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