Silver shark

Description

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Guaranteed Optimum Condition: We adopt fast priority delivery for all live stock order to ensure optimum conditions when they reach you
An additional $13 Livestock Handling fee will be added during check out for all livestock purchased. (This is not included in the Free Delivery)

How To Safely Add Fish To Tank

1. Set live stock aside with transportation bag in room temperature place for 30 minutes.
2. Then transfer bag to float in aquarium for another 30 minutes
3. Use a fish net to transfer the live stock by scooping it from the bag into the tank.

Note: Do not release live stocks together with the transportation water into tank.

Keeping the Silver Shark in Singapore Aquariums

The silver shark, better known as the bala shark, is an active schooling fish that looks small in the bag but grows surprisingly large and fast. We always remind buyers that a juvenile of a few centimetres becomes a powerful swimmer of 25cm or more, so this is not a fish for a nano or a standard 2-foot tank. They need length to cruise and the company of their own kind, ideally a group of five or more, to stay calm and confident.

Singapore tap water suits them once dechlorinated, and our ambient 27-29C sits comfortably in their range, so most homes keep them without a heater. They are skittish jumpers, so a well-fitting lid is essential, especially in open HDB living rooms where sudden movement spooks them into leaping.

Plan tank size honestly using our bala shark care guide and our new fish acclimation steps before adding them. Explore more livestock in our others category.