Rainbow shark
Epalzeorhynchos frenatum
Also called ruby shark, red fin shark.
One to a tank, and never with another shark. Holds a territory and keeps it.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 15 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 200 L, at least 120 cm long
- Temperature
- 24 to 27 °C
- pH
- 6.5 to 7.5
- Hardness
- 5 to 15 dGH
- Kept in
- on its own
- Temperament
- semi-aggressive
- Eats
- omnivore
- Swims
- near the bottom
- How hard
- easy
- Lives
- about 8 years
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether a rainbow shark fits the tank you have.