Bala Sharks

[Doggfather]

How many bala sharks should i get??? i'm getting one but i heard that it's better to get 2, is getting 2 a good idea??? also, could somebody tell me the price of a bala shark, it's night and the lfs is shut

 

[smb]

The more the better as they like to be kept in groups. They also need a lot of swimming room and you'll need a large tank as they get to around 14".

 

[Doggfather]

would a 40g tank fit two??? also, what plants to i need in my tank (live ones)

 

[CFC]

A 40g wont fit one let alone two and three is the minimum you should aim to keep, they need a minimum of a 75g tank and prefferably bigger.

 

[Doggfather]

how many gallons does a 4 ft tank hold?

 

[Cheese Specialist]

how many gallons does a 4 ft tank hold?

Depends on the other dimensions. I have a 4ft one and it's 35g and definately not big enough for a bala. The get h-u-g-e and tend to swim a lot.

I got one when I was first setting up my tank 2 months ago, then I got another because I thought the original one needed a friend. Unfortunatly they both died of ich within a week, and then I learned that there was no way I should have had them at all and if they had survived, they would have been too big for my tank and would have had to go to the lfs.