Rainbow sharks

ALFA WOLF · 07-16-2005, 08:31 PM

I was just wondering what rainbow sharks eat im getting worried i feed blood worms and flakes to other fish in that tank i usually see him picking for alge but i got pleco in their and it keeps it clean should i add alge discs for its food.

BlackArchFish · 07-16-2005, 08:33 PM

Rainbows are scavengers. I fed mine some Shrimp Pelletes, he was very happy with those. ^_^

shev · 07-16-2005, 09:09 PM

They'll eat flakes readily. but not fromt he surface. shrimp pellets and algae wafers are a favorite. they like bloodworms, but if they are freeze dried theyll float. try to take some flakes and put them under water so they dont float on the skin of the water. it'll pick them up from the bottom of the tank.

maxpayne_lhp · 07-16-2005, 09:19 PM

Mine eat right from the surface..... however, he didn't at first.

shev · 07-16-2005, 09:28 PM

Mine never has, but I did see the one at the store do that.

**fish_doc** · 07-16-2005, 09:30 PM

Just regular feedings of whatever you already use should be fine. they will take about anything they find.

**fish_doc** · 07-16-2005, 09:30 PM

Oh yea, Remember they are more of a night fish so you may not always see them eat.

ALFA WOLF · 07-17-2005, 10:39 AM

i use freeze dried blood worms they do float but then they fall to ground in big clump.

Cichlid Man · 07-18-2005, 07:33 AM

Just put some sinking granules in at night. They don't eat much but the food needs to reach the bottom in order for them to notice it. I've never seen my two albino red finned sharks eat for the whole year I've had them but they're still alive, so they must be living off something in there.

07-16-2005, 08:31 PM	#1
ALFA WOLF Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 414	Rainbow sharks I was just wondering what rainbow sharks eat im getting worried i feed blood worms and flakes to other fish in that tank i usually see him picking for alge but i got pleco in their and it keeps it clean should i add alge discs for its food. __________________ empty 10 gal.. any ideas lmao?

07-16-2005, 08:33 PM	#2
BlackArchFish Nerdical Maximus! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL Age: 19 Posts: 376	Rainbows are scavengers. I fed mine some Shrimp Pelletes, he was very happy with those. ^_^ __________________ -= 30 Gallon Long 4 Albino Cories, 1 Blue Ram, 1 Female Betta, 5 Flame Tetras, 6 Neon Tetras. -= 30 Gallon Tall 1 Marble Angelfish, 1 Male Betta. -= 10 Gallon Tank Gold Gourami.

07-16-2005, 09:19 PM	#4
maxpayne_lhp Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 2,174	Mine eat right from the surface..... however, he didn't at first. __________________ ~Nam Nguyen~

07-16-2005, 09:30 PM	#6
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,953 Blog Entries: 19	Just regular feedings of whatever you already use should be fine. they will take about anything they find. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

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fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,953 Blog Entries: 19	Oh yea, Remember they are more of a night fish so you may not always see them eat. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

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07-16-2005, 09:09 PM	#3
shev Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montana Age: 20 Posts: 1,620	They'll eat flakes readily. but not fromt he surface. shrimp pellets and algae wafers are a favorite. they like bloodworms, but if they are freeze dried theyll float. try to take some flakes and put them under water so they dont float on the skin of the water. it'll pick them up from the bottom of the tank.

07-16-2005, 09:28 PM	#5
shev Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montana Age: 20 Posts: 1,620	Mine never has, but I did see the one at the store do that.

07-17-2005, 10:39 AM	#8
ALFA WOLF Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 414	i use freeze dried blood worms they do float but then they fall to ground in big clump. __________________ empty 10 gal.. any ideas lmao?

07-18-2005, 07:33 AM	#9
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,093	Just put some sinking granules in at night. They don't eat much but the food needs to reach the bottom in order for them to notice it. I've never seen my two albino red finned sharks eat for the whole year I've had them but they're still alive, so they must be living off something in there. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

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