10" Tinfoil barb and 12" Asian red tail cat compat
Posted: 30 Jul 2003, 17:34
No, they most definitely are not. Just thought you might like to know.
They don't like tankmates.
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10" Tinfoil barb and 12" Asian red tail cat compat
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Posted: 30 Jul 2003, 17:35
What were you thinking when you were giving the RTC a tankmate?
They don't like tankmates.
They don't like tankmates.
Posted: 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).
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).
Posted: 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.
Posted: 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.
Posted: 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????
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????