You can keep the fancies, I said to get rid of non-fancies. Also, keep the black moor, its a fancy goldfish (if you want the goldfish setup). For the moor, just keep his water extremely clean and keep medicating. You might also want to try some salt and raise the temperature a bit to and see if that helps. Best of luck to you, and whichever setup you choose, research a bit on it, this site is a good place to start and post any questions here too.
What kind is the catfish? Channel?! help he is getin big!
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You can keep the fancies, I said to get rid of non-fancies. Also, keep the black moor, its a fancy goldfish (if you want the goldfish setup). For the moor, just keep his water extremely clean and keep medicating. You might also want to try some salt and raise the temperature a bit to and see if that helps. Best of luck to you, and whichever setup you choose, research a bit on it, this site is a good place to start and post any questions here too.
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It is a Channel Cat that you need to rehome asap. Also, you need to choose between the tropicals and the goldfish. Their needs differ.
in all honesty, i don't know how sensible it is to rehome a channel cat. unless the OP's friends work in an aquarium, have 5-600g tanks or have private ponds, there's no good place for this fish to go. i'm sure it sounds cruel, but if a truly proper home can not be found (and realistically it would have to be one of the above things i mentioned), it would be best to euthanize the fish now while it is still relatively small and it can be done quickly and humanely without too much struggle.
it's not fair to the fish to be passed around from one unsuitable home to another, and it's not fair for each successive owner to have to try and find a way to "deal with" this fish as it gets bigger and eats their other fish (because i doubt that someone who is informed up front about its size will make the decision to take it on).
it's not fair to the fish to be passed around from one unsuitable home to another, and it's not fair for each successive owner to have to try and find a way to "deal with" this fish as it gets bigger and eats their other fish (because i doubt that someone who is informed up front about its size will make the decision to take it on).
I agree:
As inhumane as it sounds this fish isn't going to lead a good life unless you have really good connections with people in your area with large, large tanks and the willingness to deal with a monster fish.
Next step would be to go to the store that sold you this fish and gave you the misinformation and let them know of what they are actually selling.
