Name: Labeo chrysophekadion Origin: Southeast Asia
Size Tank pH Temp 60 cm 800 L 7.5 27°C I have a black shark and he is about 24 cm. I notice that he got big really fast. I had to get a different tank and a bigger tank for him. He is a semi aggressive fish and I have noticed that he likes having control of the other fish. He likes to chase the other fish and likes to poke at them. I don't think that he wants to hurt them but wants them to know that he is in charge of the tank. I was told that they can get up to about 50 cm. I wouldn't suggest to put them with any thing other then semi aggressive fish. They are really nice to watch. Contributed by Christy I had a black shark that got about 50 cm and was beautiful. He shared the tank well with angels and bala sharks. We found him to be very docile, and fun to watch. Contributed by J. Turner We have a Black Shark that we purchased at a local pet store for 'fish of the month' price. When we went to go back and get a second one, we found out that they were really $6.99 a piece. He is about 6 cm, and loves our 75 liter community tank. He shares it with a variety of tetra's, weather loaches, 3 Kuhli loaches, cory's, and danio's. We decided to try hand feeding the fish, after reading an article that weather loaches loved to play and swim through your hands, tried it. One of the first fis ...