What is the shark bala?

Balantiocheilos melanopterus is a kind of fish known as a shark bala, tricolor, silver shark or shark. This fish is not actually a shark; He got his name because his body and the shape of the dorsal fin resemble the shape of the shark. He shares the Cyprinidae family with conventional fish such as carp and intestinal. They have a pleasant look with shiny silver body, fins lined in black and elegant shape similar to sharks. It is difficult to say the differences between a man and a woman. The shark at the bala is peaceful and can be kept in freshwater aquariums alongside other types of fish with relative ease, provided that other fish are not small enough to be able to. In fact, they prefer to be held with groups of other sharks bala and can be nervous and destructive when sept itself. They have a lifetime of 8 to 10 years and grow so that they are relatively large for the aquarium, from 12 inches to 16 inches (30.5 cm - 40.6 cm). Their size means that they require large, covered tanks and careOr an experienced fish owner. Many aquarists recommend that the new owners of the aquarium avoid the inclusion of bala sharks as starter fish. In addition to these requirements, Bala sharks enjoy live plants and wide open swimming areas in their tanks.

Bala Sharks naturally occur in rivers and lakes throughout Sumatra, Thailand, Borneo and Malaysia, although their population has been seriously reduced since the 1970s. In some regions, they are almost extinct and are recognized as an endangered species in the International Union to maintain nature (IUCN) of the red list of endangered species. The reason for this drastic decrease in the population is unknown, but some fishermen quote excessive fishing popularity of bala sharks as an aquarium as a possible cause.

In the wild, bala eaten insects and insect larvae, rotifers, phytoplankton, algae, small crustaceans and other live food. On the way to special breeding ob-Last and mating participates in mass friction. The shark bala as an aquarium has no choice of appetite and will eat happily flakes. Breeding the aquarium of the bala shark is difficult and is not recommended for the average owner of the aquarium.