Silver Shark

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Militis

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Ok now i am worried that my tank is not going to be big enough for my oscar it is 55G it should keep him happy but i dont want to risk it so i was thinking i did more research yay -_- and came across a silver shark (bala shark) they are quite small but can get along with other fish ok that is a bonus the cost is ok i quite like them ok geting to the point is a silver shark a really nice fish to have and what would do you for his/her diet.

Also can you suggest some fish for a 55G??????.
 
At the least well cared for balas grow between 10-12".
Max size is listed as 16".

Yes, they're schooling fish. A 55g is not adequate for 1 much less a school. Or were you planning on doing a bigger tank (I don't know...you didn't list any other tank size though you hinted at upgrading :confused:)
 
Were you wanting to do schooling fish or no particular preference?

There's lots of african cichlids you could do in a 55g.

Smaller south american cichlids such as convicts (if you wanna go aggressive) or angelfish for a more peaceful tank.

As far as small schooling fish there are endless options...various species of tetras, rainbows, danios.

or were you looking at predatory?

Not sure what your preference is.
 
Ok now i am worried that my tank is not going to be big enough for my oscar it is 55G i
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I don't understand... You say your 55g isn't large enough for your Oscar, yet you want to add more fish?
 
lol.

Well start looking all over the website. I think you need to be more specific ;)

I dunno what you'd feel are monsters, but the problem with a 55g is it's very narrow front to back so that cuts out a lot of fish that you could keep just fine even in a 75g.

There are tons of aggressive smaller cichlids you could do. You could do a group of tanganyikan cichlids, a lot of those species are small enough to go in a 55g but look and act pretty predatory (like this fish for instance: http://www.fishaholics.org/show_fish.php?FishIndex=2).

You could do a red hi fin wolf fish.

Senegal bichirs.

I don't really know what your preferences are.
 
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