i phoned the pet shop, ie, pets at home, i want to buy some sharks, they have told me i can buy 2 silver sharks and they can live happily together with my pleco for the rest of their life,what do you think, good idea or bad,x
2007-03-14 02:58:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
if by chance i can keep them alive then it will be my pleasure to get a bigger tank,x
2007-03-14 03:21:37 · update #1
I would buy them.
2007-03-14 03:08:45 · answer #1 · answered by miki 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Ditto to magicman - even thought they would probably co-exist, you'd need a very big tank.
Also watch out for misinformation by the pet store - two questions today about iridescent sharks (sold as "blue whales") which have the potential to get 4 feet (buyers were told 2-3 inches!). Another one to watch out for is a Columbian shark - silvery in color - and often misidentified. These are a brackish water fish (they need some salt in their water) as juveniles, but need marine conditions as adults (http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=936 ).
If you have a large enough tank and want to try the sharks, make sure you're 110% sure you know what the fish are (and don't rely on what you're told by the store employees) before you buy them.
2007-03-14 07:47:02 · answer #2 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The silver sharks will get quite large and if you do decide to house them you will be limited on the amount & size of any other fish you may decide to purchase in the future.
I have always preferred to have more fish, than few & large ones.
Think about if you are going to want these silver sharks for the rest of their lives and without the option of having any other fishies in your community.
2007-03-14 03:22:46 · answer #3 · answered by sonicachic311 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Several different fish have the common name silver shark. Unfortunately all of them get quite large. Examples include the bala that can reach a foot in the wild ( about 8-10" in tanks) and a particular catfish that can reach three feet in tanks and 6' in the wild. Unless you have a really large tank ( 150 gallons plus) I wouldn't suggest you go for the silver sharks.
MM
2007-03-14 03:18:15 · answer #4 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
on condition that your tank is up around a hundred and fifty gallons. you have numerous fish on your checklist which could improve to a foot long. Kissing gourami 10" Silver (Bala) Sharks 12" (and speedy movers = 6ft tank) Clown loachs 10"+ (even regardless of the indisputable fact that it ought to take 10 years) trouble-unfastened Plecos 12"-18" (would purely take 2 years) The Cory cats could have a tendency to get monstered by employing the bigger fish, yet they might proceed to exist as none of them are fairly predatory, yet you additionally can under no circumstances see the Cories, often purely a million x crimson tail shark in step with tank, yet you are able to likely bend that in case you have a tank sufficiently enormous to homestead the different fish. As for them ingesting different fish - over rated. The Bala shark are purely a huge minnow, specific this is going to consume something which will slot in this is mouth, yet you purely dont keep them with tiny fish, crimson tail sharks are semi agressive, or very agressive between one yet another, yet back with medium length tankmates, no issues. yet while your tank isn't sufficiently enormous - back to the drafting board. Dwarf Gourami Tiger barbs (x6) crimson tail shark (x1) Corydoras Zebra or Kuhli loaches Bristlenose pleco Stick them in a 40-5gal and you would be candy. Ian
2016-12-19 05:08:40 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by silver sharks they're probably referring to Bala Sharks which grow to 12" in length, prefer to be in groups, therefore need a massive tank, preferably 100 gallons or more, thats nice and long as they're skittish active swimmers.
there are also Iridescent Sharks, which are catfish called Pangasius, do not buy these! they grow to 3ft in length, yes FEET not INCHES and as far as i'm concerned shouldn't be in the pet trade and only available to experts and experienced collectors with 300+ gallon tanks. the pangasius gigas (fortunatly rare enough not to be found in the pet trade) grows to 8ft or more! one was caught that was 9ft in length!
none of these fish labelled as sharks are true sharks. they're mostly members of catfish and cyprinid families. true sharks are saltwater, there are freshwater true sharks, but they're rare and on the ICUN red list so I don't think you'll find them at pets at home!
what size of tank do you have and what kind of plec?
2007-03-14 03:04:53 · answer #6 · answered by catx 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋