Hello! My 8 year old daughter won a goldfish at a recent school carnival and never having owned fish, we almost killed it by putting it in a goldfish bowl. We quickly learned that it needed a tank, filter etc.and were excited to be offered a free tank set up if we would agree to take the sole occupant of the tank as part of the deal. The owner had been given the fish as a gift and didn't know what it was, other than it was a tropical fish. I naively thought we could just let the goldfish share the tank with the "mystery fish", but when I went into a local pet store I was told that tropical fish needed warmer water than gold fish and that it would probably not be a good idea. Anyway, to make a long story short, we have now have "TWO" 10 gallon tanks, one with our 25 cent carnival goldfish and one with the mystery fish which I have been able to identify as a rainbow shark. My question is, the goldfish is happy, active and eats like a pig, but the rainbow shark just hides behind the thermometer and we never see him come out or swim around. The little bit of info that I picked up on the web seem to indicate that he is a shy fish and recommended that we put a pipe into his tank for him to hide in. So is he just a really shy fish, or could he be sick? Hope someone can help! Thanks!
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