Rainbow sharks are omnivorous and can and should eat most anything. however, i don't know if the loaches you are looking at have a shy nature or not.Feed it a diverse diet. My redfin doesn't bother my clowns or my kuhlis. I'd say your albino redfin won't mind the loaches, as mine rarely bother with their own species (which they are most aggressive against). but a tank with lots of territories is definitely helped me keep them all getting along, there's a place for everyone. they are all rather young right now and who knows what sort of choas is awaiting me. they all get along well, the chasing is all in play, but. the cae is a bit shorter than the red fin though. they all get along, and i'm surprised the redfin doesn't chase the rtbs more or the albino red fin because they're less than half his size. the cae will chase the rtbs out of his little hiding place, but won't hurt anyone. and albino redfin hangs out in some plants and rarely gets chased by the rtbs but is not bothered by the redfin. and the redfin hangs out in a car, chases the rtbs sometimes. I have a cae, a rtbs, a red fin and an albino redfin in the same tank. He'll most likely leave them be at whatever they're doing. Moreso an 'I chase you, you chase me' event.Īnyway, I don't think you have to worry about your fish swallowing the loaches. Every time I've seen them chase each other it seems to be more playful, because one never seems to get close to the other, no color fading, no fin nipping or other acts of aggression as such. Moreso a 'hey, this is my cave, remember?' behavior. And the chasing never seems very aggressive or mean-spirited. The bullying is evened out, and therefore one particular fish doesn't take the brunt. They get along best in a group of at bare minimum 3, but six is ideal if you want more than one.Īs I said, my friend has a rtbs, a rainbow, and an albino rainbow. Two in a tank is a very bad idea, because one will ALWAYS become dominant, take their picking of food, and chase the other relentlessly. The situation between your two rainbows is normal. They usually butt heads with other fish of their kind. I've never found them picking on tiny fish. The rainbows actually have pretty tiny mouths.Īnd their preference is vegetable matter- sinking wafers, algae, what have you. I also heard of a Rainbow shark actually protecting a group of baby fish- what kind, I can't remember- in his cave when the mother died shortly after breeding. Patooti was in with baby guppies, and he never touched one of them in a mean way. I've always heard loaches and rainbow sharks being recommended in communities together, and haven't seen any reason to doubt this recommendation yet. And if he doesn't chase your top feeders, which sounds odd to me because that's what they usually seem to like to chase if anything, I think you've got a pretty placid rainbow, and I don't think you have any reason to be worried. He'll warm up, unless you've truly got a psycho on your hands. I highly doubt any trouble with your albino- in fact, Rainbow sharks are some of my favorite fish and are fun to watch. He's never actually acted on this though, he always just goes into his caves like a sook, and warms up to them by the next day. In where he swims a bit more aggressively. White's red fin, Patoot, will sometimes show a bit of irritation to new arrivals- in the form of flicky-swimming. I think he's just attracted to how zippy they are. VERY occasionally, he has chased the giant danios- but that's very short lived and never harmful. He's even been known to back off when they get serious about chowing down. He doesn't bother the clowns, kuhli's, catfish, or barbs- in fact, he shares food with them, especially the clown loaches. My Tanooki has always been accepting of all the other fish I've had. They've never ever actually done harm to each other or other fish. They actually get along relatively well! Occasional chasing, but other than that very peaceful and just stick to their own territories. One of my friends has a very large tank including a rainbow, an albino, AND a rtbs. And, he's only ever given them very light hearted chasing- nothing harmful. I find my shark has only ever been bothered by sharks of tha same species, or very similar fish. It think the aggression between rainbow sharks and other fish can sometimes be a bit stretched. I don't know if it's true for all of them though!) My rainbow shark (not an albino, but there's not a true difference in personality- they claim the albino is more docile and I've seen that in the albino my friend has.

Albino rainbow shark