Shark egg

[fishinchick]

No just lay it on the sand and make sure no water is in the egg. Some eggs are transparent enough to be able to watch the stages. I dont know why some are more transparent than others. If you have an excess of that fuzzy stuff on the casing on the outside you might want to (carefully) trim some of that off. If it's only a little bit - no worries. I just hate seeing them get caught up in that junk - they are such a pain to remove.

 

[ClamIAm]

Sharks aren't "fragile-skinned," but they can scratch their bellies on rough substrate or pointy rock and get an infection, which I think was the issue brought up here. And I don't know why all of you people are so against keeping them. Sure there are people that don't have any idea what they're getting into but I think this person does know what they're doing.

 

[0racle]

Ok, I can see him in there.(is it possible to have twins?)

There is some "fuzz" maybe i will cut a little back.

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[Kogo]

i kept eels, and lions with sharks with no problems (exept for them hiding all day). i kept larger tangs and tomato clowns to add motion and color to the tank no problems there either.

i always waited until the shark became active before offering food. it seems hunting / scavanging was its only motivation for movement, it also is a signal they are hungry.

sharks are opertunistic feeders and will over eat if they can. many public aquariums have misshapen sharks do to fatty deposits from over feeding. they just arn't as active chasing prey and evading predators as they would be in the wild. feed sparingly (ohh - maan..but thats the fun part!!!)

 

[0racle]

So should i wait to put my spotted moray in with him until the shark is big enough, or does the moray just instinctivly avoid him?

Add stuff right after feeding?,so he wont be prone to eating it?

I really just want the shark in there,but a few ornaments would be cool.Especially a lion.

Thanks again!

 

[wonrib00]

Kogo I must totally disagree with you. Sharks will not over feed. ALL sharks will only feed when hungry and only eat until they are full. At least that is according the husbandry staff at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It is not the over feeding of sharks, it is the choice of foods you give sharks. We also have brown banded bamboo sharks at MBA and they are kept in a tank (with a few other sharks) that is about 200 gallons or so, and they are kicking eggs out like there is no tomorrow. Our substrate is not fine sand, it is more so crushed coral, we also have rocks. I am not sure on the issue of age and crushed coral though. All of ours in that particular exhibit are almost full grown and they are fine health wise (no scratches from the CC or rocks).

 

[0racle]

So my 500 gallons would suffice......(even 150 for the time being)

Thank you.

And my sand and LR would be ok too?.....

Thank you.

So what is the best stuff to feed them?

I appreciate the reply.

 

[Kogo]

Kogo I must totally disagree with you.

good...id hate to feel like an expert...so your saying misshapen sharks in public aquariums come from the wrong food, not too much?

oh by the way...what exactly do you do at the aquarium?

 

[wonrib00]

0racle You should be ok, but our exhibits are done by people with a lot of experiance, but the basic set up should be about the same. I will take some pics of the exhibits we have at the aquarium and post them here. We feed all our sharks a variety of foods. Squid is a staple in all thier diets(except for the great white), we also feed salmon and mackerel.

Kogo I am far from an expert as well. There are a lot of different factors as to why sharks die or dont do well. Obviously, if the animal is not getting the nutrition it needs, it will not thrive like it would in the wild. The job I have is called Guest Ambassador. Basically I walk around the aquarium and talk to guest about all the animals and workings of the aquarium. So I dont have any first hand experiance is keeping a shark at home, but we keep them at work for public display.

 

[0racle]

Thanks for the info wonrib00.

I'm confident that I will be able to take proper care of him.Eventually I would like to breed a pair, but we'll see how it goes with this one first.

Can't wait to see the pics!

PS still trying to figure out how to post pics myself (anyone want to pm me with the best way to upload?)

 

[Kogo]

wonrib00,

sounds like a fun job...do they need psy majors? (LOL)

 

[Brad524]

IMO

you have the shark egg or shark ( haven't been able to tell yet)
and you have a almost ready tank for one get rid of the live rock
becuase it will damage him-do more and more research -find people that have them and talk to them-if your "plans" to have a 500 are realistic and in the near future your ok, but find out what is compatible. AND TALK TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEM.

Also I agree you did ask for opinions, and have been a little reluctant to accept them,
but also i think some people on here are extremly judgemental and think every one is stupid for trying some thing they're afraid to do .

And from the other side there are some idiots out there trying to put octo's in nano's and stuff like that .

With all that said. I wish you the best of luck

p.s. you sure seem to like arguing.
some times i think people post stuff like this just to argue with people ( not saying you did )

 

[Brad524]

just so you know i meant the rock in the small tank in the 500 you should be fine I personally do not own a shark but wanted to
and did a lot of research.

how far off is the 500?

KOGO

do you have any pics of yours


and i would love to see these pics of huge aquriums
the best ones around me IMO are in minneapolis at the zoo and the mall of america has over a million gallons under it with everything from sharks to sea turtles

 

[Kogo]

KOGO

do you have any pics of yours

sorry the shark i had for two years was sold 7 years ago and i have no idea where the pictures went (not digital anyway) ill try to find pics of the last one i had.

 

[Brad524]

Kogo

love your sig

 

[Kogo]

thanks

 

[wonrib00]

Sorry it has taken so long for some pics, still figuring out how to post pics and getting them down to the right size.

Note the eggs that the sharks scatter all about. That is not us puting them there.

 

[wonrib00]

This last one is a full tank shot that has the three kinds of sharks in it. I lied about the size earlier, it is about 400 total gallons, or so. It was bigger than I remembered.

 

[ozadars]

Nice tank wonrib00 :thumbsup:

C. punctatum lives on coral reefs and tide pools so you can ofcourse use liverocks in your tank. They definately dont come from a place where there is no rock but just pure sand.
They also dont need a species only tank. You can keep them with numerous fish. Just not with aggressive fish like triggers and angels which may easily damage sharks.

And from the other side there are some idiots out there trying to put octo's in nano's and stuff like that .

Well if people who keep octopuses in nano tanks are idiots then there must be loads of idiots in this forum and in tonmo.com, a forum dedicated to cephalopod keepers, as there are people who keep small/dwarf octopuses.

 

[scylam]

i do man...and it's now growing fast...
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=774841&highlight=shark+egg