Bali Catshark Breeding

[Chris A]

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to share with you the most recent shark species that I have bred and hatched, Atelomycterus baliensis.

Catsharks have been my biggest passion for as long as I can remember and I have truly dedicated myself to this family of shark... and a several others.
To my knowledge this species has only been bred in Oari Aqua World in Japan. I would love to hear if anyone knows otherwise.

Here is a sexy time video
http://youtu.be/xDhzjCkxmSE
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Stages of embryo development
http://youtu.be/YxpusFAS-Is
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and finally my first baliensis neonate
http://youtu.be/Iip9d2x77aE
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[GPCRalph]

Way to go!!! Thanks for sharing this. I have never kept sharks myself b/c I haven't been in a position to have the right set-up but I find them very interesting. I used to work at an aquarium as tour guide and I tried to sneak over to the shark pond as much as I could.

Thanks again. Congrats.

 

[krj-1168]

Yeah - very well done, indeed. Especially since it's a fairly recently discovered species. IIRC - it was discovered about 10 years ago.

Oh- btw, Chris - maybe you should tell everyone about the successful breedings of some of the other catshark species which you work with.

 

[Chris A]

Thanks for the comments. I'm not sure if this forum is only for bony fish.

Ralph, sounds like a fun job. If I had that job, I know where I would be hanging out all the time!- In the LSS room! haha Too bad you are not doing it anymore.

Here are several pictures of the system which have helped contribute to happy sharks.

My lab- water testing

LSS

Prefilter, with filter bag and filter floss

Highly oxygenated bio reactor with Kaldnes media

From the left, 200 lb sulfur Autotrophic denit system, UltimaII, Kaldnes reactor, custom Accupac 650 bio media degas tower.

Kaldnes close up

Accupac 650 close up

RK2 PE 25, Sander O3 generator, Peristaltic Pump feeding FW and calcium hydroxide to precipitate PO4

And I had to cut my ceiling open to fit the surging bio tower in that I built. hehe

 

[Whip316]

this is in your house? awesome vid. i always loved sharks.

 

[Chris A]

It is, thanks for the comment.

Here is an updated video of the pups in their first stage grow out tank

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYOletllHS0&feature=plcp
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[Chris A]

A number of my tagged baliensis eggs have hatched and I have discovered that they take from 85 to 93 days to hatch at 78 farenheight.

After five years, here is a little clip of the most recent species I have bred and hatched. More info and pics are up on my site benthicsharks.ca

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOo5e6ztEys&feature=plcp
http://youtu.be/yOo5e6ztEys