Baby shark
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I just wanted to say this is awesome and I have no advice or expertise in this what-so-ever. I actually clicked in this thread half expecting it to have a reference to the Baby Shark kid song that used to repeat in my house at least 20x a day.
Congrats on the baby shark!
Congrats on the baby shark!
Oberst Oswald
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Don't you think you should get a bigger tank than a 125 gallon? What are your future plans keeping this fish?
Adult males reach sexual maturity at 27-30 inches (68-76 cm) in length, while females mature at 25 inches (63 cm) in length. The life expectancy of the brownbanded bamboo shark is approximately 25 years. The brownbanded bamboo shark feeds on benthic organisms and small fishes.
Adult males reach sexual maturity at 27-30 inches (68-76 cm) in length, while females mature at 25 inches (63 cm) in length. The life expectancy of the brownbanded bamboo shark is approximately 25 years. The brownbanded bamboo shark feeds on benthic organisms and small fishes.
Miller535
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Kidding aside, this is liveaquaria's recomendation.
The Bamboo Shark is also known as a Cat Shark because the barbels at the mouth look like cat whiskers. It is also referred to as the Whitespotted Bamboo Shark, and has a brown-colored body with broad tan stripes and spots.
The Bamboo Shark is a bottom dwelling shark that is common in the home aquarium. It will eat any crustacean in the aquarium. It stays relatively small, but requires at least a 300 gallon or larger aquarium as an adult. It requires sand as the substrate as the abdomen is easily scratched by a coarser substrate, which may lead to an infection. It should never be exposed to copper-based medications.
When first introduced into the aquarium, small pieces of cleaned squid or live saltwater feeder shrimp should be used to entice this fish to eat. Then it may be fed shrimp, scallops or pieces of fresh marine fish. Feeding these sharks quality foods such as whole cockle in the shell, fresh shrimp and squid, and frozen mussel are ideal.
Not sure why they call it small as it says they grow to 3'3" max size.
The Bamboo Shark is also known as a Cat Shark because the barbels at the mouth look like cat whiskers. It is also referred to as the Whitespotted Bamboo Shark, and has a brown-colored body with broad tan stripes and spots.
The Bamboo Shark is a bottom dwelling shark that is common in the home aquarium. It will eat any crustacean in the aquarium. It stays relatively small, but requires at least a 300 gallon or larger aquarium as an adult. It requires sand as the substrate as the abdomen is easily scratched by a coarser substrate, which may lead to an infection. It should never be exposed to copper-based medications.
When first introduced into the aquarium, small pieces of cleaned squid or live saltwater feeder shrimp should be used to entice this fish to eat. Then it may be fed shrimp, scallops or pieces of fresh marine fish. Feeding these sharks quality foods such as whole cockle in the shell, fresh shrimp and squid, and frozen mussel are ideal.
Not sure why they call it small as it says they grow to 3'3" max size.
It should absolutely be in a larger system. I have worked with sharks from bamboo/epaulette size to sandbar, gray reef, black tip, zebra and adult nurse size. A 125 is still a very small system for any shark. I would consider something much larger, preferably without corners or honestly to work on finding a suitable home. The odds of it doing well are unfortunately quite low.
Yes thanks for your advice plan on raising him to about 12 inches or so and try to find home for him if not I will find tank big enough for him the last thing I want is to c him parish this is my second hatchling first one raised in 125 until 14 inches and sold him to another hoppyiest who had a 1000 gallon predator tank but that was years ago like I said in other post just a novice still learning every day been doing it for about twenty years so any advice I can get I accept with open arms really like the feed bac weather it negative or positive it works both ways love the hobby reef on
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hi awesome you've done this before best advice get him to eat even before sac is gone ,sm shrimp,silversides ,have fun when he gets too big then deal with ,toss him in the swimming pool ,lots of salt though ,lol happy reefing
It's still an extremely large fish for a hobbyist to keep. If 125's are suggested for medium sized tangs, it's definitely inadequate for a shark.
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Came here to say this ;Hilarious;Hilarious
