Arinon
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Looking to get my feet wet (sorry) in the hobby and have spend a few weeks, checking out LFSs, online sites and forums such as this one, and generally trying to do my homework.
I’ve tenatively decided on the Bala Shark as the fish I wanna base my tank around. The trouble I have is that pretty much everytime I encounter information on them its always, get a bigger tank, get a bigger tank, btw you will need a bigger tank then that, etc. So I’m kinda worried that it’s not something I should be messing with.
Reasons I choose the Bala? Body style, schooling, active, reasonably sized, social, and fairly readily available.
70 gallon is certainly in the cards with perhaps something closer to 90. (4’x2’x2’ or some such). The question is, is this something I can hope to use for 3-5 Balas? If not at maturity then for how long assuming I picked up 2" ones? And what else could go in there with them? Was thinking some barbs and/or some sort of catfish or BGK.
Thanks.
I’ve tenatively decided on the Bala Shark as the fish I wanna base my tank around. The trouble I have is that pretty much everytime I encounter information on them its always, get a bigger tank, get a bigger tank, btw you will need a bigger tank then that, etc. So I’m kinda worried that it’s not something I should be messing with.
Reasons I choose the Bala? Body style, schooling, active, reasonably sized, social, and fairly readily available.
70 gallon is certainly in the cards with perhaps something closer to 90. (4’x2’x2’ or some such). The question is, is this something I can hope to use for 3-5 Balas? If not at maturity then for how long assuming I picked up 2" ones? And what else could go in there with them? Was thinking some barbs and/or some sort of catfish or BGK.
Thanks.