10" Tinfoil barb and 12" Asian red tail cat compat

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 30 Jul 2003, 17:34

No, they most definitely are not. Just thought you might like to know.

Post by **Silurus** » 30 Jul 2003, 17:35

What were you thinking when you were giving the RTC a tankmate?

They don't like tankmates.

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 04 Aug 2003, 15:52

It actually has two tankmates, a gibbiceps pleco and a Pseudodoras niger.

The gibbiceps is the L196 type with huge fins. It looks a lot bigger than it actually is; maybe confuses the Red tail's radar. And the Red tail's method of assault (attacking the flanks) is a no-no when it comes to a niger.

The barb, though, was definitely a mistake. Everything was fine for the first five minutes....

No serious harm was done because I implemented plan B. The barb (minus a few scales) lives instead with a Synodontis decorus, S. notatus, a pair of Hoplosternum littorale and a Snakeskin pleco (L161).

Post by **Silurus** » 04 Aug 2003, 15:57

Good thing you took it out early. I left a largish Mystus singaringan with my Hemibagrus, went away to do something else, and came back ten minutes later to find the Mystus as dead as a doornail.

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 04 Aug 2003, 16:44

That would have been the fate of the barb if I left it overnight. I thought it might be so different in appearance that the Red tail wouldn't bother with it.

abew330 · Post by **abew330** » 05 Sep 2004, 17:28

hello, i have just bought a red tail tinfoil fish about a little over a week now... i had other fish in my tank before i put in the red tail like 2 Bala/Silver Shark, 1 Neon Tetra, 1 Kissing Gourami, 1 Guppy, and 1 Plec (Hypostomus plecostomus).. the Plec was the last one to go.. anyway all have died now

and the only one left is the red tail.. i have notice that the red tail followed or copied or what every fish in the tank.. can you guys give me some input about this red tail????