Wt Do Red Tail Sharks Eat?

[D4N]

i have tryed allsorts but it wont eat anythin it happy to just east random stuff of gravel

 

[SamUK]

there bottom feeders so they eat the food thats there from when youve fed them.

 

[D4N]

there bottom feeders so they eat the food thats there from when youve fed them.

ok so they just eat left overs realy?

 

[SamUK]

i guess you could put it like that lol.


they dont feed from the surface like others tho. normally.

 

[D4N]

i guess you could put it like that lol.


they dont feed from the surface like others tho. normally.

ye i no tht but they dnt est the food my LFS sed to give them

 

[SamUK]

aslong as there eating from the bottom its fine.


how many do you have?

 

[D4N]

aslong as there eating from the bottom its fine.


how many do you have?

one

 

[avirex]

get some pellets n drop em...shrimp pellets...thats all my rtbs eats..

 

[D4N]

get some pellets n drop em...shrimp pellets...thats all my rtbs eats..

ok will do

 

[avirex]

try that i had the same problem...try n get ones u will see on the bottom with ur substrate...my rtbs only eats those pellets n he guards them lol

any fish come by them he chases them away

 

[D4N]

try that i had the same problem...try n get ones u will see on the bottom with ur substrate...my rtbs only eats those pellets n he guards them lol

any fish come by them he chases them away

ok hope mine do the same lol

 

[avirex]

wat kind of fish do u have in ur tank?

i got these pellets i cant really see but there the same kind of pellets just different color...i only seen him eat the new ones like once but im sure he does...

my rtbs act like a catfish...he cleans the glass all the ornaments plants ect.

the gravel ect.

he does a good job 2

 

[D4N]

mine cleans everything but the glass

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I feed mine Tetra Prima("Complete Food", a sinking variety of fish pellet food) and a variety of algae wafers and catfish pelets, frozen bloodworms and an assortment of anything else that'll sink (like prawns and mussels) or takes its time to get to the bottom of the tank- it also eats various types of fish flakes.
RTBS are not really scavengers, you should not rely of them to just scavenge food to survive, but instead make sure you are feeding them a variety of suitable foods. I'm not completely sure how large these fish get, but mine is about 5inches+ currently.

 

[Bignose]

In the wild (sadly, not too many left), these fish are almost exclusively herbivorious. I don't own any, but I would be giving them a diet of algae wafers and vegetables like cucumbers and lettuce.