can you put a red tail shark in plant tank i have angels

[edwin svejkovsky]

can you put red tail shark in plant tank i have angles now?

 

[Pepere]

Sure. The Red Tail Shark would love to nibble on your plants…

Keeping a 75 gallon tank with a red Tail Shark and a sizeable school of Tiger barbs with extensive driftwood, rock caves and lots of hardy easier plants is a someday goal for me. It is a few years away from realization though. I recently started my first 75 to be a playbox for Dutch Aquascaping, and starting another 75 in the basement for a plant farm to archive and propagate species to use in aquascaping… neither one amenable in my mind to keeping a Red Tail Shark…the Shark and Tiger Barb tank will need to wait until I renovate the livingroom and can have it in there.

 

[ElleDee]

There are many factors to consider, but how big is the tank? I love red tail sharks, but they get pretty large and can be cranky.

@Kwyet I love tiger barbs too and that tank sounds lovely to me!

 

[edwin svejkovsky]

can you put red tail shark in plant tank i have angles now?

 

[Pepere]

Angelfish and Red Tail Sharks are reputed to be compatible.

 

[Kwyet]

There are many factors to consider, but how big is the tank? I love red tail sharks, but they get pretty large and can be cranky.

@Kwyet I love tiger barbs too and that tank sounds lovely to me!

My tank is 125 gallons, with a Rainbow shark. The Rainbow started out in a 20 gallon when it was very small, so I think it just got used to the idea then that it was not the boss. At any rate it’s always gotten along with any other fish it’s been with, and was actually very chummy for years with a hybrid Synodontus. It does kind of rush the Pictus catfish during feeding time, but they don’t care and no damage is ever done. I think Red-Tails are supposed to be more aggressive than Rainbows though, once they are full-grown.