My dad's fish - Aquarium Advice

mentallylost · 06-18-2005, 10:43 PM

I feel for for dad's tank right now. I just got off of the phone with him and we were talking about fish. He just saw mine on the internet so he wanted to tell me about his. He has a 29 gallon tank with 6 Tinfoil Barbs and a Bala Shark. He was saying that they are all about 6" now. Don't these fish get to be about 13" long or so? I hope that he finds a [acronym:c60f79ad6e="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:c60f79ad6e] to bring them to. Or a larger tank for them.

greenmaji · 06-18-2005, 10:49 PM

My grandmother had a school of 5 tin foils in a 55 by themselves for 15+ years.. they were huge.. Id say somewere around 10-12"s.. The Bala Shark sounds like it needs a new home and the tin foils would be great in a 75 gallon..

**QTOFFER** · 06-19-2005, 12:37 AM

A 90 [acronym:778002f30d="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:778002f30d] tank would make a great Father's Day present!

krap101 · 06-19-2005, 12:39 AM

if you made it yourself it would mean more. but yo dont have enogh time

Andos99 · 06-19-2005, 12:57 AM

Tinfoils rock! I had 3 in a 45 [acronym:059df03532="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:059df03532] tall years back. They all lived to be about 8 years old and died about 6 weeks apart (to old age I think). Fully grown they were only about 8 inches due to whatever constraints, presumably the aquarium size, but they seemed happy throughout all the years. I'm sure they would have thrived better in a larger tank, but I was young and broke back then.

06-18-2005, 10:43 PM	#1
mentallylost Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: May 2005 Location: Olympia, Washington Posts: 289 Images: 6	My dad's fish I feel for for dad's tank right now. I just got off of the phone with him and we were talking about fish. He just saw mine on the internet so he wanted to tell me about his. He has a 29 gallon tank with 6 Tinfoil Barbs and a Bala Shark. He was saying that they are all about 6" now. Don't these fish get to be about 13" long or so? I hope that he finds a [acronym:c60f79ad6e="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:c60f79ad6e] to bring them to. Or a larger tank for them.

06-19-2005, 12:39 AM	#4
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06-19-2005, 12:57 AM	#5
Andos99 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 783 Images: 3	Tinfoils rock! I had 3 in a 45 [acronym:059df03532="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:059df03532] tall years back. They all lived to be about 8 years old and died about 6 weeks apart (to old age I think). Fully grown they were only about 8 inches due to whatever constraints, presumably the aquarium size, but they seemed happy throughout all the years. I'm sure they would have thrived better in a larger tank, but I was young and broke back then. __________________ If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when are you going to have time to do it over.

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06-18-2005, 10:49 PM	#2
greenmaji Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Central Kentucky Posts: 5,937	My grandmother had a school of 5 tin foils in a 55 by themselves for 15+ years.. they were huge.. Id say somewere around 10-12"s.. The Bala Shark sounds like it needs a new home and the tin foils would be great in a 75 gallon..

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QTOFFER Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kew Gardens, NY Posts: 3,701 Images: 30	A 90 [acronym:778002f30d="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:778002f30d] tank would make a great Father's Day present!