[unwritten law]

So yesterday these two college kids came in for a fish bowl.... I sold them a 55 with stand, hood, light, canopy, filter, heater, gravel, test kit, water conditioner, the works. Yeah I am an awesome salesman there...

So they want bala's a tigers...and they should work together.... I said you can get a small group (3) of smaller sized balas. I know they are pushing it but the tank is a 48" so it should be alright for these guys... Basically that is the biggest tank we sell soo if they want bala's that's what Im selling them.

Here's the question. Obviously they want fish now, so I handed them a care sheet about cycling and told them they can do a fish-in but they need to watch it. Obviously they want the sharks first. Would it be okay to fish-in cycle with 3 smaller (3.5") bala's? I think they are hardy enough but I just want to check. I'll make sure they know about keeping the levels down. Otherwise they will start with like 6 tigers...