I have a molly, 3 tetras, a guppy and a pleco. Is it ok for me to buy a silver/bala shark? How many can I have.....Will one be okay by itself?
Also if anyone can tell me about a pleco's diet....what I should feed it, when, how? please help.
Thanks
2007-08-21 05:14:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
my tank is 80 gallons....and I am feeding my plec catfish fast sinking pellets...is that ok? does that change things?
2007-08-21 05:44:15 · update #1
Bala sharks do best in a community of 3
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1177
so it will be ok for your tank
but most likely they will go after your tetras and guppy's, just be warned
Compatibility:
Balas are easy going for such potentially large fishes. They will consume very small fishes, but by and large leave other fish livestock be. Unfortunately, there are many instances where the opposite is not true and they should categorically not be housed with aggressive fishes like most neotropical and African cichlids or easily scared, slow-moving tankmates (e.g. Discus, Angels). Ideally, they're kept in biotopic settings with other livestock hailing from the same region as they are (Asia: Mekong and Chao Phraya basins, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo.)... medium to larger gouramis, barbs, danios, other minnow-sharks, loaches... and Asian catfishes from similar locale.
And your pleco is fine in there as well, as long it's not one of the bigger ones, and the algae pellets are good for him
http://www.peteducation.com/category_summary.cfm?cls=16&cat=1923
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
2007-08-21 07:40:25 · answer #1 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hi, A bala shark will do just fine in a 80 gallon tank. Since they do get very large and become a little more aggressive as they get larger. They might eat your tetras and guppies. I would try some other kind of fish. Like a rummy noise tetra. they can get to be about 2 inches size. They have a red noise & silver body much like a Bala shark. You could keep a school of them, say about 12 or so.
2007-08-21 12:59:07 · answer #2 · answered by fishbarn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you shouldnt really put balas singly, they will get massive and need a larger tank, like stated they will need over 100 gallons and so will the plecos.
plecos will eat algae waffers.
2007-08-21 12:29:50 · answer #3 · answered by ballerina_kim 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It will be fine, but better off with a few equal sized community fish. Pleco's eat anything, but they will apprciate live bloodworms and love green water.
2007-08-21 12:29:33 · answer #4 · answered by squeezie_1999 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
how many gallons,
balas like school so they dont freak out as much(which is still alot) they will get over a foot lonh and jump so you will be looking at over 100 gallons for a school.
Common plecos will getover 24 inches so your still looking at over 100 gallons.
So if you have over a 125 then you can get some balas, if not...dont get them.
Plecos will eat algae waffers, hikari makes alage waffers that are good for plecos. You can also try human food, like swiss chard and spinach.
you feed a pleco just like other fish, once aday.
2007-08-21 12:23:18 · answer #5 · answered by Coral Reef Forum 7 · 2⤊ 6⤋
one shark will be OK by them selves they are not aggressive in them selves and make good community fish,
i put a wafer block in my tank for my pleco at night they eat the algae and the food on the bottom of my stones that the other fish don't eat
2007-08-21 12:22:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 5⤋
how big is your tank?
2007-08-21 12:20:15 · answer #7 · answered by excitement 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋