Do red tail shark eat floating pellet or sinking pellet?

[Nuttawet]

Do red tail shark eat floating pellet or sinking pellet?

Thank you,
Sam

 

[10 Tanks]

Hello Sam. Sinking pellets work for those fish preferring to spend time foraging on the bottom of the tank.

10 Tanks (Now 11)

 

[Nuttawet]

So float or sink?

 

[10 Tanks]

So float or sink?

Hello again. I believe I said sinking.

Have fun with the tank!

10 Tanks (Now 11)

 

[Nuttawet]

Aha! nice thank you very much 10 Tanks.......
By the way can red tail shark eat floating pellet?

 

[WhistlingBadger]

They can eat floating pellets, but it is difficult for them. As 10tanks said they prefer to eat off the bottom. So sinking pellets are better.

 

[Nuttawet]

Thanks and thanks again....

 

[Nuttawet]

If they eat floating pellets will it cause anything?

 

[WhistlingBadger]

If they eat floating pellets will it cause anything?

It will cause them to have a difficult time eating. Other than that, no.

 

[Colin_T]

They also need algae and driftwood to help their digestion.

 

[Nuttawet]

More questions incoming.....
What is the different between red tailed black shark and albino red tail shark other than their colors?

 

[Colin_T]

nothing. albino redtail sharks are just an albino redtail shark.

 

[Nuttawet]

K thanks..... Te he he he......

 

[Byron]

It is probably worth mentioning that this fish, either the red tail black shark or the albino form, needs a 4-foot long tank. It also has an often nasty disposition, and other substrate fish can be pestered to say the least and even killed.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Yep, they can get really mean as they get older, and not just to the substrate fish. Mine was perfectly well-behaved until he got about 3-4 inches long. Then he started terrorizing the entire tank, even the top-dwellers, and had to be removed. They are one of the most striking fish in the hobby and well worth keeping, but you need to have a plan for rehoming. Or just keep it by itself.