75 Gallon Tank - 2/12/10 - New Rainbow Shark

This is just a short clip of my new rainbow shark! Not sure if its a male or female, but so far its been doing great! It's only about 3 inches in this video, but rainbow sharks grow to a max length of 6 inches. I changed around the fish stock yet again, and i really missed my old Red-Tailed Shark, so i had room in the tank to get a rainbow and i really like him/her! Both Rainbow, and Red-Tailed Sharks are great community fish when they are under 3 inches...but once they hit the 3 inch mark, they become too aggressive for the average community tank. This guy however, has plenty of territory to call his own and he's getting along great with the other fish.

Current Fish Stock:
-1 Rainbow Shark
-4 Silver Dollar Tetras
-3 Firemouth Cichlids (1 male & 2 females)
-1 Blood Parrot Cichlid
-1 Electric Blue Crayfish
-1 Spotted Raphael Catfish (he's strictly nocturnal)
- 5 Serpae Tetras & 6 Bloodfin Tetras

So all of the shark's tankmates (except the serpae's and bloodfins) are too large for him to boss around. I'd say my tank is a Semi-Aggressive set up, which is perfect for these sharks!

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• 75
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• tetras
• Rainbow
• Shark
• blood
• parrot
• cichlid
• firemouth
• cichlids
• Spotted
• Raphael
• Catfish
• serpae
• bloodfin
• blue
• crayfish
• procambrius
• alleni
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• 400
• juvenile

[ma5one]

awesome filming bro, nice camera

[BingX14]

@ma5one hey thanks man

[wolf3047]

In the description you say Red Tailed Sharks get aggressive once they hit 3 inches, mine is 3 inches and is very peacful.

[BingX14]

@wolf3047 its just my personal experience, if you keep them with larger fish they wont usually cause any problems, but again in my experience once they get that size they start to really chase around smaller fish

[wolf3047]

@BingX14 I guese every fish has a personality. :)

[BingX14]

@wolf3047 yeah for sure!

[Pizzajock8503]

I have a similar set up with a fully grown Rainbow Shark mixed in with a Peacock Cichlid, Opaline Gourami, Golden Gourami, Chinese Algae Eater, 6 Tiger Barns, and a Fire Eel. He's still one of the most fun to watch because of his huge personality. Him and the Cichlid chase each other back and forth for dominance but never fight. Try putting a 1/4 pound or so of blackworms in your tank. My fish LOVE to hunt for them, plus they'll live in your gravel helping break down waste. Nice tank!

[pokemonarceusiscool]

@BingX14 can i buy a firemouth for my 55gallon?

[BingX14]

@pokemonarceusiscool they may not really go for them at first since its completely new to them, or they may just go for it right away. Give them time. Also, freeze dried bloodworms will float on the surface and may be harder for your sharks to get since they can be too shy sometimes to feed at the surface. Frozen bloodworms sink which work very well