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at lake havasu arizona we go fishing every winter and we throw a net into the water to catch shad or thats what we call them. they look kinda like a bala mixed with a sucker barb, also they have a black spot near their caudal fin. they are a schooling fish thative only seen grow to about 4 inches in the wild. for anyone who has ever been fishing in lake havasu arizona and have seen these would they work in an aquarium.

P.S. i am trying to find a nice wild fish to make my aquarium more diverse, ill try to find a photo
im not sur of thir real name but i know that it is not really a shad

well give them a very large tank, and i would go with a round tank, instead of reg. a big tank would be good.

http://images.google.com/images?q=shad&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images <<<<shad

doesn't look like a disu feeder.

Last edited by bettachris at 15-Oct-2005 13:24

Sucker barb, huh? Sounds to me like you're describing a buffalo or another catostomid. Anyhoo, both suckers and shad grow far too large for you to conveniently house. If it were me, I would not attempt it.

Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 15-Oct-2005 03:11

the name of the fish is the threadfin shad. they arent as big as other shads but can get pretty big depending on their enviroment.

Yeah, like I said, "too big for you to conveniently house". Unless you have a spare 200+ gallon for these actively browsing, schooling species reaching up and past a foot in various accounts, though most likely to grow around 10" in the home aquaria.