Red tailed shark losing colour

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Subject Author Date Red tailed shark losing colour tmh 10-20-2005  Re: Red tailed shark losing colour slylittlei 10-20-2005  Re: Red tailed shark losing colour tmh 10-20-2005  Re: Red tailed shark losing colour Reach Out 10-20-2005
Posted by on October 20, 2005, 8:58 am Please log in for more thread options I got a couple of red tailed sharks last week (I was after some cichlids and these were in the same tank at LFS.. figured they must get on with each other based on that). One of them is fine... it's taken a liking to snacking on algae (which means it isn't competing for food with the other fish - a good thing I guess). The other one seems to have lost its tail colour today... I believe this means it's stressed in some way. Would adding more hiding places help? Or is it just not going to work having 2 of these things at once (35 gallon tank, so there's a reasonable amount of space for them to coexist). Tony Posted by slylittlei on October 20, 2005, 12:15 pm Please log in for more thread options tmh@nodomain.org wrote: > I got a couple of red tailed sharks last week (I was after some > cichlids and these were in the same tank at LFS.. figured they must > get on with each other based on that). > > One of them is fine... it's taken a liking to snacking on algae (which > means it isn't competing for food with the other fish - a good thing I > guess). The other one seems to have lost its tail colour today... I > believe this means it's stressed in some way. > > Would adding more hiding places help? Or is it just not going to work > having 2 of these things at once (35 gallon tank, so there's a > reasonable amount of space for them to coexist). > > Tony It's not going to work having two, IMHO, they're very territorial. :-( The least dominant one (the one that's looking sorry for itself) will eventually be harried to death - if I were you I'd find another home for it quickly. I'm surprised the retailer sold you 2 in the first place... Posted by on October 20, 2005, 2:02 pm Please log in for more thread options slylittlei wrote: > I'm surprised the retailer sold you 2 in the first place... They're priced in pairs, and I was positively encouraged to buy more than one (typically for an LFS they didn't ask any questions, just bagged them up and took the money. I know they're crap, but I've never had a sick fish from there, so whoever's looking after the tanks knows what they're doing at least, even if the assistants are clueless). The other one seems to have recovered now, but I don't know how long for... I arranged for some more hiding places anyway. It's staked out a corner and the other one seems to be content to leave it there. Tony Posted by Reach Out on October 20, 2005, 1:17 pm Please log in for more thread options > I got a couple of red tailed sharks last week (I was after some > cichlids and these were in the same tank at LFS.. figured they must get > on with each other based on that). > > One of them is fine... it's taken a liking to snacking on algae (which > means it isn't competing for food with the other fish - a good thing I > guess). The other one seems to have lost its tail colour today... I > believe this means it's stressed in some way. > > Would adding more hiding places help? Or is it just not going to work > having 2 of these things at once (35 gallon tank, so there's a > reasonable amount of space for them to coexist). > > Tony most good retailers would have told you buy one or more than two. The dominant one will harass the other till it dies or fades away. Ask the shop to take one back.(the faded one) Mike Similar Threads Posted Silver Shark Tank April 16, 2008, 2:33 pm