Do these fish Up root plants?

[Nathenrauch]

I have 2 silver-tip sharks, 6 tiger barbs, and 2 Leporinus Fasciatus. I was wondering if i could plant live plants or not?

 

[Nathenrauch]

bumpppp

 

[FrankAbagnale]

I've only ever had the tiger barbs in a planted tank. They did fine.

 

[DavidAl]

They will probably be fine in a planted tank, but please make sure they are kept in a very large tank. The Leporinus and silver-tipped sharks can reach over a foot long!

David

 

[phin]

My tiger barbs do well with plants. Never had the others

 

[AngelFishGirl]

Silver tipped sharks do need brackish water. I learned that the hard way. RIP Bandit! :'(
I would suggest returning those. Also, how big is your tank?

 

[molliwopp]

Of course you can have some real plants it would be a good idea. If you think they might be uprooted weigh them down and get them in pots.

 

[Nathenrauch]

Silver tipped sharks do need brackish water. I learned that the hard way. RIP Bandit! :'(
I would suggest returning those. Also, how big is your tank?

I have a 90 gallon, how long did it take for your fish to die? mine seem fine!

 

[crazychris]

Those 2 Sharks that you have are Columbian Catfish and they require salt as they get older. I also have a Leporinus and it likes to go after shiny fish from my experience. My Leporinus also went into hiding permanently after I added 3 plants in my tank. I can't figure out why it's basically dug up all the gravel in one area of my tank under a decoration. It stays there all day until I turn off the lights and then it comes out and swims around. I have to feed it when it's dark since it will not come out to eat when the lights are on or if its daylight.

 

[Nathenrauch]

can the other fish in my tank survive with salt in the water?

 

[crazychris]

Eventually you'll end up having to move those two sharks to a regular saltwater tank. I'm going to end up having to do the same thing or just trade them for something else. Putting salt in a freshwater tank isn't the best thing you can do since it bothers your other fish. Salt is only good for disease in freshwater tanks and short term usage.

 

[molliwopp]

Eventually you'll end up having to move those two sharks to a regular saltwater tank. I'm going to end up having to do the same thing or just trade them for something else. Putting salt in a freshwater tank isn't the best thing you can do since it bothers your other fish. Salt is only good for disease in freshwater tanks and short term usage.

I dont think the concentration of salt the sharks like is of that of a regular saltwater tank, more brackish than saline. Correct me if im wrong?

 

[crazychris]

I'm not sure on specifics but I did do some reading online and it was saying that they can be put in a normal saltwater environment. I wish that I could give you the name of the site that I read it on since I was curious as to how much salt to mix in the water and thats when I read they can be put in with regular saltwater fish. I'm thinking about trading mine in for something else since I don't want a saltwater tank.

 

[crazychris]

This what I just read for those sharks/catfish. The water should have some sea salt added and measure a salinity of 1.005 to 1.015.

 

[Nathenrauch]

At what size should i transfer them to a Brackish tank?

 

[crazychris]

That's one thing that no website I've seen say at what size so that would be hard for me to tell you. I don't want to give you any wrong information about that part of things.

 

[Nathenrauch]

Idk what to do with them

 

[Coursair]

Return or rehome the Sharks. They need to start going to Brackish at 4-6" if I remember right. They transition to Full Saltwater.

And they get a foot.

Leporinus should be in groups of 8-10. 5 or 6 is usually bare minimum. They get either super shy or usually super aggressive as singles or in tiny groups. They get pretty big too.

 

[Nathenrauch]

This may sound stupid but you can return fish at petsmart?

 

[Coursair]

This may sound stupid but you can return fish at petsmart?

Yes you can