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Rainbow and Red Tail Sharks with Africans
By: summoner2183 Date: October 16, 2014, 8:44 am
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Here's a question... but I dunno if this is doable or not. I
asked John in an earlier Q and A episode in the podcast about
adding synodontis catfish and plecos and he said it is doable.
But I have seen some videos where they keep Red Tailed Sharks or
Rainbow Sharks with Africans like Peacocks, Haps or Mbunas.
Is it doable? Considerimg the aggression level of these guys, I
would imagine them not taking crap from the Africans. But I am
still on the fence on this, so would love to hear some advice
and opinions on this manner. Thanks.
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Re: Rainbow and Red Tail Sharks with Africans
By: Mazken Date: October 16, 2014, 9:47 am
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my father inlaw has a 150 gallon with 2 black tip sharks, a pair
of dragon blood peacocks, 2 sevrums, a silver arowana now i
ti=old him its was not a good idea to put the arowana in there
but he argued the fact and a convict cichlid. and they all seem
to do there own thang. been like that for about a year now so
ive seen it done. but like i told him watch your fish.
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Re: Rainbow and Red Tail Sharks with Africans
By: Stu4648 Date: October 16, 2014, 11:40 am
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Red Tails and Rainbow Sharks would prefer a planted tank which
may not lend itself to keeping with African Cichlids. The Red
Tails in particular will potentially harass anything that will
not stand up to them. In a very big tank this should not be an
issue but I have one in a 50 gallon and the only fish she does
not bother in there is a big male bristlenose pleco. He was the
only fish that laid down a marker early on, I woke up one
morning and she literally had a mark, a very large circular one
on her side were he got revenge for her pestering earlier in the
day. Needless to say she backed off after that. She just
harasses eartheaters now.
A lot of Africans do have the aggression to hold there own but
then you have to worry about the scales tipping the other way.
Sharks are all about aggressive posturing but there is no real
fight to back it up if things turn nasty. A cichlid with teeth
is going to shred one if they get suitably amped up. As Mazken
said above it may work but keep a close eye on them in case
things take a turn for the worse.
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Re: Rainbow and Red Tail Sharks with Africans
By: summoner2183 Date: October 22, 2014, 8:47 am
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I see... well, its just a weird thought I have and wondered if
it could be done.
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