Red Fin Sharks
Most specimens we purchase in our local fish stores are bred in commerical fish farms in thailand.
Red fin sharks. While being kept in a tank you could make the staple food from algae based fish feeding in any form. Rainbow sharks also known as red fin sharks or ruby sharks are small tropical freshwater fish native to thailand. In its wild house rainbow shark is omnivorous.
The shark like dorsal fin and beautiful red tail contrasted with the black body makes this fish very appealing. The rainbow shark epalzeorhynchos frenatum is a species of southeast asian freshwater fish from the family cyprinidae. Rainbow shark epalzeorhynchos frenatum also known as red fin shark and ruby shark is one of the most beautiful fish to keep in your aquarium and watching them is pure eye candy.
Maheep hi there is a very simple rule for rainbow n red fin sharks and some other semi aggressive fish like blue gourami either keep single in an aquarium or keep atleast 4 5 that way the dominant one doesnt always chase the same fish of its species and all get enough time for rest beside company i have 5 red fin and 1 rainbow often. Red tail shark epalzeorhynchos bicolor. Their diet vary from algae phytoplankton and zooplankton.
At first the fish all got along fine then one of the red tailed sharks basically took over the tank bullying everyone. I have 2 red tailed sharks 2 rainbow sharks a rhino pleco common pleco 2 koi s 6 tiger barbs 4 freshwater crabs and a blue freshwater lobster in a 60 gallon tank. The red fin shark was named for the menam mun river at tha chang east of korat in eastern thailand from where it was first collected and unlike the rainbow shark it is.
They are known for their vibrant red fins and being territorial. Red fin shark feeding. It is a popular semi aggressive aquarium fish.
Breeding the red tailed shark is extremely hard to breed in the home tropical fish aquarium. If you re looking to add some color and attitude to your aquarium this may just be the fish for you. The red fin shark epalzeorhynchos munense is a rare species of cyprinid fish found in the mekong chao phraya and mae klong rivers basins in indochina that closely resembles the rainbow shark epalzeorhynchos frenatum.
Tablet flakes or wafer. The red tail shark is an egg layer. Unlike true sharks which belong to the chondrichthyes cartilagenous.
It is also known as the ruby shark red fin shark red finned shark rainbow sharkminnow green fringelip labeo whitefin shark and whitetail sharkminnow. 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.
