Tankmad
Seedling
Hey! Long time stalker newly registered!
After getting a red tail shark 8 months ago they have become my favourite fish. I have done extensive research to find suitable tankmates and had results that conflicted to what I was reading on groups and forums.
I was reading stories of red tail sharks eating neon tetras and killing off all their tankmates yet for the most part my red tail didn't seem as aggressive in comparison.
The most recommended tankmate for the RTS was tiger barbs, however the tiger barbs were the only fish I found to bring out the RTS aggression.
Instead I had success with fish such as rasboras (harlequin and espei), platys, mollies, gobys, kuhlis and even to my surprise molly fry and cherry shrimp/shrimplets.
Now... To the point
I recently saw a video of about 30 RTS and the were schooling together. I have also heard that they could be kept in groups but I had never seen it before except from lfs tanks where they are young in a small tank highly stocked.
My question is... What do think the result would be if I put 8-12 red tail sharks in a 6x2x2 planted tank?
Would this footprint be larger enough?
Has anyone kept multiple sharks?
Will they have a hierarchy like tiger barbs?
Thanks in advance
After getting a red tail shark 8 months ago they have become my favourite fish. I have done extensive research to find suitable tankmates and had results that conflicted to what I was reading on groups and forums.
I was reading stories of red tail sharks eating neon tetras and killing off all their tankmates yet for the most part my red tail didn't seem as aggressive in comparison.
The most recommended tankmate for the RTS was tiger barbs, however the tiger barbs were the only fish I found to bring out the RTS aggression.
Instead I had success with fish such as rasboras (harlequin and espei), platys, mollies, gobys, kuhlis and even to my surprise molly fry and cherry shrimp/shrimplets.
Now... To the point
I recently saw a video of about 30 RTS and the were schooling together. I have also heard that they could be kept in groups but I had never seen it before except from lfs tanks where they are young in a small tank highly stocked.
My question is... What do think the result would be if I put 8-12 red tail sharks in a 6x2x2 planted tank?
Would this footprint be larger enough?
Has anyone kept multiple sharks?
Will they have a hierarchy like tiger barbs?
Thanks in advance