New Pictures... 265g male Hap/Peacock tank

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Very nice looking tank...fish too!

Where did that Bala Shark come from......those guys will get huge, I use to have one that was probably 9", tank mate for my Jardini back in the day.
 
1974Pantera said:
Very nice looking tank...fish too!

Where did that Bala Shark come from......those guys will get huge, I use to have one that was probably 9", tank mate for my Jardini back in the day.
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Saved him from a 10g tank if you can believe it. He was probably 5" then and he is around 7-8" now. He is excellent at scavenging for excess food and stirring up the substrate. My uncle had a school of bala sharks that were all around or over a foot and it was really fun watching them swim together.
 
very nice though I must point out that bala sharks require soft water and lots of plants and must be kept in groups of at least 6 i.e. they do not belong in rift lake tanks.
 
blackghostknife said:
very nice though I must point out that bala sharks require soft water and lots of plants and must be kept in groups of at least 6 i.e. they do not belong in rift lake tanks.
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"Many fish can withstand a temprature swing, or a pH swing in the wild. The thing that wild fish cannot tolerate is the presence of Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate. In the wild, fish never have come in contact with any of these 3 'pollutants', however they will experience pH swings and temp changes on a daily basis. It is my belief, as well as the belief of many others, that it is more beneficial to not tamper with the water parameters. It has been proven that it is better to do large frequent water changes, as most fish will adapt to the water paramaters of your tap water source. We change the water 2-3x a day, so we have no time for RO units or chemically adjusting the water, because we believe that 'Stability' is the most important paramaters, rather than matching ideal conditions."

This is from the sticky on these forums, about acclimating large fish. I do not completely disagree with you, but he has been in the tank for more than 8 months, has no missing scales, or any signs of stress. He is growing like crazy, and schools well with my twoRhamphochromis. I also have pleco's that are more accustom to soft water that have been thriving in my rift tanks for years. I think constant water is better than trying to chemically alter water to be more "natural", especially since 99% of the fish I have are tank bred semi-locally, not wild caught.
 
WOW, you have some beautiful fish!!
 
Beautiful fish and tank. The rock work makes me nervous I would hate to see one of those come crashing down.
 
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