Albino Red Finned Shark

[MitcherNeaf]

Hi i was wondering about the albino red finned shark. I have been reading about them and have seen some comments from owners and alot with only 1 shark say that they are very skittish and hide all the time. And others that have 2 or 3 say that they are more active and dont hide as much. I was wondering if anyone knew much on these guys, cause alot of the sites say to keep them alone but it seems that people are having more luck with 2 or 3 for comfort measures. And im guessing if i get one of these a red tailed shark would be out of the question...
mitch
btw have 3 bala's, 3 clown loaches, common pleco in 55gallon looking to upgrade soon.

also i wanted to ask how many cherry barbs woudl you say, ive heard 2 different stories, get 2 cause they really dont school. or get 4 or 5 cause then even though they dont school they still interact with eachother and could get some breeding.

 

[ksfishguy]

Rainbow Shark

When my tank was still newly cycled my rainbow hid most of the time. Once the tank aged he was out all of the time. It took a month or two but now he eats and runs all of the tank. I have a tall 42 gallon hex and he has even eaten off the top of the water.

 

[WaterPond]

all fish have different personallities so i would say that they cannot generalize that all of these fish are skittish. I would say it depends on the fish and the caretaker.

Give them i try if you would like.

About the cherry barbs, i would go with three or more. Even if they do not school the do appreciate company.

 

[vthokie]

I have a regular red-finned (rainbow) shark. For the first week, he hid under the driftwood most of the time. But now he's out almost constantly, which is nice 'cause he's such a beautiful fish. He's the only real bottom-dweller in the tank...the others are tiger barbs.

 

[FuzzyRag]

Same deal with my tank, he's out all the time, and he's the only real bottom dweller. Most of the fish in my tanks are rosey barbs.

 

[MitcherNeaf]

Cool deal thanks for all the info guys, i think ill go with 1 of the albinos cause my wife just seems to love them and i want her to get into the fish tank alittle more. And along with that ill go with 3 or 4 cherry barbs, they would add some nice color variation to the tank. Are there any other barbs anyone would recomend because of their small size i could have a few different types and get away with it. I was thinking about either Tiger barbs or Rosey. Or might stickw ith some small gourami's instead. So many choices, so little space...
thanks
mitch