Red Tailed Black Shark / Cichlid mix / Catfish

[leongreenway]

Red Tailed Black Shark / Cichlid mix / Catfish

Can anyone recommend a compatible Cichlid (no more than 5inches to be put in a 75Litre tank with a single Red Finned Black Shark.

I am also looking to get a catfish of some discription, no more than 5 inches.

I only have room for 3 fishes of this size I am told.

3 - 5 inch fish are what i ideally want as i am told RT Black sharks can get aggressive with smaller fish

Thanks

Leon

 

[OoHeatheroO]

I have my red tail black shark in a 55 gallon with 4 blood parrot cichlids

 

[Lateral Line]

Well, you'll want to avoid rift valley cichlids as they really prefer hard alkali water, and your shark won't.

Sharks generally are ambivalent towards cichlids, they don't look like sharks, so they tend to get ignored. I would have thought any of the non-aggressive SA cichlids would do, but you may get better advice from the folk in the cichlid forum http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showforum=28.

You may have more of a problem finding a catfish that suits. Sharks really can be very aggressive towards other fish which resemble themselves, and many catfish would fall into that category.

 

[B75]

I used to keep my red tailed shark with an angel fish and never had any clashes, but the only problem is that some angel fish can grow fairly big.

 

[leongreenway]

Thanks so far guys.

how long will it take for the shark to grow to full size, as i really want one and am willing to get a larger tank nearer the time.

Leon