60 gallon freshwater aggresive

i agree with her... the last thing a kid my age needs is to be beaten up for asking an honest question!

thank you... finnally somebady says something that stops the fighting! in one string dorkfish and watermelon have been going at it about bala sharks long after the person who created the thread left with their solution
 
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Actually it was Graphicdesign_r not dorkfish, just to keep names straight :)

Edit: I posted that before I realized DF had gotten into the mix too :)
 
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joylynn said:
There are a lot of people who are still learning and don't think about the fact that the store selling them fish might mis-label it or provide bad information. There has been a lot of jumping on people for their mistakes on this site lately, we should be helping each other and not making someone feel even worse for making a mistake. Are there any people here who didn't make a single mistake when they started keeping fish? God knows I have made a bunch of them. Lets help people learn form their mistakes and offer advice on how to avoid them in the future rather than becoming quite as judgemental and blaming the person who made the mistake. Should this person have researched the fish first, absolutely, bet he does in the future! But are you telling me no one here has ever made an impulse buy of a fish you saw and liked and thought you could keep based on the information provided by the retailer??? IF that is the case then I guess the original poster and I are just irresponsible and should be drawn and quartered :)

Many of the people I have seen taken to task lately are kids 13, 14 years old or so and we are beating them up for trying to ask questions. That is just wrong in my opinion, we should be helping guide them to make better decisions regarding this hobby, but don't discourage them for crying out loud, or they WON'T come back and ask questions and learn, they will either get out of the hobby or try to do it alone without help and advice and kill a large number of fish, then get discouraged.
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thank you. but i thank every1 for the advice
 
I agree about trolls, but I think there are also a lot of younger members on this forum trying to learn something. Yes I have only been here a month, I have learned a tremendous amount form people here and really appreciate it. I can agree that I am tired fo the Bala Shark question too, but keep in mind that there are two species of fish that petstores sell to newbies that they have no business selling. One is the goldfish, the other is bala sharks. People buy goldfish because every television show, advertisement, etc, shows goldfish living in little tiny bowls and leads people to believe that is fine (that is really good marketing by the goldfish companies, buy a goldfish, stuff it in a bowl, it dies, buy another stuff it in a bowl, endless cycle). People buy Bala Sharks because they are attractive looking animals and the word "shark" is cool to some folks. Stores blithely sell these all the time. People come here asking how to care for their newly bought beloved pets and get torn apart. I agree that people should do a search first, but in reality, type in Bala Shark and see how many posts come back. There are tons, and most should answer questions, but the sheer volume of returns may deter folks from reading them, thinking it is more expedient to just ask the question. Yes there is a troll issue and if there is a way to sign up to be a mod, I volunteer. This can be such a beneficial site that I hate to see people new to the hobby be turned away because they asked a question that has been answered 5000 times already and are abused for it. Anyway, we have now wandered way off topic and I apologize for that.
 
I'll remember that and make sure not to put Tiger shark in the subject of my next post to ask about what the mean little things are doing :)
 
im 15 and had no clue i would get bashed so much on this board. i just didint know and it made me feel grat that i got bashed by 4 different people. actually frershwater i know less about. i know A LOT about saltwater.
 
mduros said:
I agree with what everyone else says and with the hexagon shape of that tank I would say that your choices are even more limited. Please for the fishes sake, re-release the bass you caught, let him do as fish in the wild do. Or if that's out of the question, set up a cold water set up just for him. Many of us love our fish so much that we have added tanks just to keep them. And do not try to keep a puffer in that tank either. As you said, rehome the plecos and shark. Re-think your aggressive scheme for that particular tank.
Take care,
Mary.
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NO, NO, NO, NO,

never ever release a fish back into the wild EVER. that fish could have some sort of tropical disease that wipes out entire river systems.

if you want to get rid of it post herehttp://aquaticpredators.com/forums/index.php?showforum=452 some one will probably want it, get them to pay for the shipping.

lots of native fish will do fine in tropical tanks if there is enough O in the water. I have no personal experience with rock bass, so i do not know if it will be OK or not. Large mouth, and sunfish live in rivers and lakes here where the water commonly gets to high 70's low 80's. they can live in a wide range of temps.

my 2 cents
 
joylynn said:
Actually it was Graphicdesign_r not dorkfish, just to keep names straight :)

Edit: I posted that before I realized DF had gotten into the mix too :)
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Sorry, but that guy was an idiot. If you read the thread you know what I mean. He said he'd been keeping bala sharks for ten years and that they were "thriving" in tanks no bigger than 55 gallons.

Some people deserve to be flamed.
 
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