I am sorry if this is the wrong place to put this, I am new to the board and wasn't sure where to post.
My neighbor recently moved out of the country and left his tank on his porch so someone from Craigslist could pick it up. They did not show up when he said they would and I was afraid the fish would die (it was 103 outside) so I went and got them and set their tank up at my house. I recognized 3 of them as being a bala, a kissing gourami and a gold gourami but did not recognize the third so I sent a picture of him to a local store and was told he is an iridescent shark. He had all four of these in a 10 gallon. Before finding out the 4th was an iridescent I got a 40 gallon set up and started fishless cycling it so they could have more room, I didn't think a 40 was big enough but it's all I could afford and now that there is an iridescent in the mix I know it is way to small. I don't know what to do about the iridescent. I thought about trying Craigslist but I doubt many people have huge aquariums laying around waiting for one of these guys to be posted. He has been in this 10 gallon for 2 to 3 years so I'm sure his growth is stunted, could he be happy in a 40? I can get him something bigger later on but could never get one the size that is recommended for a normal adult iridescent. He is only about 3 inches right now, because of the growth stunt how big should I expect him to get? Thanks in advance for any help!
My neighbor recently moved out of the country and left his tank on his porch so someone from Craigslist could pick it up. They did not show up when he said they would and I was afraid the fish would die (it was 103 outside) so I went and got them and set their tank up at my house. I recognized 3 of them as being a bala, a kissing gourami and a gold gourami but did not recognize the third so I sent a picture of him to a local store and was told he is an iridescent shark. He had all four of these in a 10 gallon. Before finding out the 4th was an iridescent I got a 40 gallon set up and started fishless cycling it so they could have more room, I didn't think a 40 was big enough but it's all I could afford and now that there is an iridescent in the mix I know it is way to small. I don't know what to do about the iridescent. I thought about trying Craigslist but I doubt many people have huge aquariums laying around waiting for one of these guys to be posted. He has been in this 10 gallon for 2 to 3 years so I'm sure his growth is stunted, could he be happy in a 40? I can get him something bigger later on but could never get one the size that is recommended for a normal adult iridescent. He is only about 3 inches right now, because of the growth stunt how big should I expect him to get? Thanks in advance for any help!