How many bala sharks ina 120 gallon
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I wouldn't go with more than 3 for that tank size. And from my experience, as well as everything I've read, balas are actually very hardy, even as juvies. I bought two of them back in August-September of last year, then bought two more a week or two later, and all four of them are still alive and well now, and so far none of them have ever even been sick (and I didn't exactly have the best maintenance habits when I first got them, either).
Well, the more space, the better, but as Darth Scohin said, this applies to all fish. Really, I think your tank would be fine for just three of them. Personally, I don't think balas would be very appealing in a pond, they are much more interesting when viewed from the side rather than the top (if you're looking at them from the top, then you may as well just have a pond full of regular native minnows, imo).Ponddigger;4379129; said:
you could do 5 but that is with no tankmates, with tankmates you could go 3, but really a 125 6'x2'x1.5' would do better for them
I was thinking to get a plastic 150g stock tank and cut a hole in the side for a window, would that work?
It's hard to tell without the rest of the dimensions given, but 2' is a little shorter than a standard 150 gallon tank, which means that it should have a slightly bigger footprint, so it may work, but I can't tell you for sure without the other dimensions (or its other dimension, if it has a circular footprint).Ponddigger;4381859; said:
