Red tail shark school?

[micaiah12]

Hey I was wondering. Can you have a red tail shark in schools of three?

 

[bud29]

Red tail sharks are ordinarily very aggressive to their own species, so it probably would not be a good idea.

 

[stingrays4]

Hi as already been said,not a good idea makes you wonder how they live in the wild though?

 

[micaiah12]

Well see that's what I though, but I was talking with my uncle and he's studied fish stuff for college. He said he's had multiple tanks with three or more red tail sharks. He said they school together and are perfectly happy together. He's showed me pictures of them in the same tank and everything. They are quite big and he has them in a 50 gallon tank.

 

[jcolon]

Well see that's what I though, but I was talking with my uncle and he's studied fish stuff for college. He said he's had multiple tanks with three or more red tail sharks. He said they school together and are perfectly happy together. He's showed me pictures of them in the same tank and everything. They are quite big and he has them in a 50 gallon tank.

Ha ha .. He should consider himself lucky. His experience is the exception rather than the rule. There have been instances of some small RTS school co-existing, but it's not something I'd risk.

 

[Freshwater fish guy]

Don't do it there aggresive

 

[micaiah12]

Well yeah. He said to do it. You have to have the perfect PH and water parameters and feed them perfectly.