australien killifish, discus, angelfish, been there done that. werry easy fish to keep with others. IF they get to have the upper layer of water to get speed racing in when young. they get alot more quiet when they get older.

I know im late on commenting and seeing this video but Bala sharks can get bigger than a foot. I used to have bala sharks growing up. Our Bala grew to be about 15 inches in size

I did too lol thankful our uncle has a koi pond. Right now our bala shark lives with common pelco bottom feeder and two koi fish. We have a 55 gal but they are only an inch and thin right now lol the shark and koi are same size. Im screwed 😔

@@houghtone96 hahahaha... I bought myself some Pacu too years ago. At the time the size is cute, what I didnt know is, that dude grow into size of a plate. I gave it to my friend that has pool for fish

Exactly! I had no IDEA one would get so BIG! When we bought it, it was SO tiny! It was only about 2 inches long - IF THAT! I got the tiniest one in the tank (the "RUNT"). 😅 It got up to almost 8 INCHES LONG! One morning I got up and he was floating, belly side up. I was DISTRAUGHT! I put it in the bathtub and kept swishing my hands back and forth to create oxygen bubbles for it. It started to swim again. I was so relieved. My husband, I & kids took off to Wal-Mart to get a new aerator, air pump, tubing, etc. to make SURE he was getting PLENTY of oxygen. We RUSHED back home ~ only to find "JAWS" on his back again - floating. We swished and swooshed our hands over and over, but nothing. We kept swishing while my husband got all the new equipment hooked up and going, then we put him back in the tank. He, eventually, rolled over and began to swim. He even ate good that night. Next morning, Jaws was belly up again. Unfortunately, that was his very last swim. 😢 I was so sad. I'd had him for SEEEEEEEVERAL years! And I had a silver dollar fish that I'd gotten at the same time as Jaws that was about as big as a nickel (maybe a TAD bigger) and it was ALMOST the size of a small saucer (for a teacup). It was BEAUTIFUL! It was a VERY short time after Jaws died that "Silver" died. Within days, my blue lobster (who had been through hell and back - previously) died, as well. It was all, just, really odd. I miss my little fishies. ❤

good move, next time do your research before buying any animal

He's a lazy bid guy. : -)

Good to hear!

I just got two :*(

This saved me too

They arnt a mistake as long as any fish you have is at least half its size

Sure did

how large of a tank is he in?

@@JacobDaDJ Unfurtunaly he lives alone in a twenty gallon tank. I now he needs more space, I try to have his tank almost empty of decorations because of that. Its hard in my town to get a bigger tank, the stores refuse to sell me only the tank and still is quite expensive where I live. He is really healthy but he stop growing up and is almost 6 years now 😅

@@LOSTmyHOST 20 cm in a 20 gallon oh my

@@JacobDaDJoh boy surprised he even grew to that size in relative to its environment

Right now I have my Bala with a small Oscar and there is no problem yet. When the Oscar gets bigger I will have to separate them. Oscar tackles the fish and if the Oscar don't finish or eat the goldfish. The Bala does. I'm always checking to make sure the Oscar doesn't snip at the Bala. Oscar knows she can't eat the Bala and doesn't bother....yet.

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Sounds like a cool set-up!

Thank you! It certainly is a goofy mix.😀

I want to mix Oscar's, bala sharks, clown loaches, some type of independent loach, silver dollars and a plecho.

It sure does! : -)

It sure does. : -)

Thank you!

Good to hear!

I wonder if you could help me out?! I’m worried about my Bala shark, he seems to be agitated lately . When I feed for example he will frantically swim and bump into the glass :(. Do you think a 240 litre tank is suitable for a 5 inch Bala shark ? An any general advice or fish care would be gradually appreciated. Thanks

I really like them too!

Thanks for sharing your insight too - when I get a 180g I’d seriously think of getting a couple!

Will they live with mollies cause I Am going to get a Bala shark

@@Shadowdoe1 i had mollies with mine and guppies fresh water baby whales and sword tails and neon tetras so yes they should be just fine. and a few other fish I've forgotten.

I bet that is cool!

Glad you are working through the issue!

I've done some on our other Geophagus and will have to do one on this as well!

Prime Time Aquatics Can't wait to see it!!

That's great! I've been thinking of getting a school to go in my indoor goldfish pond, so I'm glad to hear it works!

Zsa Zsa Umbra I only have one in with my Goldie’s. I’m sure people would say you can’t mix them but it’s working out for me. Doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll work for you but I see no reason it wouldn’t

Zsa Zsa Umbra mine lives with a bunch of mollies it’s definitely the most behaved fish in my tank

Thank you!

Bala shark is not eating it?

Thank you!

Also right now, they are all looking healthy and as they should, and the pleco is a big chunky boi

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Prime Time Aquatics I’m sad man I think mine died yesterday from a water change. 😫 i think I shocked him and or the ammonia levels spiked he was about 6 months old. He was just getting big

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My mom has two that will freak out and jump out the tank if the lights go out lol

YOu aren't the only one. :-)

Thank you! It took about four years for mine to reach its current size of about nine inches.

My local fish store had one that was over a foot long and it was at least 5 years old.

I wish I could get one but I only have a 10 gal tank 😔

I had a pair. They reached 7.5" in 1 and half year. They were already 3" almost when we bought them and fed them with algae pellets and live tubifex only.

Thank you!

Ya, the body slapping is a form of dominance. Rarely have I seen them really hurt one another, but they will chase each other around.

That was a gold severum. They tend to be relatively non-aggressive. :-)

That stinks. Often stores will take them back. You might be out the money, however. You could see what they say?

The tank in this video gets about 50% water change per week. I’ve been wanting to do a snail feeding video for a while!

They grow fast! The one I have is about 10 years old.

The pond will be awesome for them.

Have they outgrown the tank yet? I just bought two for my 40

Thank you! We love them too!

danielletracyann my uncle used to call me a geophagus 😔

That's awesome!

How big is your pond?

@@vivaeuropa 3.5 m x 4m, and 1.5 meter depth

I feed all my fish twice a day. Seems to keep aggression down.

Thank you!

At some point you will want to move them out of that tank. Both will become more aggressive as they get larger. The bala shark will grow up to 12-14" and require a lot of space (our 150 gallon was too cramped for him). Our red tail shark is currently 6.5" and also requires at least a 75 gallon tank in my opinion. Usually a red tail shark will terrorize most fish in anything less than a 4ft tank.

@@PrimeTimeAquatics Ohh I see, But can I put tetras on this aquarium?

If I had to do it over again I would not put them in anything less than an 8ft tank. Just because of their activity level.

What kind of fish are you keeping at that temp?

@@PrimeTimeAquatics probably pond fish

Ya, I don't see any issues with that combo.

Great question. It’s not a shark, but a cyprinid.

Its not a shark just a tropical fish. There really cool

I would treat the ICH - behavior may change after that.

Hope this one works out well!

Thanks!

I think they are missing a one in front. :-)

My mom got two of these thinking the same thing four years ago. I hadn't been home since the Before Times™ but I was surprised to find the two of them were damn near nine inches in a 50 gallon tank. My mom is considering rehoming them now 🤣

The 1ft wide will probably wind up being the issue - full grown they won't be able to turn around.

I can only say what I would do given the size tank you mentioned. Based on the size of my Bala shark, if I could give him what I think is solid I would have gotten a group of 4 or 5 in a 220 (Basically a 6ft version of my 4ft 150). Bala sharks like to be in groups and are quite active. I also think my Red Tailed Shark in my 75 (similar to your rainbow) and the Bala shark would kill each other (or at least one of them would end up dead).

Prime Time Aquatics thanks for the info really informative , as for the rainbow shark i have i was looking for a new home for him because he is quite a bully to my Pink Tail , well not bully but he is very territorial

My personal feeling is that these are schooling fish - if I could do it over again I would not have bought these unless I had an 8ft tank and could have kept at least six in that tank.

Prime Time Aquatics Thank you for the short and sweet reply. What would you recommend for a 100G monster fish tank. I am planning on getting the Fluval FX6 for a filter. Is that enough? Thanks. 🙏🏼😊

It was sold as a mixed veil tail. Thank you!

Hard to say for sure - they would prefer to be in groups in a large tank without aggressive fish. In the ideal setup I'd probably have a minimum of a 220-240 gallon tank with a group of 5-6.

Ya, they will get pretty big. I wish I could move mine out of our 4ft 150 gallon.

I had 3 got big and fought each other all the time

Rule of thumb was and kinda still is, 1 gal of water per 1 inch per fish(total size when fully grown) So if you have 10 2inch fish you'd need bigger then a 20gal tank

There jumpers too cover any holes on your lid

Im considering getting one and at the store they recommended 1 bala shark needs to be in a atleast a 30 by itself and that it would be okay. However they recommend getting atleast 2 of them and having them in a bigger tank to lessen the possibility of the fish getting depressed.

Fish are weird in that they never actually stop growing throughout their life. It took about 7-8 years for mine to get to his current size.