Jason6942
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Hi y'all is a 60 gallon to small for a group if 4-6 bala sharks. And is there any other fish I could put in with them.
Hi y'all is a 60 gallon to small for a group if 4-6 bala sharks. And is there any other fish I could put in with them.
If there's small and you can get fish the same size AND keep up with water changes it would be OK jest make arranges with some local pet store to have a trade in and you would like to get smaller ones and you can keep doing that. Small pet stores love it cuz they can sell them for more but they need to be healthy. This is MY Opinion....
They are skittish so don't spook them. They are social. Who are you going to trade them with? Most pet stores get lots of calls to take in tank busting fish so I hope that's not your plan
Ok this is kinda contreversial but honestly unless you have the money and space to huy a 1000 gallon or bigger you really dont have the means to care for balas. They are very active and 12-14 inches full grown. They are powerful to crack some glass even. Even a 150 is extrdmely inadaquete. A 150 long would only be a foot or 2 wide and that is barely enough room for them to turn around.
It's not controversial, it should be mandatory. Great post.
I don't like it when people buy fish like bala sharks to keep for a little while only to trade them in.
LFS shouldn't stick such large growing fish on such a large scale they should be special order then people wouldn't just go into a LFS and impulse buy