Balantiocheilus melanopterus - Bala Shark

Latin name: Balantiocheilos melanopterus

Origin: Southeast Asia

Size: up to 30 cm

Attitude: difficult, because they require a very large pool

Living area: Beck mid to pelvic floor

Socialization: possible with similarly sized fish, smaller fish are eaten

Water temperature: 22 - 25 ° C

PH: 6.5 - 7.5

Hardness: 5 - 20 ° dGH

Appearance: Haibarben remember in appearance with the slender body shape and pointed dorsal fin of sharks. They are dark gray to blue-black with silver scales, elongated and streamlined, laterally strongly flattened.

Special: schooling fish, which is very active swimming. Because of its size it should be kept in an elongated basin from 200 cm. He is an excellent jumper, for this reason the tank should always be covered.

He is threatened with extinction in his home and is very difficult to breed.

Lining: Lebend-, frozen and dried fodder and vegetable food regularly

Offspring: very difficult.

Type: Cyprinidae