Bala shark
Balantiocheilos melanopterus
A fast, restless open-water runner that wants length, not volume.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 32 cm
- Smallest tank
- 250 cm
- Temperature
- 22–28 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Busy
- Water layer
- Mid water
- Care
- Moderate
- Group
- Happiest in a group of 5 or more
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litresToo small
- Wide120 cm · 300 litresToo small
- Living room180 cm · 650 litresToo small
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres30 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Guppy
- Oscar
- Clown loach
- Frontosa
- Black ghost knifefish
- Kissing gourami
- Severum
- Common pleco
- Freshwater angelfish
- Rainbow shark
- Silver dollar
- Siamese algae eater
- Moonlight gourami
- Firemouth cichlid
- Bristlenose pleco
- Yoyo loach
- Peacock cichlid
- Swordtail
- Three spot gourami
- Sailfin molly
- Pearl gourami
- Julidochromis
- African butterflyfish
- Giant danio
- and 45 more species
Caution
- DiscusNarrow shared temperature range
- Neon tetraCrowding the same layer
- Red rainbowfishCrowding the same layer
- Denison barbCrowding the same layer
- Boesemani rainbowfishCrowding the same layer
- Turquoise rainbowfishCrowding the same layer
- Congo tetraCrowding the same layer
- Rosy barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Gold barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Neon dwarf rainbowfishCrowding the same layer
- Tiger barbCrowding the same layer
- Hillstream loachNarrow shared temperature range
- Dwarf chain loachCrowding the same layer
- Rummynose tetraCrowding the same layer
- Chocolate gouramiNarrow shared temperature range
- German blue ramNarrow shared temperature range
- Serpae tetraCrowding the same layer
- KoiNarrow shared temperature range
- Glowlight danioCrowding the same layer
- Green neon tetraCrowding the same layer
- Green kubotai rasboraCrowding the same layer
Not together
- Jack DempseyAggressive with peaceful
- Fancy goldfishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Red tail sharkAggressive with peaceful
- Convict cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Red zebra cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Demasoni cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Paradise fishAggressive with peaceful
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)Aggressive with peaceful
- White cloud mountain minnowWater temperatures do not overlap
Same familyColdwater and oddities
- Fancy goldfishCarassius auratus
- KoiCyprinus rubrofuscus
- Rainbow sharkEpalzeorhynchos frenatum
- Red tail sharkEpalzeorhynchos bicolor
- Silver dollarMetynnis argenteus
- Black ghost knifefishApteronotus albifrons
- African butterflyfishPantodon buchholzi
- Dwarf pufferCarinotetraodon travancoricus
- Clown killifishEpiplatys annulatus