Albino Redtail Shark

Usually the rainbow shark is more streamlined and slender than the red tail shark. Red tail shark epalzeorhynchos bicolor. Albino red tail shark care tank requirements the minimum tank size recommended for the albino red tail shark is 55 gallons for one adult although the bigger the better in the case of this particular fish.

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Albino red tail sharks are very hard to breed in the home aquarium.

Albino redtail shark. Even the albino rainbow shark is often confused with the red tail shark. These fish are nearly extinct in the wild so the sharks you buy in the pet store or online are almost always bred on specialty farms most often in thailand. Labeo bicolor is a carp species in cyprinidae family.

Another big difference between the two sharks is the level of aggression shown by each species. The rainbow shark is a territorial fish. 75 gallons is ideal.

The red tail shark epalzeorhynchos bicolor also known as red tail black shark fire tail red tailed labeo and red tail shark minnow is a small freshwater fish native to thailand it was found in the clear waters and floodplains in the menam chao playa basin however due to excessive poaching it was thought to have become extinct. Whilst the albino rainbow shark maintains the red orange fins its body is white. A common variety of the rainbow shark is the albino rainbow shark.

Even expert aquarists have trouble getting these aggressive fish to tolerate each other long enough to reproduce. It will grow to a similar size as a traditional rainbow shark and matches several of their characteristics including being territorial. It s quite unusual and not demanding fish that attracts attention with its rare body coloring contrasting combination of almost black and red colors.