Anyone with experience keeping hi fin banded sharks

ya like i said earlier lol i plan to keep it there for only half a year or so im upgrading to 120 sometime next year once i leave my dorm in college and i get my own place with more space that i wont have to share lol ^^ ill test the nitrates and ammonia in the afternoon im in class atm but i think it was more about the shock of being in the new tank with new fish the place where i got em had em alone in a cement tank usual fish farm setting water ph is liek 8 so changing it to mine might have bothered em a bit they were swimming around in the morning be4 i left , i knew what they ate the problem was how to feed it to em lol thers a school of 7 albino tiger barbs and they are all passive they wont bite him they just mind their own business most of the time some clown loaches and a black ghost so whenever i put food in the aquarium it doesnt really ever reach the bottom lol i have no rocks or driftwood in there atm until i recieve my order or stones from another member here so i was thinking about putting some zucchini in there to see if hell eat it neone thinks this might work ?

Responsible fish keeping starts with proper planning and proper equipment. The opposite results in sick or dead fish, or fish that just sit on the bottom with their fins down, you do the math. What's happening to your fish is not their fault, and it's not my fault either, so don't be getting defensive and "lol"ing me. You asked for answers and you're getting them, if you decide you don't like the answers you get here, go to a fish site instead of a plant site, I'm sure they will rip you a new one better than anyone here will. You wanted to know what the reasons could be for your fish's current behavior, and it was clearly outlined to you, throwing denial at us isn't going to change that the facts lie there between you and your fish, you can either sit there and watch them thrive, or you can sit there and watch them die. What did you want us to tell you..."Oh, it's ok, that's normal for them, they'll be ok tomorrow"??

This is why I quoted a fairly reliable source rather saying what I really wanted to, but I still get the backlash of denial. Hilarious. You should go join NR, they're having open season on folks like you right now.

bgoodwins said:

He apparently replaced periods with lol.....Entertaining!

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thats usually it and it sucks otherwise im way to used to writing that way be it that i spend too much time doing it or w/e other reason i have for writing that way

Jen- i understand ur corcern but believe me is gonna happen im way too involved in this hobby to give it up and in case stuff did happen i can always give em back to the lfs where i got em they r really friendly people and im a very frequent costumer they have no problems taking stuff back i already discussed it with em . Other than the fact that i still duno how to get em to eat everything is ok , maybe ill wait a few days until they get more acclimated to the tank

jaidexl - the fish are perfectly fine atm and the question was how to feed em according to the situation with the other much more active fish , thanks for trying to help with the behavior but i really dun appreciate the whole denial thing but w/e u got working for u man ^^ and about the barbs not all fish are the same and im telling u mine are perfectly peaceful they r scared of the bigger fish so they never come near em that was my first concern when i got the bkg who is also doing perfectly fine in its current state but in case anything were to indeed happen i can move em to another tank i have thats empty right now