Horn Shark Video
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Yeah, I had always assumed it was part of their natural behavior, but maybe it's more than that? Maybe they had a meeting and set this as a policy
BTW, funny username!
Cheers, thanks mate!
I was trying to think of somthing clever with fish and Pulp Fiction is one of my favs. I must not be the first person to think of the name though because my avitar was premade by greenpeace. They have a video on youtube of the John Travolta fish & Samuel fish talking about the dangers of man contaminating the earths water. I just found it handy I didn't have to make the avitar myself!
The video itself kinda sucks.Last kind is your eel? I'm going to say moray?
Thanks for answering all my Q's!
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TheSaltwaterGuy
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I think he has a Jeweled Moray. Right, rnelson?
AquaKnight
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Beautiful tank, I also caught the Batfish, and a bird wrasse in the vids, addition to the gobies and eel. Is anything else in there?
rnelson
Shark Obsessed
Pulp Fishin and TheSaltwaterGuy,
Yeah, the eel is a jeweled eel.....about 18"-20" but very fat.....he's the bully of the tank, or was......in the video I posted, the female horn gets on him pretty good at one point....she don't take no guff!!!
AquaKnight407,
Thanks.....the batfish is one of my favorites.....this one follows me around when I'm feeding and tries to grab all the food....he eats anything - squid, shrimp, brine shrimp, seaweed sheets, scallops, etc.
You caught everything except a Lunare Wrasse and Red Coris Wrasse.
Yeah, the eel is a jeweled eel.....about 18"-20" but very fat.....he's the bully of the tank, or was......in the video I posted, the female horn gets on him pretty good at one point....she don't take no guff!!!
AquaKnight407,
Thanks.....the batfish is one of my favorites.....this one follows me around when I'm feeding and tries to grab all the food....he eats anything - squid, shrimp, brine shrimp, seaweed sheets, scallops, etc.
You caught everything except a Lunare Wrasse and Red Coris Wrasse.
rnelson
Shark Obsessed
sunfishh,
California Horn Sharks are found in the wild between 59-81 degrees....their preferred temp range seems to be between 65-75.....this according to Scott Michael. I run a 1hp chiller on my tank that keeps the temp between 74-76, so yeah, I keep it at the high end of the preferred range......I've heard of people keeping theirs at around 80 but I didn't want to go that way......
Since I live in Texas, believe me, it's a chore just to keep the tank temps in the mid 70's......
A closely related shark, the Port Jackson, is more of a temperate shark than the California Horn (and needs a larger tank also).......were you perhaps thinking of the PJ?
California Horn Sharks are found in the wild between 59-81 degrees....their preferred temp range seems to be between 65-75.....this according to Scott Michael. I run a 1hp chiller on my tank that keeps the temp between 74-76, so yeah, I keep it at the high end of the preferred range......I've heard of people keeping theirs at around 80 but I didn't want to go that way......
Since I live in Texas, believe me, it's a chore just to keep the tank temps in the mid 70's......
A closely related shark, the Port Jackson, is more of a temperate shark than the California Horn (and needs a larger tank also).......were you perhaps thinking of the PJ?
Thanks for the info rnelson. A few years ago I volunteered at The Aquarium of the Pacific and I remember their hornsharks being in a tank that was really cold to the touch. So that is what caused my curiosity. I am not trying to be critical and for the record your sharks seem very healthy. I was just wondering.
rnelson
Shark Obsessed
sunfishh,
Oh, no problem at all. I didn't take it that you were being critical.....I really probably should knock the temp down a couple of degrees......it's kind of a juggling act between what the sharks would like and what the rest of the fish would like. Your volunteering job sounds like fun.......I've thought about volunteering at our local zoo but have just never took the plunge yet. I donated all my freshwater fish to them when I made the conversion from FW to SW.......a group of 5 huge Frontosa, about 30 baby frontosa, and about 25 tropheus. They have them there still, in a large Tanganyika display. And speaking of the cold to the touch water, you'd be surprised how cold my 74 degree water feels, at least to me.
I noticed your "I miss Steve Irwin" tag.......the wife and I were on a Caribbean cruise when he died.....the day after he passed away, we went on an excursion to Stingray City in the Cayman Islands, wading and petting the huge Southern Rays.......it was kind of weird.
Frostyeel,
Thanks......I hope they have plenty of room, you'd be surprised how small a 480 tank feels when you put a big shark in there My sharks both sit around alot during the day......they move around some but not much. They get a little more active around 8:00 or so......they are very active when the lights go off, cruising the tank almost non-stop. They are most active at feeding.......the second video was taken about 30 minutes after feeding, so they were still pretty hyped.......
Oh, no problem at all. I didn't take it that you were being critical.....I really probably should knock the temp down a couple of degrees......it's kind of a juggling act between what the sharks would like and what the rest of the fish would like. Your volunteering job sounds like fun.......I've thought about volunteering at our local zoo but have just never took the plunge yet. I donated all my freshwater fish to them when I made the conversion from FW to SW.......a group of 5 huge Frontosa, about 30 baby frontosa, and about 25 tropheus. They have them there still, in a large Tanganyika display. And speaking of the cold to the touch water, you'd be surprised how cold my 74 degree water feels, at least to me.
I noticed your "I miss Steve Irwin" tag.......the wife and I were on a Caribbean cruise when he died.....the day after he passed away, we went on an excursion to Stingray City in the Cayman Islands, wading and petting the huge Southern Rays.......it was kind of weird.
Frostyeel,
Thanks......I hope they have plenty of room, you'd be surprised how small a 480 tank feels when you put a big shark in there
My sharks both sit around alot during the day......they move around some but not much. They get a little more active around 8:00 or so......they are very active when the lights go off, cruising the tank almost non-stop. They are most active at feeding.......the second video was taken about 30 minutes after feeding, so they were still pretty hyped.......
