gold severum,green severum,rainbow cichlid,acura,headstand thing (not sure what it is, like i said, not my tank)rainbow shark,2cory cats,2rosy barbs,2giant danios,high finned blackskirt tetra)and hope they live. the tank had 2 rosy barbs, and a blackskirt tetra, so there was a decent chance they would live. if they were eaten, so be it, they were killers anyway. obviously, i choice door number three, and in the next 5hrs, they dissapeared. i guess they werent bullies anymore.
2nd, childawg
how do you know anything about my expertise level? ive just started posted on this board, because it seems the people here have some sense. but that doesnt mean i havent had fish for a while, and many different kinds of fish at that. ive had 5 fish at my house running at one time(right now four) and ive had a bunch of different fish. and no, i wont leave. i dont have to leave. just because i got pissed and got rid of fish i now hated, doesnt mean i dont know anything. maybe people want to hear what i know.
3rd, monosebaelover
it obvioulsy was a compatibility issue, and i do like fish (fond isnt the right wierd, thats sounds ***), there cool and fun to keep. but, there was no reason for those stupid fish to kill those eels. they dont even go in the midwaters the tiger barbs were in. why didnt the barbs play around with the other barbs like they usually did? why didnt they play in the bubbles like they usually did? instead they desided to kill. i didnt give them every chance to survive, but they had a chance. i could have been really mean and just flushed them down the toilet, or put them in with the africans. but, i gave them a chance, and they failed. but, at least 2,000 people did flame me. i could have been worse. it was just one.
peace