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Old January 21st, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
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Originally Posted by hkirchen View Post
No, you do not need to remove the sharks to change the water. Do you have an aquarium vacuum? If you do, just siphon about 25% of the water out while sucking up some gravel to remove debris from the bed.

The food you are feeding them sounds fine, they are not finicky, and a varied diet is healthy for them. Just do not overfeed, as this will cause your nitrates to skyrocket!

Have you tested your water yet? It seems that your tank is very over-crowded, and I know you were thinking about upgrading the size.

How is everyone behaving? Any territory issues yet? I think it's amazing that your tank is still peaceful after reading everything about the sharks you have. Do you have pics yet?

Sorry for all of the questions!
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Cool! I was a little more than just a little worried about that! I was beginning to think "Where am I going to put all those little critters?". I'm looking into getting one, any suggestions?

As for the food, i only give a couple of pinches at the most, and for the most part they gobble that up in a couple of minutes. They almost seem as if I never feed them! LOL!

No I haven't tested it yet, (sorry Amanda! LOL!) I know I need too. I will get that done tonight!

None so far, well except for one of the little Red Tails, he's just a little aggressive just before feeding time, other then that and a couple of chase downs by the Rainbows, nothing else to report on that front!

I'm working on the pics thing, I'll have my wife send me a couple to download here.

No problem! I don't mind at all, it's the only way one learns! Thanks!
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Old January 21st, 2009  
Fish Master
 
I like the self-starting vac's personally.
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Old January 21st, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
There are some that self start? How would that work out? Wouldn't it suck up my ghost shrimp?
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Old January 22nd, 2009  
Fish Master
 
they have a one way valve so you pump them up and down in the water and it starts siphoning on their own. You'd have to keep an eye out for the little guys. I don't have any experience with them however.
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Old January 22nd, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
I guess I would have to get one I operate myself to avoid that then! I've got tons of other stuff to ask, but I'm drawing a blank right now!

I'll remember at 3 a.m.! LOL!
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Old January 22nd, 2009  
Fish Master
 
Well, most likely at least one person will be around.
Gotta love insomnia.
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Old January 23rd, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
yep!

One question that came to mind while reading some other threads on here is when I do get my new tank, I'm going to have to do the whole cycle thing on it, right? How long does this normally take?
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Old March 6th, 2009  
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Well, it's been 4 months, running on 5, and all is well in the land of the sharks! All are happy and healthy and doing great! In fact we've added two dalmatian mollies. I want to thank all of you for all your comments and suggestions.
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Old March 7th, 2009  
Fish Helper
 
Has the blood bath happened in your tank yet?

And if not, are you still in the 20 gallon (or whatever it was).

Kind of hard to believe that you have that many fish in an uncycled tank with no problems to be heard of.

Do you have pictures?
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Old March 13th, 2009  
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Surprisingly, nothing! Except for the occasional run down, they are all very well behaved! I do realize that I will have to get a bigger tank very soon (current is 25 gal.) but it's worked out just fine. I think sometimes you just have to let things just happen, they'll take care of themselves!

All in all, it's been really cool watching them grow and get used to each other!
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