Bala/Silver Shark Questions

Does anybody know what size tank a bala or silver shark would need? would a 5 gallon be ok? Miley

 

Bala sharks are beautiful. I have two and they are fun to watch. to answer your question no. Balas need room my tank is 55gal. and I don't think it is big enough, They are still young, about nine mounths, so far so good, but hopefully I can justifie a bigger tank in the near future. MTS maybe ;D ;D

 

yeah - I kinda figured it was too small but thnx for answering and also what does MTS mean? Miley :-*

 

yeah - I kinda figured it was too small but thnx for answering and also what does MTS mean? Miley :-*

Multiple Tank Syndrome



Riley--

 

LOL that's funny - I am saving money to get more tanks LOL Miley

 

Does anybody know what size tank a bala or silver shark would need? would a 5 gallon be ok? Mile

I'm in the same boat as you. I've got a 13 gallon tank and have just bought three balas for him.

They are babies just now, but I'm going to need to rehouse to get a tank big enough for them if we are to keep them

 

Balas require a large aquarium, approx. 70gallons, with driftwood, rocks, and spots of dense vegetation. This shark does best in small groups of 3 or more, as they prefer to school in the aquarium. liveaquaria says that this shark can grow to about 10".