[AquaticLife] HELP!! My husband won’t stop buying fish!

January 7, 2009 @ 12:15 am · Filed under Philippines Internet Koi Society

Thanks Lenny, I will definitely let you know how long he makes it. As far as I can tell he’s healthy, just mad about his tank size, he thumps the other fish with his tail and either eats them or leaves them to die if he doesn’t like them, bad fishy LOL.
Amber
Lenny V. aka GoldLenny wrote: > > He most likely is stunted right now, but many catfish live long lives and > many grow slow so if they are moved to a proper sized tank, they could > start > growing again. Unfortunately, I just peeked at my own article on fish > lifespans and according to my research, “How Long Should Your Fish Live” > http://goldlenny.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-long-should-aquarium-fish-live.htm > > l, Pictus Catfish only live around 8 years, so he could be getting > close to > the end since he’s been kept in such an undersized tank for so long which > substantially shortens a fishes lifespan. I hope he proves me wrong > and let > me know, in a few years, and if he makes it over 8 years… post a comment > on my blog so I can update my research. I need to re-research some of that > article since it has been well over a year since I’ve done any major > work on > that article… although it’s pretty extensive with a couple of hundred > common fish listed. > > Lenny Vasbinder > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com > (Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on the right > side, alphabetically under Labels and also under Archives by Year, Month) > > —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > ] On > Behalf Of Amber Berglund > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:12 PM > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] HELP!! My husband won’t stop buying fish! > > A question on pictus catfish. I’m going to rescue my parent’s pictus > catfish > out of their (yes I know it’s awful) 20 gallon tank. Good news is that he > has only a few tank mates, but the really bad part of it is that he > has been > in that tank for easily 5+ years and I’m concerned as to how much stunting > he has overgone in that time. He is about 4-5 inches in size and I don’t > think he has every really grown since she got him, perhaps he might have > grown a couple inches though I’m not sure. > As soon as I get my smaller fish put into the 55 gallon tank I’m going to > rescue the catfish and put him in with my severum and 2 angel’s. I already > know the little bugger is a great danio eater and he’s not going anywhere > near my glofish LOL. Nice expensive fish food that mom got for him > a few > months back heh. > I can’t wait to see how he does in a tank more suited for him though, poor > guy. > > Amber > > Lenny V. aka GoldLenny wrote: > > > > Two things you can do.. well three actually… one of them V-8 smacks > > on the forehead might work… or divorce will definitely work… and a > > third option is to do an O.J. on him and collect the insurance and buy > > a BIG tank… but the V-8 smack and divorce are less painful.. at > > least to him. LOL > > > > What you should really do is find an LFS that will accept buy-backs > > that will give you store credit and start taking them back one or two > > at a time. > > Tell hubby they died and you flushed them (but don’t actually ever do > > that). > > Then when you have enough store credit, buy a bigger tank for your > > remaining fish. > > > > If you try to keep everything you have now, you’ll need about a 500 > > gallon tank or a series of big tanks adding up to 500G … SERIOUSLY!!! > > > > The sailfin pleco, one of the “common pleco” varieties, will grow to > > 18″+ and need at least 75G for itself.. bare minimum water volume for > > this fish to survive long term.. they live for 20+ years. The Pictus > > Catfish grow up to 8″ each and will need 40G each. The Blue Gouramis > > grow to 6″ each and will also need 20-30G each depending on whether > > they are a pair or not. The CAE grows up to 11″ and will need about > > 50G. > > > > But the good news is the Pictus Catfish lives a little longer, then > > all your smaller fish will become expensive fish food until you only > > have a few BIG fish left and then you might only need a 250G tank. > > Pictus Catfish grow up to be not-so-nice 6″ to 8″ nocturnal predators > > and will eat anything that will fit in their BIG AND WIDE mouths so > > maybe your Gouramis, CAE and Pleco will survive. > > > > Go to http://www.mongabay.com/search.htm, > > > > put a bullet in the advanced > > Mongabay Fish section and then type in the common names on each of > > your fish.. or the latin names if you know them. You’ll find a > > reliable profile on each fish with all kinds of information, suggested > > tank sizes, water volume and parameters, suggested companions, etc. > > > > Here’s your three biggest species for starters… > > http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Pterygoplichthys_gibbiceps.html > > > > > > http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Gyrinocheilus_aymonieri.html > > > > > > http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Pimelodus_pictus.html > > > > > > > > For suggested stocking of a 10G tank, go to my blog and on the right > > under labels, you’ll see “10 Gallon Tank Stocking Suggestions” with a > > long article about what will work long term in a 10G tank. While at my > > blog, also go to the long article “A to Z of Fish Keeping” and you’ll > > see a general guideline for how much tank you need for various sized > > fish. That 1″ rule you might hear about is pure unadulterated BUNK! > > > > Right now, you are headed for a major disaster and all of your fish > > will die an early death after a sickly life. Sorry but I can’t be much > > nicer than that. > > > > Do you have a dog house for hubby? Let him live in that for a few days > > and he’ll quickly learn how the fish feel. > > > > Lenny Vasbinder > > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com > > > > > (Links to any articles referenced in > > above reply are listed on the right side, alphabetically under Labels > > and also under Archives by Year, Month) > > > > —–Original Message—– > > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > > ] On Behalf Of Jocelyn > > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 6:36 PM > > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > Subject: [AquaticLife] HELP!! My husband won’t stop buying fish! > > > > I can not get my husband to stop buying fish. If he sees a new kind at > > Wal-mart or the lfs he buys it. Right now we have a 10 gal with 2 blue > > gouramis, 2 black skirt tetras, 2 black phantom tetras, 2 pictus cats, > > 2 australian rainbows, 2 hatchet fish, 11 babies and 1 adult platy, 5 > > male guppies, 1 chinese algae eater and a sailfin pleco. In a hex-5 > > there is 8 baby platies, 2 cory cats, 1 chinese algae eater, 1 sailfin > > pleco, 2 zebra danios and 4 female guppies. I keep telling him there > > are WAY to many fish, that we need a bigger tank/more tanks, that it > > takes to much of my time keeping the tanks clean. I change 80-90% of > > the water every other day. I feel bad for the fish. I know some get > > really big and need more room. I can’t get him to stop buying fish and > > start buying more tanks or at least a bigger tank for their > > health/well being. 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