MONSTER Bala Shark Thread

[Acezoo]

I see them at the store all the time. But I don't have room...

 

[Freezekougra]

I've seen em at a store before but I heard they school so I don't have space D:

 

[cogs]

i had two a 8" and a 9" they forght all the time but they died when i moved house

 

[Trixsharks88]

8" and 9" are still a very good size

 

[Yanbbrox]

A few years ago now when I had the large community setup, pushing 10'' at the time:

 

[Trixsharks88]

He looks a lot like mine as they get bigger they FATTEN UP

 

[Trixsharks88]

ive found that brine shrip and tubifix worms regular food and feeders work the best for the monsters


what does everyone else feed there balas

 

[Trixsharks88]

11in

 

[Egon]

I have 3 Bala's in my 360. The oldest (2 years) is only 10 inches and the two younger ones ( 1 year) are 7 inches. I feed them twice a day, dry food in the morning and frozen brine shrimp at night before the lights go out. I also put in greens like Brussels sprouts, cucumbers, lettuce, once every other day or so mainly for my Pleco. The Bala's love the greens! What I don't understand is other members 12 to 14 inch Bala's that are only a year old? I wonder if people are "guesstimating" or actually putting up a tape measure???? I have a fairly large tank, water parameters are good, temps are good (80) I'm feeding good food and frequent intervals. I find it hard to believe my Bala's are stunted in any way. It seems with fish/fishing and any kind of fish type events, size gets exaggerated.

 

[Cichla dude]

11in

nice balas