They're Called Rainbow "Sharks" For A Reason
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My Rainbow Shark is not happy about the new SAE I added to the tank. There's lots of aggression going on.
Since the rainbow/redtail shark population has declined in my tank over the last few months, my large rainbow shark has turned his attention toward my roseline sharks and sometimes even my big bala sharks. Luckily it’s just a dash and retreat when they enter a certain part of the tank
lol my rainbow shark is 1/10 the size of my bala sharks.. yet he fights them
I guess every rainbow shark has their own personality. Mine I had a tank alone just for him. He is passive, timid, friendly, gentle but curious (like a lab dog) and my pleco would be annoyed by his friendliness and decide to attack my r.shark. sadly. I had to remove my pleco. Both stayed in separate tanks. 🤣 but my r.shark is the best. He would greet me by swimming back and forth and around his fish feeding bowl to let me know he is hungry.. and would always clean my fingers when I feed him some blood worms. And when he is full, he would take a nap 🥰
Definitely love the shark variety. I currently have a rainbow shark & redtail shark in my 100gal. The really interesting thing is that no real aggression has ever happened besides the occasional chase, but the redtail shark did torment my bigger silver SAE to where it was just exhausted and I moved it to another tank. 👍
Nice pfp
I think its cause the tank isn’t bustling with activity so the rainbow shark can chase the SAEs with ease since most of your fish tends to hang out near one side of the tank so most of the water column is very open.
If you had more active fish to use as dithers such as torpedo/denison barbs, that tends to help including that blocked lined of sight but if the activity level tends to be on the lower level side, it allows the rainbow sharks chase them rather than being distracted.
I used to keep multiple rainbow sharks, red tails and albino rainbow sharks together at one point. It works since they just squabbled amongst themselves. Would used to leave my Siamese Algae Eaters and other fish along in that higher number. Since you only have just one, that’s a different story.
Behaviour always changes drastically depending on how many you keep, dither fish/activity level and the way the tank is aquascaped.
I’ve also kept redtail sharks and rainbow sharks in groups a few times and I noticed that they hardly pay any attention to the other species and only have their attention on each other if anything. But whenever I just keep one, they terrorize all of the community fish.
Send the rainbow shark my way, I'll put him in with my kribs. That'll teach him
Lol
Rainbow would take cribs my friend lol
@@ross4041 never kept them really so you may be right. I know I have two very grumpy female Kribs.
@@MrHominid2U depends on the size tbh lol
😲 Beautiful little rainbow shark but so feisty!
Wow that's amazing that you're having that problem I have a rainbow shark in my tank that's 6 in and is peaceful as all get-out just hangs in the corner barely bothers anybody and I also have a Siamese algae eater that's about the same size as a rainbow shark and he terrorizes my turquoise rainbows to where I'm about ready to get him out of the tank. Good luck to you
My rainbow is same as yours I've just got a bigger aquarium for him cause he was chasing the school fish, but now in the bigger space he just chills in his corner and is most active at night. Awesome fish
How densely planted is your tank and how big is it? Does he have his own cave? I’m thinking of perhaps adding a rainbow shark to my (75g) tank. Also, does he have any smaller tank mates he’s peaceful with or is it just big fish?
My rainbow shark was super chill also, had a log/tunnel that was her domain and other than this domain, she shared the rest of the tank happily with our Barbs. I miss her. We had her nearly 8 years.
Good to know regarding the rainbow shark. BTW, I think you will really enjoy the Platies. Best of luck with them, Dan. I have about 200 Platies right now. They reproduce very quickly & seem to do better in harder water for me. Good video. 👍📺😎
your orange and black rainbows are still so amazing. I have never EVER seen their likeness and iv looked all over
Best rainbows I've seen on UA-cam.. what are they ?
I think those were mt "Marci" rainbows. I also have albino "Millenium" rainbows.
4 years ago I had a brood of around 150 Kribensis fry (around 3 weeks old, was the 3rd generation bred from this pair), introduced a 3 and half inch Rainbow Shark and it was the single-handed biggest mistake I ever made with my aquarium. My alpha Kribensis (large nearly 5 inch Male father) got fed up the first night after the Rainbow Shark took out around 60 - 100 of the Kribensis brood throughout the first hour, and ended up zipping at a speed in which I never observed from the right side of the tank towards the left side of the tank, pinning the Rainbow Shark against the glass momentarily, and then proceeded to ground pound / pummel the Rainbow Shark for around a minute until the Rainbow Shark lost consciousness. The Rainbow Shark was out of commision with multiple lacerations and a completely broken spine and vertebrae in various locations. I took him out, he was bent like a noodle. I didn't think he was gonna last the night, let a lone make it alive into the morning (which the little bastage did). The Aquarium store I have been a customer towards for 2 decades wanted to pin the Nitrate amount within my tank as the main pertinent issue at hand rather than the employee who insisted on the Rainbow Shark being 100% peaceful and would not be an issue (against my own instinct and better judgement of course), which absolutely made me furious considering how much effort and care I put into my tank. I was well aware of the risks involved with any type of Freshwater Sharks, but this one was pushed upon me under false pretense with regards to completely invalid information.
Lesson = To listen to your gut instinct when deciding which fish to introduce into your aquarium. It was not a fun experience to endure. After this incident my alpha male Kribensis rightfully received the name as "Orca", or the Shark Killer.
Should've had the other fishes first for awhile like months in the tank then put the rainbow in there. I didn't have this kind of problem. To sum it up, community fish first in the aquarium then after a few months the rainbow shark.
Mine gives my tiger barbs a chase here and there but then comes my electric blue acara to calm things down… tank boss. Love my rainbow shark though and I’m not going to remove him. The tiger barbs are doing fine, no fin nipping or anything.. I hope everything worked out for you 🙏🏽
Yeah my rainbow shark be pissed me off when he does that..I have to get him his own tank at this point...I have 2 of them and one of my tanks busted so there in the same tank...the smaller one hides by the angel fish and the angel fish jump the bigger one ....I have to make adjustments
I love the scape of this tank. My rainbow shark took out my brown knife fish , the knife fish had a hide , I went away left my mom to feed my fish, came home and the shark moved in and was eating my knife fish
Wow, that's a serious bummer.
I had an albino one in my 125g and he tormented my gold nugget pleco. I woke up to the albino rainbow shark having a huge gash in his face to the point he couldn't eat or breathe right. I think his aggressive behavior made it so he got stabbed by the driftwood sticks in my 125g aquascape. I got a regular rainbowshark to replace the albino an now he's really good an freinds with the pleco. He chases the rainbows out of his territory sometimes but it's real quick an then done mainly during or around feedings.
Beautiful tank by the way.
Everything you said lines up with what I've learned and experienced over the years, and it's such a bummer when it happens. Early in my fish keeping, I kept 3 Lg Tiger and 1 Albino Oscar, 1 Md.Convict cichlids, 3 Lg Jack dempsey., 2 Green terror, and several 4-6in Reg. and Butterfly koi, and medium pleco all together in a 55 gal. With 2 Lg penguin bio-wheels, 1 powerhead with filter and air mixing tube attached. The only thing that made any sense was the heater and air pump because we're all stuffed into my first apartment, which happened to be a studio efficiency apartment. The fish and I we're mutually unhappy with the confines of our living.The hundreds of feeder guppies I kept in the 30-gallon had it worse! Lol! 4 Oscar's and 1 Pleco. I purchased/ planned for, and the rest were pawned off onto me by 2 older brothers after they tired of fish keeping. With 2 decades of experience with fish keeping, I find it especially unbelievable that all of those got along just fine for 9 months or so until I could improve our living situation. Look, I guess the point of this long wind story is, yeah, it's a bummer when fish that 85% of the time would normally get along perfectly together don't. when I'm borderline about putting certain fish together. More often than not, they don't end up getting along. I must have hit some sort of fish lottery back then. For those of you who enjoyed this and would like to hear the story of my 1st aquarium. Pm me lol. And I'll tell you about a young boy and his 10-gallon saltwater adventure.
Way overstocked damn we all done dumb things though
Take it out, stressful!
Every fish has their personality. I have a female red tail that I've had for years and about a year ago I added 3 SAEs and I've never seen anything like this. But I do see my red tail going after my tiger barbs sometimes, usually during feeding.
From the looks, yours is also female. Hard to see through video but you can tell by the dorsal fin. Males come to a point where females are rounded. Similar to gouramis. Females are usually considered less aggressive but obviously not the case here if yours is indeed a lady.
Definitely worth the hassle for such cool fish though
I just got a young rainbow shark will quarantine him and add to the tank now that you mention the colour I have blood red swordtails in the tank he will be going in
That'll be interesting to see if it goes after them.
Mostly I think they do it for fun
Beautiful rainbow fish
Which one among Sinking and Floating pallets suitable for Rainbow shark ??
I think they'd prefer the sinking.
That angel fish tail looks very damaged
Be careful with the catfish brother. My upside down catfish killed all my fish ever since I added a smaller Male. She killed my last cichlid a few days ago. Now it's just her and the smaller Male.
I had her first, then added the cichlids and they all got along well for about 5 months. A week ago I added the smaller Male and she killed everyone but him. It really sucks.
Wow. I wonder if she got territorial since there was a potential mate in the tank?
Some of those sharks are really mean. I had one that got a fair size before getting territorial and choosing the “communal wood” as his territory. Would bully my clown plecos and half banded spiny eel which was bigger than it away. That being said I want a third 55 gallon setup for one lol
Just bought 2 of these....I should of done my research I had no idea there aggressive
I'd try to return one if you still can.
@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly there still juvenile one hides on one side and the other one has been hiding on the other side of my 55. I will hopefully have another tank for one of them soon
@@2ssrs950 I got 2 too in a 55 gallon tank but the fishes that they are in are all in the same spot as them which are semi aggressive
I think (hope) they do fine
I had a rainbow shark I really loved and he killed 8 fish 4 Cory, 3 tetra and a molly just from chasing them
Wow. Mine wasn't aggressive till now.
It may be that if the SAEs had been in the tank first, it would have been alright. I have always been told that rainbow and redtail sharks should always be the last fish you put on the tank as they don't like newcomers, particularly other bottom dwellers. It will be interesting to see if it gives your synodontis any trouble, once it comes out of hiding. Maybe you could try removing the shark temporarily, rearranging your tank and reintroducing it after about a week so that it will think its entering a new environment?
I added baby sae’s about 2 years ago with my now 6-7 year old rainbow shark. Haven’t had an issue at all
Hey I have a question then? Why is my rainbow shark eating my pleco to death then its a bn pleco it was 7 inches my shark only 4 and 3 quarters it's a rainbow shark I got plants on right driftwood in middle with a cave underneath silk plants on left with a log tunnel. Now my question is what "live" prey would you feed him I want him to habe fun chasing fish I don't care about like shrimp etc.
Rainbow sharks aren't really predatory. They're more territorial and peck and chase fish. They might eat shrimp.
I have 2 red tail sharks , 1 albino rainbow shark and 1 rainbow shark
I have 1 goldfish , and 4 guppy’s
Is a 4 foot tank good enough?
The sharks will fight.
@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly two of them have started to swim next to eachother ? How do I make them stop fighting?
@@Lazerex You'll have to separate them. I have a single rainbow shark in a 125 with a couple of SAE and it still chases the SAE because they are a similar shape. More than one shark per tank is not recommended. (at least not by me)
Rainbow fish is different from a rainbow shark, that's one thing to be sure of. :)
Hmmm i have a pretty laid back rainbow shark that doesn’t attack my juvenile Siamese algae eaters at all. He is about 6-7 years old so probably not interested. He is a big boy though.
Do you think 1 rainbow shark with a few neon tetras in a 55gallon would be okay ? I’m now feeling very torn about getting both breeds.
I use to have 3 goldfish and 1 outgrew the other 2 quickly and started to pick on the smaller ones a lot .
After all the goldfish died I decided to start fresh . Just hope the tank is big enough that a rainbow shark wouldn’t bother with tetras and get aggressive
Rainbow Shark shouldn't bother Neons.
What's the name of the big fish to the far left has the Orange tiger face with the white whiskers going down?
That was probably a clown loach.
@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly After further research, I think it's an Angel fish you have. BEAUTIFUL fish!
Why so nice black ? My is brownish
Rainbow shark is #1 regret even after researching first
Yeah I'm thinking of taking mine back he's being a right dick 😔 it's a shame because he's an awesome looking fish
Bro whats the best fishes for s 10 gallon tank please no guppies, danniow and other kinds of small fishes love from India
Usually betta fish is the go to but to be a bit different, try one Honey gourami with school of platy fish or school of harlequin rasbora. Or One German Blue ram with school of harlequin rasbora.
I always liked a 10 gallon with a dwarf gourami, and some neons, with a cory or rubber lip pleco
Hm but the angel is fine with him? I cant figure out what killed my father in laws angel.
Rainbow shark killifish guppies and bala shark? Grammy I got no idea.... Whatever did it got the Grammy too. Idk he has a weird set up anyway. Plastic plants Smh. 🙄
REmove the rainbow shark for a few months so they can grow, or swap them out for the largest siamese agae eaters you have in another tank.
Put 4 of them in here so he has more targets to choose from.
What’s up brosky can you have 2 harks red tail and rainbow shark?
I wouldn't try it.
Give us the measurements of ur tank too pls .
I would take out the shark. I had a aggressive fish she ended up killing 4 of my fish. I took her out not they are acting natural and no more death
I wouldn’t get rid of that shark. He’s prettier than those algae eaters 😆. Maybe add like 5 or more roseline sharks in there so there will be a more diverse group for him to chase and you won’t have 1 or 2 fish singled out
I just have the algae eater as utilitarian. I can put Mollies or something in there if they don't work out.