RED TAIL BLACK BODY SHARKS....

[OoHeatheroO]

I have a red tail black shark in a 30 gallon aquarium with 2 blood parrot cichlids and they seem to all be doing just fine. But in a week i am getting a 55 gallon tank. I was wondering what fish besides the blood parrot cichlids I can put in with the red tail shark..or should i just throw in a couple more parrots and be done with it?

Thanks!

 

[digital_run]

I keep my RTB with a pair of severums and never had a problem...whatever you do choose to add with him make sure it is fast moving and/or can match the aggressive nature that RTB's sometimes have.

 

[OoHeatheroO]

Do you think the Blood parrots would get along with a pair of sevrums?

 

[parker313]

Do you think the Blood parrots would get along with a pair of sevrums?

I think they would, but adding in sevs on top of blood parrots in a 55 would be way too much. Blood parrots can get REALLY aggressive when they get older and would most likely bully the shyer severums. Territory wise, you'd need a larger tank for 2 BPs and 2 Sevs.

Maybe a school of larger tetras or barbs - tiger barbs would work if the BPs are big enough...

 

[red-devil0602]

hi i've got a red tail and a red fin shark in the same tank along with all the other fish listed below apart from the syno. hope this helps

 

[michelle1968]

hi guys,,

I have a clown loach in with my red tailed and they even seem to be buddies....they even stay in the same boat together....dont know why but they get along really well together...

 

[michelle1968]

hi guys,,

I have a clown loach in with my red tailed and they even seem to be buddies....they even stay in the same boat together....dont know why but they get along really well together...

 

[Teelie]

Clown Loaches are shoaling fish so you need a minimum of three, ideally six. They would work fine in a 55 gallon tank for a few years but will eventually need something on the order of a 60 gallon (or larger if you have more than 6) to themselves. I have 4 very small ones in my 30 with an RTBS and a 3 Spot Blue Gourami but this will change once my loaches grow to a certain point. RTBS and Clowns are actually one of the recommended work-well-together community setups.

I can't think of any other fish offhand that would work. Maybe some smaller, less aggressive chiclids like Lemon Cichlids or perhaps Bosemani Rainbows though I don't know how aggressive your Parrots are.

 

[LoachLover]

I keep my RTBS with a school of Clown Loaches, they get along good.