REMORA (shark sucker)

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i went fishing this weekend and we caught a sailfish and it had 2 tiny remora's on it i took them off and took them home. They are in my quarantine tank right now. Would it be safe to keep them with my banded cat shark? is there any precautions for putting them with other fish.

By the way the sailfish was released. Great Fighting fish :fish2:



Sorry about the green hair algae i don't know what is the problem i have
0 nitrate 0 ammonia ph 8.1 salinity 1.024
 
The remora won't do anything as far as normal behavior goes. Cat sharks are benthic and remoras "host" requiem sharks or one that need to move to breath. They often cause more irritation than good
 
Also I would never suggest taking something out of the ocean... Especially since I doubt you have the proper permits and paperwork to legally do so.
 
Dmorty217 said:
Also I would never suggest taking something out of the ocean... Especially since I doubt you have the proper permits and paperwork to legally do so.
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i checked it is legal they have no size limit and they have a ton of them here
i would never take a fish that is illegal.





will it harm the shark ?

is it safe to keep it with other fish?

can it carry parasites ?

what is the temperament aggressive- passive ?


sorry to ask so many questions
 
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It won't harm the shark, they just annoy them sometimes.. It will eat anything it can get into it's mouth like all other fish and the Remora will out grow the cat shark you currently have. Yes they can carry and get disease and being that it was pulled from the ocean I would be treating it with something for internals and trematodes since im sure it has them. They are semi aggressive and for the most part will just eat left overs from the shark it's hosting
 
They're going to get big and they're fairly active. Not very good for aquariums.
Best to do all of this research before you bring something home, especially since you can't put something back once it's been in a captive system.
 
Betta132 said:
They're going to get big and they're fairly active. Not very good for aquariums.
Best to do all of this research before you bring something home, especially since you can't put something back once it's been in a captive system.
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+1 For the record this was in NO way a good idea...
 
I have one many many years ago. Maybe 25. Grew slow. Very aggressive and I eventually had to get rid of it because would out compete my Eppie for food. It never bothered the Eppie but they can irritate sharks as mentioned before. It would attach to my arm and hand when I was working in the tank or playing with it. Really cool fish but ridiculously aggressive eater.

Don't 90% of the fish we purchase come from the ocean. I don't see anything wrong with him keeping this fish. Just never return it. It never went through holding facilities at the collection site or wholesale systems and even retail stores. It's odds of having ich or velvet are probably much lower. Anyway, good luck with it.
 
thank you for the help should i treat it for anything or give it a freshwater dip before it goes in the DT

and like alprazo said don't most of our fish come from the ocean?
 
alprazo said:
I have one many many years ago. Maybe 25. Grew slow. Very aggressive and I eventually had to get rid of it because would out compete my Eppie for food. It never bothered the Eppie but they can irritate sharks as mentioned before. It would attach to my arm and hand when I was working in the tank or playing with it. Really cool fish but ridiculously aggressive eater.

Don't 90% of the fish we purchase come from the ocean. I don't see anything wrong with him keeping this fish. Just never return it. It never went through holding facilities at the collection site or wholesale systems and even retail stores. It's odds of having ich or velvet are probably much lower. Anyway, good luck with it.
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Probably closer to 95% come straight from the ocean so point isn't lost there. I think you would agree that you shouldn't get something you know nothing about and then start doing the research after the fact, that makes for bad husbandry. Cashout, the green hair algae is from excess nutrients in the QT... You can kill two birds with one stone by treating with Chloroquine Phosphate and treat the remora and kill the hair algae off. The Xenia I saw in the tank will also die if you do this
 
Dmorty217 said:
Probably closer to 95% come straight from the ocean so point isn't lost there. I think you would agree that you shouldn't get something you know nothing about and then start doing the research after the fact, that makes for bad husbandry. Cashout, the green hair algae is from excess nutrients in the QT... You can kill two birds with one stone by treating with Chloroquine Phosphate and treat the remora and kill the hair algae off. The Xenia I saw in the tank will also die if you do this
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Ok thank you for the help. Where can i get Chloroquine i know i used NLS ick shield pelets to treat ich but i guess your talking About the stuff people use to treat malaria.

and do you think i should do a fresh water dip or will that be unnecessary stress.
 
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cashout said:
Ok thank you well i know quite a bit about remoras and sharks but the main Question was how can i treat the remora so i dont bring some sort of parasite .
I know in nature remoras stick to sharks and clean parasites off the shark and get a free ride. But some people told me they bother sharks in a closed system.

where can i get Chloroquine i know i used NLS ick shield pelets to treat ich but i guess your talking About the stuff people use to treat malaria
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NLS makes ich shield powder in addition to the food. The powder is what you want
 
No it will kill any invert without a exoskeleton. So corals, snails, bristle worms ect. Doesn't absorb in sand or rock
 
cashout said:
and like alprazo said don't most of our fish come from the ocean?
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That isn't the problem. The problem is you took something home without knowing how to care for it. That would be irresponsible whether you took this from the ocean or bought it at a pet store, but it's compounded by the fact that what you caught is not a fish suitable for any but the largest aquariums. If there's a public aquarium near you, I would suggest you ask them if they'll take the remoras.
 
Betta132 said:
That isn't the problem. The problem is you took something home without knowing how to care for it. That would be irresponsible whether you took this from the ocean or bought it at a pet store, but it's compounded by the fact that what you caught is not a fish suitable for any but the largest aquariums. If there's a public aquarium near you, I would suggest you ask them if they'll take the remoras.
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I agree with this, but as stated by alprazo, by a experience that they grow slowly. He show have a lot of time to enjoy this fish, so he has lots of time to plan on were this fish will go once it is too big for his fish tank. Saltwaterfish.com had one on wysiwyg.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVuIwj92mc4
 
For the record just because Alprazo did and can do it doesn't mean everyone can. His DT is almost 5xs larger than my 625g so you see where he can do things others cannot... Not to mention the force feeding skill he possesses.
 
the remoras are tiny. one is 3in one is about 4in when they get to big i will give them to someone with a big tank

i have one problem what should i do to get them to start eating ?
should i feed them live ghost shrimp
 
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