hi to fish people my name is derick i've been keeping tropical fish for a while now i have a( r.t.b shark) he is a bully all he does is chase all the other fish and eat, but his colour is brilliant i will try to post a pic or two.

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he is nice Derick,,,,,,,,,my parents had fish tanks,,, they had angel fish that i liked ,and i think they had black mollys ,( think thats what they were called,) guppies and them neon tetras,,( sorry not sure how to spell it,) they are pretty to look at,,,,a tank fall of nice coloured fish,,,

Lovely fella - my favourite tropical fish out of all of them - hes a stunner but I also found them to be bullies sometimes

I used to have one of those in my 3ft set up but as he was bigger than everything else he used to play 'the big I am!!' card.

I stuck him in my 6ft set up and that soon calmed him down. He is approx 3" and I have a bala shark in there that is three times his length.

the words "NOW BEHAVE" were shouted when he went in there.
He's now a well behaved little shark with his HUGE tank mates

RTB's are quite territorial at times and are best kept in as big a tank as possible,prefereably 4ft. They are fin nippers are nocturnal andshould be given plenty of hiding space to calm their behaviour.

i had a black one and an albino one. the black one killed the albino. big bully he was.
still i think they are beautiful fish.
in the last 2 tanks i had were small tropicals, (angels, gouramis etc).
in the other were 4 red bellied piranhas.

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georges mummy

its been a long time since i had tropical fish but if i remember correctly our red tail was a night mare.Dont think pet shops give enough advice on fish.I made big mistake buying "blind cave fish" they were little sods.LOL

I Used To Have One Of Them ... He Used To Bully His Little Mate .. called rodney ... he was called del boy

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wow hes nice i have one also hes is with my angel fish and they just go to there respective corners

Nice piccy! Red tailed black sharks are well known for their boisterous behaviour however this can be lessened to an extent by providing plenty of cover in the form of plants and bogwood.

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Luke (The fish dude)

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