I have a 30 gallon tank and i hope it will not grow more than 6 inches. I have smaller fish with it including tetra's and Danio's. Will it eat them or will it leave them alone when it gets bigger?
2007-03-08 09:02:22 · 5 answers · asked by C7S 7 in Pets ➔ Fish
In a 30 gallon it probably won't grow much larger then 5 inches and it will die much younger then it should have. You really should stick to smaller fish for smaller tanks. And they will eat any fish that fits into their mouths, like any fish would.
2007-03-08 09:13:42 · answer #1 · answered by Ghapy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
By keeping an iridescent shark in such a small tank, it will no doubt either die or become stunted. Stunting is very painful, and causes deformities. Deformities include internal organs growing inside the body, even when the body is not growing. Soon the organs will grow too large and either 1) 1 or more organs will burst open inside the fish causing a massively painful death for the fish, or 2) An organ will grow too large for the body to be able to supply energy to and the fish will die of some sort of organ failure, usually a slow death. Other symptoms of stunting are sculliosis, which can get to the point where the fish can barely move, and does cause severe spinal pain for the fish.
Iridescent sharks will grow to around 3-5 feet, and will weigh around 50 pounds for a 3 footer, and closer to 90 pounds for a 5 footer.
2007-03-08 10:05:05 · answer #2 · answered by fish guy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An irridescent shark, which is actually a catfish, will outgrow your 30 gallon tank in a couple of years. They can reach a full adult size of around 3 feet or more. The trouble is, pet stores never tell you how big a fish can get, they want to sell you bigger and bigger aquariums. $$$$
There is a myth that fish will only grow to the size of the tank they are living in. That's what it is, a myth. Poor water quality and crowded living conditions are what stunts a fish's growth and keeps them from reaching their adult potential size. In a good healthy tank, fish will grow to their species potential as long as they are fed properly.
2007-03-08 09:35:05 · answer #3 · answered by 8 In the corner 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
properly you gotta account for his or her grown length zebra danios get to be a million a million/2 inch (not sure what this is in metric) the three issues that are 7 cm are in all risk merely gonna get larger the pink tailed shark gets to be 4 inch or greater and the gorami gets around there too. So a million inch in line with gallon (guessing that the 7 cm fish are like zebras) you would be at 14 inch so get a 20 g that they had be very unhappy in a 2.5. and in all risk die :-(. you're able to get by ability of with a 10 yet you will ought to paintings. sturdy success guy
2016-12-14 14:11:21 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should have smaller fish with it including tetra's and Danio's.
it will leave them alone when it gets bigger!!
2007-03-08 09:12:30 · answer #5 · answered by vsunight 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋