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posted 02-23-2004 09:53 PM         

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I HAVE TWO IRRIDESCENT SHARKS TWO OF THOSE GLASS SUCKER FISH AND 2 ANGEL FISH. THE PROBLEM IM HAVING IS AN AMONIA LEVEL OF ABOUT 5.0 TO 7.0. ALSO THE ANGEL FISH KEEP GOING TO THE TOP FOR AIR AND I HAD A FEW OTHER FISH THAT KEPT DYING OFFFF. PLEASE HELP I DONT WANNA LOSE MY SHARKS.........
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posted 02-23-2004 10:08 PM         

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irr sharks get 4feet long... angels get about 7 inchs and suposably agresive WHAT FILTRATION do you have? also you should consider getting a 400 galon tank if you wanna keep the fish helthy. also you should be dooing 25% water changes a week well doing a gravel vac

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posted 02-23-2004 10:26 PM         

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THEY R BOUT 4 INCHES AND I HAVE A WHISPER POWER FILTER 30

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posted 02-23-2004 10:54 PM         

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in my own opinion Wisper are junk.. sorry to say. how many timse do you do water changes?
what % also i would sugest getting a aqua clear 300 or a emporer 270? i think with the bio weal. these are both exelent filters.
like i said earlyer the Irridescent sharks will get to be around 4 feet long. they grow resonably fast to.

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posted 02-23-2004 10:59 PM         

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I DO 1CE A WEEK 50 %

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posted 02-24-2004 06:44 AM         

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Did you cycle the tank first?

The ammonia is burning the gills of the fish so that's why they're going up for air. I would start doing at least 75% water changes immediately (but be careful that the temp of the new water is the same). Try to get the ammonia at close to 0 as you can.

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