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Shown above,
a Beautiful
Rainbow Shark
about 4" long.
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Here's
a 2.5" long
Rainbow Shark
that lives in
a 55-gallon
aquarium with
Angelfish, Cory
Catfish, Clown
Loaches, a Yoyo
Loach, a few
Bushymouth
Plecos. So
far the fish has not
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Here is the
same fish
but now grown to
be almost 4"
long. Very
hardy,
energetic, and
fun to watch
interacting with
the other fish.
You can see this
fish's white
"lips" in this
picture.
Sometimes two of
these Rainbow
Sharks get very
excited, swim
along side each
other, and open
and close their
mouths rapidly.
At that time the
white "lips" are
very prominent. |
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Scientific Name:
For a long time
the scientific
name was listed
as Labeo erythrurus.
But now it is
Epalzeorhynchos
frenatum.
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Comments
When they
live together in large numbers in large aquariums, these sharks get along
very well with each other. But if you have less than six sharks,
they'll begin to quarrel, and the weakest ones will be miserable. So if you keep Rainbow Sharks, keep one or keep
many, but don't keep just a few together in the same aquarium. |
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Rainbow Sharks are
Beautiful, energetic, hardy, and rather aggressive to other Sharks, but not quite as aggressive as
Red
Tail Sharks. Most sharks are not aggressive to other types of fish. So sharks make good tank mates for many types of fish. But as mentioned above it's best to have just one Rainbow Shark or
one Red Tail Shark in an aquarium, or more than six, but not just a few.
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This picture shows some Pink Rainbow Sharks in our
facility. They are the same species as Rainbow Sharks, just a different color variety.
Pink Rainbows are less aggressive than Rainbows.
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Appropriate
Home
An aquarium with an
exterior power filter with a BIO-Wheel, a
maximum of 1/4 inch of
gravel, and an
aquarium heater
adjusted to between 76 and 80 degrees F. Eventually a Rainbow Shark will need a large aquarium with at least 50-gallons of water. Click
here
for more about warm water aquariums.
All Sharks are
Jumpers, so the aquarium they live in must have a cover with no holes. Click
here
for more information about aquarium covers.
Rainbow Sharks need a piece of pipe or a cave.
Pieces of
plastic pipe were cut from a long pieces of pipe that we bought at Home
Depot. Before we put the pieces of pipe in our aquariums, we cleaned them in warm water. Next we tested them in a small aquarium with a few fish to be sure they weren't toxic.
Finally we put the pieces of pipe in our large aquariums with lots of fish. You might prefer to buy an ornamental cave or rocks that is labeled for use in
aquariums. Click
here for more about how to avoid contaminating your aquarium.
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Most Sharks,
Loaches, and Eels
love Cichlid Stones,
which are natural
looking ceramic aquarium
caves . Click
here for more about
Cichlid Stones.
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Recommended Diet
Floating flake food. Perhaps some sinking food pellets but be careful because uneaten food
will soon spoil and pollute the water.
Be sure to always use a small net to remove uneaten food after
about 10-minutes. Click
here
for more about feeding fish. I feed these fish a few Black Worms every other day. Click
here for more about Black Worms.
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Compatibility
Only one
Red Tail Shark or one Rainbow Shark or one Pink Rainbow Shark to an
aquarium, or many, but not just a few. Otherwise, the strongest shark will make the others miserable. All
Gouramis, all
Barbs including
Tinfoil
Barbs, all
Danios, all
Rainbows, a school of
Bala
Sharks, and a school of
Clown Loaches. Click
here to read more about several groups of compatible fish.
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Size and Life Span
Rainbow Sharks live for several years and grow slowly to a length of 9" and rarely even longer.
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Click
here now to continue on to another web page that contains
Customer Comments and our Replies about Rainbow Sharks.
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