New to the forums got 3 gold fish and 2 sharks

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hey im new to the forum found it on google anywyas i got a 60 gallon aquariam had it running for like 4 months now ..anywyas i got 2 md size gold fish maybe 2 inch each and 1 fantail gold fish maybe 2 inchs and i got 2 hong kong sharks (catfish) one is about 3 inchs and the other is about 2....

well the fish are pretty good together swim together and everything but i got one question my largger size shark stays in side a platstic tree trunk thing i bought from walmart most of the time but he will come out and swim with the other a few times but alot of the time he stays in side the the area anyone got more info for these fish ? like if they like being in caves..etc etc other then that the fish do well togather....

thanks
 
How was your tank cycled? How often are you doing water changes?

What is the temperature of your tank? Goldfish are cold water species, while your sharks are tropical, and if kept in warmer water will have shortened lives.

Also, goldfish get large and are messy. Most people advise one for 30 gallons and 10-20 gallons for each additional golfish. What is your filtration?

I have never heard of a "hong kong shark" and cannot fins any info. Can you get pics so we can ID them?
 
my 60 gallon i got was from a established quriam already from a lfs so it was cycled already the temp of my tank is about 74 - 76 which 2 different lfs's say thats good temp both for the goldies and for the sharks..well im planning on geting a 120 gallon withing this year sometime after the fish grow a lil and after the goldies get past six inches im gonna give them to the lfs i go to for they can enjoy a large pond then im gonna try to go with more tropical fish the shark is not really a shark they say it is it really a hong kong cat fish but i got pics somewhere and ill get them up asap...
 
Looks like you've purchased two irridescent sharks.. They are not exactly slow-growers and can potentially get over four feet long. A 120g isn't close to cutting it for a single fish that size.
 
ho-boy... those are irridescent sharks and need huge systems as well as to be in groups of 3 or more. While they are nice fish, they just get too big for most home aquaria, maxing at over 3 foot. However, that thought, I am guessing most don't reach the size due to limits of tanks size resulting in stunting.
 
so whatt should i do..? one guy said they will adapt to the size of the aquariaum? which is stunting right? which is not good?
 
right, adapting to the size is stunting the fish. Stunting the fish is not good and promotes suffering for the fish... These fish, if put in their correct environment can live up to 20 years. To force them to less than apt conditions, these years are reduced significantly. I don't know if it would be better to return the fish, the store would just put them in the tank again and sell them off to someone else... Maybe you ought to start thinking of going with a bigger tank in the future...
 
yonsu said:
Looks like you've purchased two irridescent sharks.. They are not exactly slow-growers and can potentially get over four feet long. A 120g isn't close to cutting it for a single fish that size.
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youre absolutely right.. but 120g is better than most people would for these fish.
 
ID sharks really need to be kept in tanks of over 500 gallons.

get to much of the same size as a pacu, just not as heavily built.

76 is also a little cold for the sharks and a little warm for the goldfish. there really isnt a "happy medium" when it comes to temp.
 
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