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hey all,
i just bought bamboo cat shark egg for my tank and while i was very excited about the possibility of raising a shark in my tank i have recently become very concerned...i have a 60 gallon fully established tank with plenty of water flow around in the tank...i have crushed coral live sand for my bottom...i have a 2-3inch niger trigger, a huma trigger, a snowflake eel, a lawnmower blennie, and about 8 snails...upon researching the shark i ran into a few concerns, is the shark going to be ok with the rough bottom layer? and while the loss of the snails isn't my biggest concern, will the shark eat my fish? i want to keep the egg till he hatched but not if its going to cost me my other fish...what should i do? i plan on upgrading to a bigger tank by the time the shark would need the room. any help is appreciated
 
I rasied a few sharks in my old 300 gal. I had to go NO rock, any time food is put in the tank they go crazy and knock over all the rock and scratch their faces.

Also you will need a huge skimmer to remove the waist. In my tank I had a black tip reef, a nurse and a leopard.and a puffer The all got huge in a hurry, once I left on a vacation for a week and my neibhor "forgot" to feed them, when I got home the puffer ( I think)had eaten the fins off the nurse , It died! After that I returned the sharks to the LFS, I think I had em for less than a year?

Cope

Honestly I think you should return the egg or buy a much larger tank.
 
Also I had CC on the bottom less than a 1/4"

I got the sharks small 6-8" and when I got rid of them the were 18+"
 
your tank is too small... it's too small for 2 triggers let alone a bamboo shark! Return it or upgrade your tank.

It will eat your fish...
Your bioload will be so high, your skimming has to be super aggressive and, even so, your levels will be way out to lunch.

Not a good situation.
 
If this situation is real and not a troll, then this is a bad situation. Why one would buy a shark egg without researching it first is beyond me, especially with 2 triggers and an eel already in the tank. The blenny and the snails will be gone in no time at all. The eel and triggers will eat the snails. The blenny will be picked on by the tiggers at some point and probably killed.

Seriously, I think this is a troll thread. This can't be real. "Hi, I have a 60 gallon tank with already 2 fish that will get huge and aggressive. I just added a shark egg. Oh ya, and I have an eel. Is that good?" Come on! Aynyone who does the slightest research or asks just a couple of basic questions about sharks, knows that they need a much larger environment then a 60, especially if that environment already has things such as triggers in there.

On the very off chance that this is a real thread (and I can't stress that enough), I don't think any shark should even be considered for a tank less then 125-150 gallons. Take the egg back, and give the blenny to someone before it's eaten. I have to imagine you knew the snails would eventually be eaten by the triggers and/or the eel. If you didn't know these things, you really need to start asking questions before you make purchases like these!
 
I hope it is a troll. If not, please do a lot more reading about everything concerning keeping marine fish.
 
ok real quick....
A)everyone stop worrying about my blennie and snails...they are fine witht he triggers i have had them all for a while now and no one gets eaten...they get along fine so stop worrying about them
B)my LFS gave me the green light on the egg and the way i igured is that since its an egg i have at least a month before the dan ting even hatches so its not a big deal if i need to take it back and
C)my bioload is fine...all levels are stable and tank is in good order so stop complaining about that to...my question was simple...will the shark eat the fish? yay or nay?
and my lion fish is doing fine thank you:) he is my favorite because of the way he eats...its savage.
 
ok real quick....
A)everyone stop worrying about my blennie and snails...they are fine with the triggers i have had them all for a while now and no one gets eaten...they get along fine so stop worrying about them
B)my LFS gave me the green light on the egg and the way i ifgured is that since its an egg i have at least a month before the dang thing even hatches so its not a big deal if i need to take it back and
C)my bioload is fine...all levels are stable and tank is in good order so stop complaining about that to...my question was simple...will the shark eat the fish? yay or nay?
D)i DO plan on getting a bigger tank soon as stated in the origional thread so please stop telling me to get a larger tank...i realize i need one by the time that the shark is grown up lol
and my lion fish is doing fine thank you:) he is my favorite because of the way he eats...its savage.
 
I fear you have more of a food chain than a community in that tank, and you have just introduced the top predator, which may die when he finally eats the lion.
 
you do realize the shark grows to about 3 feet and needs a tremendous amount of swimming room not to mention he will probably eat most of the inhabitants of your tank. I think who ever sold it to you should not be in business. I would research more thoroughly before buying anything. And if all of us listened to what our LFS said i think most would have pretty fouled up tanks and always have issues. I have a 215 and i wouldn't put a shark in it.

Harry
 
I find when peple don't tank the time to fill out any information. Then ask the question " will the shark eat the fish". It's a pretty safe bet it's a TROLL.
 
ya....I'm still placing a pretty safe bet.......TROLL!

So let me get this straight: In your 60 gallon you now have 2 triggers, a blenny, a lionfish (something you didn't even mention here, but in past posts), snails, and a shark egg......all in a 60!?!?!

And, it never once dawned on you that this recipe may not work?!?!? I don't care if all the LFS wants is your money, at some point someone would have said something to you about this combination before now.

Troll.
 
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