Albino Rainbow Shark

Common Name
Albino Rainbow Shark
Other Common Names
Albino Red Fin Shark
Scientific Name
Labeo erythrurus species
Family
Cyprinidae
Community
Semi-Aggressive
Class
Shark
Temperature
78ºF
Swimming Range
Middle-Bottom
Adult Length
6 inches
Feeding Habits
Fresh spinach, zucchini, lettuce and algae. Small live foods such as fish, blood worms, tubifex worms, glass worms and brine shrimp. Frozen vegetable diet, blood worms, brine shrimp, plankton and glass worms. Will also accept flake, freeze dried and pellet foods.
Compatibility
Very territorial with all fish. Does not tolerate members of its own kind.
Habitat
Thailand: Decorate with live plants and plenty of rocks and driftwood for staking territories. Rainbow Sharks will stake a couple of territories at the same time.
Breeding
The back edge of the male's dorsal fin ends in a point and the female's forms a right angle. Rainbow's have been bred in captivity, but the success rate is low due to their lack of intolerance for each other.
Additional Comments
Juveniles need a lot of vegetation in their diet to promote proper growth and coloration. Without a proper diet their colors fade and their growth is stunted. The red color in the fins will fade in the albinos as opposed to their fins and body color.