Bala Sharks!

:bigsmile: Great minds think alike Fish Fantasy.... Why do you think I went and bought a pangasius last weekend ???? They grow to 1 meter long :angel:

 

you going to braai them like hte guys in asia? Pangasius is farmed in asia for food

 

:dontknow: That would depend on what size of tank we upgrade to :wondering:
But yeah, when I did my research on them, I saw that they are a very liked source of meat in the East and even in the USA

 

I would love a Pangasius but they grow to big, adults reach up to 130cm(4ft) in lengh and can weigh up to a maximum of 44.0KG. the fish would take over my whole lounge.

 

But fortunately they are slow growers... So you can at least enjoy them for a while before you :eating: them. Gives you a couple of years to research the recipies :nuts:

 

LOL!!! :bigsmile: Sis man! We are a civilized society!!!:sick:

 

hehe i'm not a big fan of pangas they have very poor eye sight and if the power trips they get startled very easly and swim into everything and they hurt them self really bad and then they go ly on there backs to recover its a difficult fish to keep

 

You can say that again Jay. Both my thermometers are standing at 90 degree angles, and it's not because I put then like that. They keep on swimming into it LOL. Would have thought that they would have learned by now where it is. And you must see when they split up.... It takes them 2 hours to find each other again

 

hehe they need alot of space and if we do water changes etc he swims into the glass the rocks and then he go's and ly on hes back and they bite hard he bit my dad when my dad was trying to catch him on hes finger

 

What size is the one that bit your dad? And how long have you had it?

 

its abt 40cm and we have it for abt 2 and a half years now

 

Wrong they are fast growers, I Have two in my tank and they were 3cm when I got them and after about 7 months they grew to 16 cm long and I now have to sell them. I also have two bala sharks and the biggest one is the biggest in my tank at about 17cm long and about 10cm high and I have them for a year and a half

 

Your normal pangasius is a slow grower, the hi-fin pangasius on the other hand will very quickly outgrow the average tank

 

Jay does you fish look like this?

 

Know it's not a clear pic (they move to much for a decent pic to be taken) lenght is about 9cm at the moment. Its swimming with the angel

 

looks similar to the big picture! What do you think?

 

The qustion now is, is it the normal one or the high-fin one?

 

Roger you're going to have to do some research on your fish because everyone is giving different opions and we haven't pin pointed the exact species yet!

 

That is a lot of times what the problem is FF. The more you research, the more conflicting info you get. www.fishbase.org recons they grow up to 300cm ???????
Now that is one serious freshwater fishy LOL or that guy had no idea how to read a tapemeasure

 

yeah FF thats the one