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They are very agressive and territorial. I would only get one if you do decide you want one but be prepared for him to bully your other fish sometimes.
As stated above it will bully some other fish around. The tank size and the other fish in the will play a role in deciding if you should get one. In most cases it is better to only get one and to not have it in a community tank. If you do get one it must have it's own area of the tank or smaller fish may end up dead. Also try to get other fish that are the same size a to prevent them from being bulled real bad. Also a note these fish can get up to almost 7" if cared for properly.
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more than likely the only fish they will bully will be fish of their same shape or close to it and/or anything that may try to creep into their cave-space. That goes for bala's, rainbow sharks, abino rainbow sharks, probably most other sharks as well as most sport that torpedo shape. Anything else, they tend to leave alone. You might buy 2 and think they are fine and they will be for a little while but as they mature, so does their sense of territoy and with it is their aggression. The more mature, the higher the aggression. The sharks will kill to be the ruler of the floor if left long enolugh so it's advised against more than one.
i had 2 in a 5 gallon tank and the tore each other a part now i have rainbow shark least aggressive fish i have.
yeah, 5 gals is WAY too small. fish commonly get aggressive when they don't have enough space to swim and act normally. yet another reason why overstocking and too small a tank is bad.Cichlidkeeper20 said:
do u guys think it would be ok to have 2 ballas and one rainbow shark in a 37 g i 'm going to upgrade once the ballas get big
Newbie101balla said:
No, what if something happens and you can't upgrade "when they get big"? There are many other apropriate fishes, pick one of them so there's no possibility of stunting.