FishyMel
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As many of you know I hatched a shark from an egg back in September. I am not sure what went wrong but she didn't want to come out so In the end she was cut out and a womping 6 inches and fat, pretty large for a hatchling.
In about one week I got her on food and she actually ate the first attempt. For the next couple monthes she ate mysis once a day and lived happily in caulerpa with a bunch of 4 seahorses.
In November the grape caulerpa decided it wanted to go sexual as a result of being over grown, I had about 15 pounds, it did the typical suck all oxygen and release nitrate and harmful toxins, It was a castastrophe for all, all in the tank were dead and Bambi(the banded bamboo shark) was on her back not moving. When I lifted her out of the water I felt life spring back into her (Probably from the amazing ability bamboos have to shut off parts of their brain in times of struggle and then turn it back on from exposure to oxygen). She then went to the fuge of my 200 fowlr for about 2 weeks until the water in her tank was back up to par and all algae was removed.
In January her tank turned into half sand bed/half a reef dominated by LPS and softies and she got a small stingray friend, since then they both have been living happily.
That is the life story, now the question is, why has she only grown 1.5 inches since birth 6 monthes ago? She right now is only 7.5 inches. I have been recording her growth and she hasn't grown at all since December, could the plants going sexual mess with her growth cycles? I doubt it is living in a 150, I've seen idiots on the web grow a shark huge in a 20. I would say I am a decent owner, her nitrates are always under 10 and she gets fed every other day clams, mysis and krill. A 7.5 inch shark in a 150 is far from unreasonable, so don't bash me, the algae going sexual was also unexpected. How big are bamboos her age supposed to be? Why is she a midget?
In about one week I got her on food and she actually ate the first attempt. For the next couple monthes she ate mysis once a day and lived happily in caulerpa with a bunch of 4 seahorses.
In November the grape caulerpa decided it wanted to go sexual as a result of being over grown, I had about 15 pounds, it did the typical suck all oxygen and release nitrate and harmful toxins, It was a castastrophe for all, all in the tank were dead and Bambi(the banded bamboo shark) was on her back not moving. When I lifted her out of the water I felt life spring back into her (Probably from the amazing ability bamboos have to shut off parts of their brain in times of struggle and then turn it back on from exposure to oxygen). She then went to the fuge of my 200 fowlr for about 2 weeks until the water in her tank was back up to par and all algae was removed.
In January her tank turned into half sand bed/half a reef dominated by LPS and softies and she got a small stingray friend, since then they both have been living happily.
That is the life story, now the question is, why has she only grown 1.5 inches since birth 6 monthes ago? She right now is only 7.5 inches. I have been recording her growth and she hasn't grown at all since December, could the plants going sexual mess with her growth cycles? I doubt it is living in a 150, I've seen idiots on the web grow a shark huge in a 20. I would say I am a decent owner, her nitrates are always under 10 and she gets fed every other day clams, mysis and krill. A 7.5 inch shark in a 150 is far from unreasonable, so don't bash me, the algae going sexual was also unexpected. How big are bamboos her age supposed to be? Why is she a midget?
