agresive shark?

[FishMan10005]

My red tailed shark keeps on chasing my platy and zebra danio around the tank. Is that bad? Is it trying to hurt them? What should I do if anything?

 

[tetra girl]

how big is he compared to your platy and zebra? It may be a territorial thing or he could get be playing or bullying

 

[gscorvette]

Well, I was thinking that with all my recent experience with FW sharks I could help you out but I was wrong.

Before moving my sharks to my 130g they lived with Zebra Danios and Neon and never messed with them at least to my knowledge.

Hopefully someone else will be able to help ya. I moved one of my sharks back to the 30g because I got sick of him/them (Rainbow and Red Tail) picking on my little baby balas.

The only real advice I can give is that keeping sharks tankmates that are larger definitely helps to keep the aggression in check.

Gretchen

 

[gscorvette]

Oh, I found this link last night when researching my own sharkie problems. Thought you might like to read.

http://www.petfishtalk.com/shows/020904.htm

 

[Luca]

Sharks get more and more aggressive as they get older (that's why they're called sharks ), you could either get a bigger tank, sell the shark, or get different tank mates. My red-tail got big and attacked my cherries and tiger barbs (15gal), i put him in a 70gal with blue gourami, large catfish and he was fine. Make sure he is fed enough too.

 

[FishMan10005]

The shark is probably about 3 inches in length and my platy is about 1-2 inches. The zebra is probably about 1 inch. I didnt think it was a territorial thing because the shark likes to stay in the cave that is in my aquarium and the zebra and platy likes to stay at the top of the aquarium.

 

[revengeishere]

my shark is dooing the same thing, but only to my SAEs. They are quick and fast tho, so im not having any problems. plus they grow as big as my shark....

 

[FishMan10005]

Well the platy and zebra are faster but they still get chased and i dont know if they are getting hurt or not. should i try selling the shark back to the fish store? Or should i just let him stay?

 

[RobMiller]

some sharks are more agressive than others, my first was a real shy tyrant, he chased everyone around if they got too close, but he died when he jumped out and my dog ate him. My new one is very very nice and social. he nevrr chases other fishes around. surprisingly he came from an all shark tank which was planted so he had some places to hide. My fist one was in his tank alone with a giant school of some other fishes that gave him a hard time.