I bought my first female Betta yesterday,...

I bought two more Betta females today,... They both look almost
identical to the single female that I purchased yesterday. I also
bought another Bala shark to add to the two that I bought yesterday,
because a Bala shark site stated that one should always purchase at
least three Balas, because they need to school. Oh and one site said
that they get ten inches or more, and that they are slow growers. But
another site agreed to the ten inches, but said that they grow rather
fast,...The largest tanks that I have are only thirty gallon ones. And
being on Social Security Disability, I doubt that I will ever be
'wealthy' enough to buy one any bigger. As it is, it's a true miracle
that I have any tanks at all. Does anyone know about Balas from
personal experience enough to have an idea of just how long before the
inch and a half-sized Balas will be too big for either of my 2 thirty
gallon tanks, so that I will have to trade them in? They're beautiful
fish, I just hope that they are slow growers.
Oh, and one last thing,...Y'all was talking about lies that the folks at
the LFS tell,...A few hours ago the lady at the store told me that
Dragon fish, those long eel-like blackish-coloured fish make good
community fish, and told me nothing at all about their need for a wee
bit o' salt in their water, nor anything about their eventual 'adult'
size. Does anyone know personally about this unusual fish? Is the
Dragon fish really a bad candidate for a community tank, and is the
adding of salt really essential for keeping them good and healthy?
Thanks Alot~Dean.

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I bought two more Betta females today,... They both look almost
identical to the single female that I purchased yesterday. I also
bought another Bala shark to add to the two that I bought yesterday,
because a Bala shark site stated that one should always purchase at
least three Balas, because they need to school. Oh and one site said
that they get ten inches or more, and that they are slow growers. But
another site agreed to the ten inches, but said that they grow rather
fast,...The largest tanks that I have are only thirty gallon ones. And
being on Social Security Disability, I doubt that I will ever be
'wealthy' enough to buy one any bigger. As it is, it's a true miracle
that I have any tanks at all. Does anyone know about Balas from
personal experience enough to have an idea of just how long before the
inch and a half-sized Balas will be too big for either of my 2 thirty
gallon tanks, so that I will have to trade them in? They're beautiful
fish, I just hope that they are slow growers.
Oh, and one last thing,...Y'all was talking about lies that the folks at
the LFS tell,...A few hours ago the lady at the store told me that
Dragon fish, those long eel-like blackish-coloured fish make good
community fish, and told me nothing at all about their need for a wee
bit o' salt in their water, nor anything about their eventual 'adult'
size. Does anyone know personally about this unusual fish? Is the
Dragon fish really a bad candidate for a community tank, and is the
adding of salt really essential for keeping them good and healthy?
Thanks Alot~Dean.

Bala sharks can get to over fifteen inches - not counting their tails!
They should outgrow a thirty gallon tank in weeks - I've had them from two
to eight inches in less than a year.
Violet gobies are brackish water fish that get to about eighteen inches and
they are sift feeders so have problems getting enough food in a community
tank.
I looked after a group while their owner moved house and they ate mainly
newly hatched brine shrimp or defrosted discus food.
Their tank was mid range brackish.

HTH
Sue

Well I guess that I will try and trade the Bala sharks in after they get
a little bigger,...But as far as the Dragonfish, I just don't think that
I would want anything that would ever remind me of either of my two
ex-mother-in-laws.LOL~Dean.