livetowin

I came from work to find my bala shark was upside down still alive but he has redness on his tail area and some peices of his tail were missing when i left he was perfectly fine somebody help

pinkfloydpuffer

Poor thing
Hm... what are your water parameters? Are there any fish in there that are aggressive enough to attack him?

livetowin

umm the only thing i have is an ammonia checker and its negative and the only thing that might is the red tail but hes not aggressive towards my other fish

GouramiGirl1221

I've heard that sharks are aggressive toward other species of shark, so that could be a possibility. I don't have any personal experience with sharks though, so I'm sure someone more experienced will be along soon. Good luck to your little guy!

livetowin

yea thanks but it just seems really wierd that ill go to work and hes fine and 4 hours later hes upside down and all red but it happens im changing my substrate to sand this weekend so we will see how that goes and i hope he will still be here

Shawnie

bala's are more in the catfish family and just look like a shark..they are very submissive and dont bother anyone...now the rainbow is another story...id get a test kit to find exactly what your parimeters are and in the meantime, do a water change with some prime....thats quite the stock for a 29 gal and the nitrates could be high and harmful...goodluck with him!

livetowin

yea thanks shawnie i take very good care of my tank but i just havn't had any time to go and get a test kit due to school and work plus my money is really tight im off tonight so im going to try and goto the LFS and pick somthing up

P.S. yea its def. a stock but im going to have to get rid of my pleco and catfish because they are getting WAY to big