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June 16th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| would a rainbow shark eat my neons?
i would like to get a rainbow shark for my 75gal tank and i was reading about them and it says that they are very territorial but nothing about them eating smaller fish. i also did a research on the red tail shark but i was reading that that one will eat my neons so i won't get it.
if anybody knows if the rainbow shark will eat my enons please let me know.
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June 16th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| I have a rainbow shark in my 55gallon and he is territorial about one cave area, but hes never eaten anything but what I feed the tank...he eats with the others and just makes sure they dont go in his cave...in a 75 gallon, give him his own area and I think he will be fine... | |
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June 16th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| thanks Shawnie...i'm so excited so i'll go get it tonight!!! i'll post pix tomorrow to show him!!! | |
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June 16th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| awesome!! what others are in the tank besides neons?
my 75 gallons has "moose" (aka oscars) in it hahaha...so I would love to see a 75 gallon with smaller fish...I bet its soooo active | |
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June 16th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| yes...i have tiger barbs, rosy barbs, red tail rasboras and the neons. they all like to just swim up and down the tank all the time...very active tank.
i'll see if i can post a video tomorrow to show it. | |
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June 16th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| I have a rainbow shark and he gets territorial but never eaten any thing but what I put in for food.It likes to eat my live plants they really like vegitation. I cant keep the cobomba plants for long he picks them clean which is ok I replace them when they get to torn up. His mouth is really not that big even when they get big they still have a small mouth I dont think he could fit a neon in there unless it was allready dead and just picking at it. They also like shrimp pellets and frozen blood worms.
55 gallon #1, 2 gouramis, 1 rainbow shark, 2 albino cory cats, 1 rope fish, 1 pleco, 1 fiddler crab, 1 angel fish.
55 gallon #2, 1 hungry oscar, 1 pleco, 1 fish I have yet to Identify that came with the tank | |
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June 16th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by J J Indy  I have a rainbow shark and he gets territorial but never eaten any thing but what I put in for food.It likes to eat my live plants they really like vegitation. I cant keep the cobomba plants for long he picks them clean which is ok I replace them when they get to torn up. His mouth is really not that big even when they get big they still have a small mouth I dont think he could fit a neon in there unless it was allready dead and just picking at it. They also like shrimp pellets and frozen blood worms.
55 gallon #1, 2 gouramis, 1 rainbow shark, 2 albino cory cats, 1 rope fish, 1 pleco, 1 fiddler crab, 1 angel fish.
55 gallon #2, 1 hungry oscar, 1 pleco, 1 fish I have yet to Identify that came with the tank |  love the description of your oscar! I call mine moose!! how big is your boy? and yes I agree about the rainbows mouths not being big enough for live fish... | |
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June 16th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Most "sharks" are fine with other semi-aggressive fish, like your tiger barbs, but sometimes will seriously harass smaller fish.
So keep an eye out to make sure your neons aren't being terrorized!  | |
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June 16th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| ive seen some crazy mean neons as well LOL
fish arent predictable but we still love them | |
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June 17th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Evelyn1919 i would like to get a rainbow shark for my 75gal tank and i was reading about them and it says that they are very territorial but nothing about them eating smaller fish. i also did a research on the red tail shark but i was reading that that one will eat my neons so i won't get it.
if anybody knows if the rainbow shark will eat my enons please let me know.
thanks! | it should be fine with the tetras but if you plan on ever getting swordtails they have to be watched, rainbows hate them. | |
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June 17th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| My shark didn't discriminate - he hated everyone equally!  | |
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June 17th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
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Originally Posted by Barbrella My shark didn't discriminate - he hated everyone equally! | yeah but the thing is you still love them for it. little buggers. | |
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June 18th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| hi guys!
well so far my rainbow shark is doing pretty good. he is trying to take over the entire tank and chasing all the others out of where he is (which is everywhere all the time).
he's about 3" and is black with red fins. i'll try and get a picture of him later. | |
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June 18th, 2008
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| awesome!! did ya get him a cave ? I cant wait to see the pics | |
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June 18th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| yeah you should get or build him a cave, that will give him some teritory and the other fish a boundry,they will learn to stay away. | |
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