New to site and good home needed for 2 Bala sharks

Hi there,

I'm brand new to this site and to be honest my main reason for joining at the moment is because I am looking for a good home for my 2 Bala sharks. I have a small tank, much too small for them I now realise. I stupidly bought them on impulse and was assured by the person in the fish shop that my tank would be fine for them. I have had them for a while and things were fine to start with but now as they have grown they have become more and more jumpy and skittish which I now know is in their nature anyway but which I feel is made much worse because of the lack of space.

The last thing I want is to have unhappy fish and I am very annoyed with myself for putting them in this situation in the first place so I would love if there was someone with a lovely big tank that could accommodate their needs. I would dearly love to buy a bigger tank myself but I just can't afford to.

I live in the Tipperary/Limerick area, about half way between Nenagh and Limerick so if there was someone near enough to me that would be even better.

I'm probably posting this in the wrong place also so apologies in advance for that!

If anyone has any questions please fire away.

There is a local pub which has two quite large tanks so I'm going to chance it and call in there tomorrow evening to ask them if they might want them. So on the off chance they do if anyone else is interested can you please contact me as soon as possible.

Cheers,
Noreen

Hi John,

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I could have been more thoughtful as I've had them for a while now before realising the tank issue so I'm doubtful that the shop would want to take them back now. I guess I could try anyway. To be honest I would just prefer if they went to someone that would look after them. I'm not exactly suggesting the shop wouldn't but I would be afraid they might sell them on again to someone with a tank too small for them.

I'm hoping to try the pub this evening. I'm not certain what fish they have in their tanks but I'm hoping that whoever looks after them will know if my two will get on with the rest. Which fish would definitely not be compatible with them?

So if the pub turns me down I will definitely be in touch John! Thanks.

Update:

After John's suggestion re returning them to the shop where I bought them I happened to be near Petmania on the Ennis Rd at lunch time so I popped in to ask them if they would take them. Now I must stress this is not where I bought them. Anyway they will take them and will give me some fish in exchange. I'm not overly bothered about getting more fish for them. I would rather just be sure they will be looked after. Does anyone have any opinions on Petmania? I have never bought fish there myself.

I will still call to that local pub this evening to ask them also. That would be the ideal solution really as I could visit them then. Am I daft or what!?!?

Hi Noreen,
welcome to the forum.Pm sent(Ref.Shop)sent.Regards,Tim

Just a quick update! My Bala's were successfully re-homed last night in the local pub's largest fish tank. It's a whopping 5 x 3 x 2 approx. - virtually a hotel compared to where they were and only a few other fish in it with them.

Catching them proved tricky enough and I thought the shock of it would be the end of them.. that or our jack russell waiting beside the tank for one of them to jump straight out and onto the floor!
Thankfully that didn't happen and a few minutes after being released into their new home they were swimming around and investigating their surroundings while their new tank mates investigated them! I have a good feeling that this will work out and best of all I can pop in every now and then to see them.

So thanks to everyone for the help and advice!

Next job now is to get some more fish for my own tank. More suitable ones this time though!!!

thats great noreen
good to here you got things sorted out
dont drink too much when your watchin them grow:laugh:
now you have an excuse to go to the pub:woohoo:
rgds