What fish can I mix with red tailed sharks?

I have a 55 gal tank with 2 red tailed sharkes and 2 silver with black fins sharks.The red tailed sharks are only about an inch long,and the silver sharks are about 2 inches long.I want more fish in my tank these fish tend to hide a lot.I have a lot of drift wood and artificial plants.Also can I put live plants in the tank that is will these fish eat the lie plants?

What fish can I mix with red tailed sharks?
Hmm most tropical fish? Unlikely...



Sharks have a gill network which utilises what we call ram-ventilation. In lamen terms the fish swims and as it swims, water will pass through the multiple vertical aperatures along its outer sides. As the water flows through these aperatures, oxygen is removed from the water, before it flows once again out of the gills.



This being said, pulling oxygen out of moving water in itself is a mighty feat! And obviously the multiple slits allow the shark to pull more than 1 stream of water in to absorb more oxygen than it would with only 1 gill aperature. Because of this manner of breathing sharks have, it makes them horrible specimens to maintain in captivity with just about anything but other sharks. This behavior can be regarded as invasive for any territorial fish you may wish to keep.



To also denote some facts to you, the "Silvershark" I expect you are refering to the "Bala shark" which is a cyprinidae, not a shark. Again to take into consideration the "Red Tailed shark" also is a offset of the Bala shark, what is refered to as the Silver Shark.



Amongst this confusion I'll get to the point, they're not sharks.



So again, to the point.



They're agressive generally with fish of their own kind, and can hold their own in a tank of cichlids. They grow quite large so you need a large amount of water when they reach adulthood aswell.



Tropical tank.co.uk says:



This fish is very territorial and can be aggressive, particularly towards its own species, but also to others, especially similar-looking species. Therefore it is advisable not to mix it with species such as the Red-Finned Shark, or other Epalzeorhynchos species, Siamese Algae Eaters (C. siamensis), etc. The aggressive nature can become more apparent with age.

Good tankmates would include robust midwater fish such as barbs, rainbowfish, and larger tetras
Reply:most tropical fish will get along with your fish. the fish will eat the algae that grows on the plants
Reply:Since your red tail sharks and silver sharks (also call Bala Shark) are still small, you can keep them with some larger tetras or barbs. But do note that the Bala shark could grow quite big. My grew to over 1/2 a feet in my tank.