slakey

hmm ok so how many would you suggest, keeping in mind I hear that the zebra danios will be ok with the Rainbow Shark?

I could keep the 6 danios and get a shark or get rid of the danios, get a shark and how many angels?

pistorta

The danios will be fine. The shark is an omnivore (will graze a lot) and quite frankly, if it wanted to eat the danios, would have a tough time doing so. The mouth of the shark faces down making it difficult to snatch a fish as quick and manuverable as the danio. In my ~15 years experience with them, never saw either type of shark go after them.

In a tank your size, I would keep the danios, with the shark and two angels.

slakey

cool thanks dude
your boosting up my confidence.

Loads of people on different forums are saying I shouldn't hense why I've looked at loads of other fish, such as, Discus, Angels, Pufferfish, South American Leaf Fish, German Blue Rams, kribensis.

But if you say it's possible and you've had 15year experience then I'll go with your word.

I mean the ones I saw were about 1.5" so loads of time to grow, and by then hopefully if my dad will let me, I'll have converted one of the sheds into a all brick fish room, with maybe a 4' - 5' tank

pistorta

I don't know why anyone would advise against it... I would recommend keeping them in a community tank setting EVERY time. In fact, they are easier to keep than most of the fish you mentioned above.

Fish I successfully kept with the red-tailed and/or rainbow shark: Angelfish, Corydoras Cats, Snails, Bleeding Heart Tetra, Lemon Tetra, Zebra Danios, Polkadot Cats, Cherry Barbs, Golden Barbs, Black Tetra, Red-eye Tetra, Chinese Algae Eaters, Plecostamus, Serpae Tetra, Rummy-nosed Tetra, Rope fish, Clown loaches, Kuhli loaches, Giant Danios...Just keep them away from their own kind and you'll be fine.

slakey

thanks great help.

I advise you get another Rainbow Shark, so we can keep eachother upto date with them and also in case I run into any problems

pistorta

If you run into any problems, I'll buy him from you...but you'll have to pay the shipping.

One other thing, provide retreats for him. They like to sleep much like marine fish.

slakey

I have a plant pot.

and once I've set up the mopani wood like before there's a lil hiding place behind there, aswell as a archway for him to go.

pistorta

Sounds good. Keep me up to date.

slakey

will do

slakey

no new info yet, still trying to sort out the tank

How hardy are Rainbow Sharks?

pistorta

I think they are very hardy. They eat anything you give them and seem to graze constantly. In addition, no other fish seems to pay them any attention.

slakey

right these are yesterdays water stats:

ammonia: 0ppm
nitrite: 0ppm
nitrate: Either 20-40ppm or 40-80ppm
pH: 7.6

I've also added a Hydor Ario 3

Would I be able to get a shark in there now?
Like are the water stats ok or not?

pistorta

Nitrate may (at 80 PPM) or may not be (at 20 ppm) an issue. Other than that, everything else looks fine.

slakey

Hmm...

I think I'm going to try a community tank first, then later on get a Rainbow Shark.
As I've only found Albino Rainbow Sharks and have been told it's not rainbow shark season at the minute.

Also I'm getting a Bearded Dragon so my hands may be pretty tied up by that.
But thankyou very much for all the information you've given me

If anybody else has questions about your tank size and if you can have a rainbow shark, please feel free to put them in here

slakey

the thinking of a Rainbow Shark has come around again...

mainly because I think i've got the ok to get a Rio180 tank downstairs

angelfish220

I wouldnt do the shark with the angels... I've never had a rainbow shark but I read all these comments

http://www.fishlore.com/profiles_rainbow_shark.htm

didnt sound very community like to me

slakey

Hmm...

The Rio180 is a fairly large tank*39us gallons* for one rainbow.

And all the fish stores I goto either don't have them or only have the Albino type I want the non albino type.

I know I can house a shoal of Tiger Barbs with the Rainbow Shark, probably about 7-10.

But the whole scenario of me getting a tank downstairs is cloudy at the minute... As my sister said to me a don't really look after my current fish tank as it has algae... But it has been in direct sunlight plus I have no algae cleaning fish....

Whereas the one downstairs will get very minimal sunlight.

*Off Topic*: Do you lot take out your wood pieces and plant pots to clean them if they have algae all over them or do you let the fish do that if you have one.