Alysun
New Member
Hi,
I have a Red Tailed Shark that has been banished to my 20 Gallon-Tall Tank, due to his aggressive behavior. He has one tank mate, a tiny Rubber Lip Pleco. His victims in his former home, a 75 gallon tank, were two Gourami's and a Rainbow Fish. He chased them to exhaustion and entrapment. I often saw him chase, but would approach the tank, and the RTS would go back to his lair. After moving RTS to his own tank, I added 3 Tiger Barb's hoping they would be compatible. He chased one out of the tank, the other to exhaustion and the 3rd made it a quite a while until it unfortunately passed away from digestion/infection issues. The shark is very reclusive (other than at night when the chase/scavenging is on) and 99% of the time, it looks like I have a 20 Gallon tank just for decoration. Can you all please advise on any other compatible tank mates that can put up with the aggressive RTS? Not necessarily fish, but will shrimp or lobster be compatible? My only other option is to get some nerites and have the snails be the attraction in the tank.
Thank you for your advice and suggestions!
I have a Red Tailed Shark that has been banished to my 20 Gallon-Tall Tank, due to his aggressive behavior. He has one tank mate, a tiny Rubber Lip Pleco. His victims in his former home, a 75 gallon tank, were two Gourami's and a Rainbow Fish. He chased them to exhaustion and entrapment. I often saw him chase, but would approach the tank, and the RTS would go back to his lair. After moving RTS to his own tank, I added 3 Tiger Barb's hoping they would be compatible. He chased one out of the tank, the other to exhaustion and the 3rd made it a quite a while until it unfortunately passed away from digestion/infection issues. The shark is very reclusive (other than at night when the chase/scavenging is on) and 99% of the time, it looks like I have a 20 Gallon tank just for decoration. Can you all please advise on any other compatible tank mates that can put up with the aggressive RTS? Not necessarily fish, but will shrimp or lobster be compatible? My only other option is to get some nerites and have the snails be the attraction in the tank.
Thank you for your advice and suggestions!