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Sounds like your rts has had his nose put out of joint by introducing the barbs. Could it be the size of your tank?

Fed tonight for the first time, not sure if it was because he was hungry, or the bloodworm I put in tonight!

Red tail sharks are a very teratorial, and are notorious for this behaviour. Unfortunatly I don't think there is too much you can do to calm him down. How long have they been together?

this is interesting! I will also be keeping an eye on it.

Snails - bain of my life!!! My loaches love eating them, unfortunatly they dont get rid of the shells after they have finished!

Thanks minxfishy, had not realised about the temperature, maybe i'll drop it a degree or so. Co;ours good though.

I have to agree and say that when I have kept tiger barbs in the past, this behaviour of isolating itself from the rest of the shoal and standing on its head was not a good sign.

When I had the internal Jewel filter fitted I would clean it on a weekly basis, but I removed that and now have two large external filters, which I must say only get serviced about once every 12 months.

Variety has got to be the way ahead!

Looks impressive.

The tank is fully cycled, has been set up for over three years. It is a 260 litre community tank running at around 29/30 degrees. There are 4 other rainbows in there, 4 clown loach, a plec, 5 rummy nose tetras, 5 dwarf pencil fish and 4 panda corys. I feed them on the 'Tetra Min' crisps (and...

Hi all, 5 days ago a friend of mine gave me a large bosemani rainbow, and I have not seen him eat in all the time hes been in my tank. Could this be him being 'shy' or is there more to it?

Hi all, Just registered for TFF and thought I should say hi first. Kept tropical fish for a few years now, but thought it might be nice to expand my knowledge through other peoples experiences. So I look forward to it! :D