Dying Bala Shark, Need Quick Advice
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Um... thanks for sharing your input, but you contradicted your own advice. They are in a 225 gallon, and have been kept together for over a year with absolutely no interraction between them..... and pacus need much more than 180 gallons (well over double that, actually)....Piranha101;4588075; said:
Thanks. I'm kind of surprised at how depressed this loss made me, it's really the first time I've actually been at all upset about losing a fish, but I guess its just because I know that it was a direct result of a noob mistake on my part.... and it doesn't help that this was my first loss since I first set up the tank back in July of 2009.AreoN;4588090; said:
i've lost so many fishes too in the past due to lack of experience from fish keeping. but one thing is for sure, we all learn from our mistakes! think of it as a lesson thought to you by your balas and maybe... just maybe, it would make you feel less depressed as you are now.
Sorry to read, we lost our monster bala years ago and was very sad but to lose three must be heart breaking.
Just a note on the post above a 180 is not big enough for a pacu.
As for your remaining fish, I'd try and sell it on rather than risk losing it, monster balas are pretty hard to come by unless you grow them on and they take ages to get to a good size.
Just a note on the post above a 180 is not big enough for a pacu.
As for your remaining fish, I'd try and sell it on rather than risk losing it, monster balas are pretty hard to come by unless you grow them on and they take ages to get to a good size.
You could've put him in a net at the top of the tank.......sorry about the loss, they were really nice
Tbh, I'm not sure I could bring myself to sell it (especially right after losing the others)...Yanbbrox;4588143; said:
My dad knows someone who may want to take the pacu, so if he does take it, I'll start looking for some decent sized balas and hope I get lucky... I think if I can find some over 5", they should be fine with the aro.
Thanks, but the only problem is that I should have known better, but somehow I still managed to forget (to dechlorinate the water)...AreoN;4588141; said:
