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Anyway...
the girl was rude, but she was kind of right.
A lot of salespeople will sell you whatever they can without regard to the welfare of the fish.
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:rofl:
Anyway...
the girl was rude, but she was kind of right.
A lot of salespeople will sell you whatever they can without regard to the welfare of the fish.
as much as you might dislike it however, the LFS is correct in this situation. That is way way way too many goldfish for a tank that size. That isn't just "a fish or two" that is really over stocked. I probably would have done the same as the employee, but then again I am a heartless SO*.
If I was you, I would ditch the goldfish (angel is fine, but would probably eat the neons and/or guppys, its hit or miss) and look at what fish you have remaining and decide if you want to keep them. Do be aware that Tiger Barbs are rather aggressive little fish and calm down a little when they get the chance to school (5 or more fish) and with only two, would probably take their agressions out on other tankmates.
If I was you, I would ditch the goldfish (angel is fine, but would probably eat the neons and/or guppys, its hit or miss) and look at what fish you have remaining and decide if you want to keep them. Do be aware that Tiger Barbs are rather aggressive little fish and calm down a little when they get the chance to school (5 or more fish) and with only two, would probably take their agressions out on other tankmates.
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i would just like to make a note about the tiger barbs. We started with a school of five and they were nipping very large fish. we read that we should get a few more and the aggresion would not be as bad. Now we have seven of them and they take down and kill all kinds of fish. They started with neons, then they took down a large molly. I have had to put them in a separate tank because they were going after small oscars and convicts. I hate that these are sold as community fish in most pet stores. I would also like to say that overstocking is something that happens to a lot of people. Please do not feel that you are the only one who has ever done this. At this point all you can do is try to fix the situation and move forward. Please dont let this discourage you.
If the goldfish were removed. You'd have a very nicely understocked tank.
The angel's get Tall. So if this is a 48" long 40g. it'll be kind of a tight fit, height wise.
Also, removing the goldfish will cut the bio-load by about 90%. Which would be real good for the remaining fish, sense it's only a month old.
Now only if the B*%$& at the fish store would have just tried to explain, how and why this set-up isn't a good idea. We'd all be better off.
The angel's get Tall. So if this is a 48" long 40g. it'll be kind of a tight fit, height wise.
Also, removing the goldfish will cut the bio-load by about 90%. Which would be real good for the remaining fish, sense it's only a month old.
Now only if the B*%$& at the fish store would have just tried to explain, how and why this set-up isn't a good idea. We'd all be better off.
Wow! Thanks to you all for commenting on this. I'll definately take all your advice and see what can be done to fix this. It all started about a year ago when my Mom came out to visit. The last day she was here, she went to the store and bought two fish: a moor Goldfish and a fantail(?). She stuck them in a little glass bowl and flew back home. They started to get bigger and bigger, so we moved them to a bigger tank (maybe 5 gal) we bought. They started looking cramped in there too, so we decided to get the 40 gal up and running. After we had them in it, my wife wanted other little fish, so we got them. We'll have to figure something else out now...
Thanks again!
Thanks again!
nother 40, for the goldies?
Make it a 55 or even better 75. Even the little fancy goldies get pretty good sized.
Besides, who wouldn't want a nice moderate sized display tank?
Ha ha! We're moving in a year, so I'm planning on getting a new one after the move. I definitely won't make this mistake again though!
