posted 04-29-2003 07:11 PM           

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I recently purchased a bala shark about the same length of my red bellied pacu-both about 4 inches. I keep them both in a 55 gallon tank but plan to buy a bigger one. They are both hyperactive but never bother each other, heck they even swim together side by side slowly. No agression at all, but is it ok to keep a pacu with a bala?

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posted 04-29-2003 08:41 PM         

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you will be ok until maybe when the pacu gets to be as big as he can get. my recommendation would be to get 4 more balas because they are a schooling fish and don't deserve to be isolated like that. also they will just look better.

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posted 04-29-2003 11:12 PM         

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your never ganna get a pacu gets the biggest it can get in a home aquaria. Ive seen pacu 3' big! your never ganan get that in your home. You need like 1000 gallons.

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posted 05-27-2003 08:17 AM         

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Well I'm only going to give my experience with pacus and balas. I have had one pacu and 3 balas in one tank and they got along fine for a few months. But the larger the pacus got is when the fins of my balas started disappearing. I would wake up in the morning and only the heads would be left, so it didn't really work for me. Oh and btw, I've recently seen a 437lb. pacu that was 4 1/2 feet long and he was in a 4000g tank.

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