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.