Recent content by BalaClown

Again, I’m floored how amazing and helpful everyone on this site is! That’s some good medicine for me to see kindness and people helping others, especially in todays world! 💕

Thanks for your knowledge, unfortunately we relied on the input of the sales people at the store at the time, which to me doesn’t always mean you’ll get the best REAL advice! I wish I would’ve found this site a long time ago to be able to get REAL info from hobbyists that have knowledge and...

WhistlingBadger called it, lol💕

No, he’s at the bottom right now, with labored breathing, I’ve done water change while keeping eye on not have a fluctuation of water temp and added some things from our local store that makes organic, AMAZING stuff to help him….about to add another air pump, and saying a prayer for divine...

Yikes! Thx. I assumed that was what the general consensus would be…🤢 We went on vacation a long time ago, when we had 3 balas and a couple other fish…the tank was young…we had someone coming by to feed them yet somehow, when we returned, one of the Balas was a skeleton floating around, and the...

😊 thought about it, but, the no fish thing kinda wrecked that…I have a couple of good photos when I find them I’ll post them anyway!

Thank you. Our tank is approximately 7 feet long, and since our loach bonded so well with the shark, I feel he may not do as well with the addition of many new loaches either. IF we decide to add more, I’d add only one more, pay for one younger BUT not as young where he’d want to eat it, meaning...

If the Bala shark should pass while we’re sleeping, what are the chances that the loach will start eating him? Any thoughts, opinions or input would be appreciated. Thanks so much everyone! 💕

Here is our kitty that sits every night and says hi to the bala and loach and vice versa, for well over a decade! I will find better pics…

We took the heater out along time ago but the temperature I’m told it’s OK it’s about 77 degrees. When we did our partial water change earlier, we made sure to use some warm water to keep the temperature steady. There’s been some life changes and I believe our heater is in storage. If you guys...

I just wanted to say thank you for those who responded and for anyone else who does to our issue of our Bala shark. We’ve lost some kitties over the last three years and the shark and clown are friends with one of our kitties. Every night they sit and watch each other they’re so gentle and it’s...

OMG I could never do the violent option. I don’t have that in me and I’m a pretty strong person. I’ve been through lots in my life including fighting cancer, but that’s not some thing I am designed to do. I’m praying that if it’s a natural death, he goes fast. Everything I did today took all...

Thank you for telling me that something the fish store definitely neglected to inform me of. I guess I will just ride it out? I’m just coming out of Covid and I’ve done everything possible today and I feel helpless and sad seeing him this way.

So, do I just Wait for him to pass, or remove him and put in freezer? A local store here mentioned that. I’m hoping he will improve with water change and the things we added to help him…advice? And again, thx.