Baby shark

TILE MAN · Feb 26, 2020

Just hatched a bamboo cat shark he looks to b very healthy any body got any advice on what I should b doing and what I should not b doing

chowberg · Feb 26, 2020

I just wanted to say this is awesome and I have no advice or expertise in this what-so-ever. I actually clicked in this thread half expecting it to have a reference to the Baby Shark kid song that used to repeat in my house at least 20x a day.

Congrats on the baby shark!

Big G · Feb 26, 2020

That's so cool.

TILE MAN · Feb 26, 2020

Ya pretty cool just like to keep him alive a watch him grow he is in a 75 Gallon set up now but setting up a 125 for him soon

goggs29 · Feb 26, 2020

How crazy is the egg he comes in. I haven't seen one in New England in years

TILE MAN · Feb 26, 2020

goggs29 said:
How crazy is the egg he comes in. I haven't seen one in New England in years

Just hope to keep him alive and growing

Oberst Oswald · Feb 26, 2020

Don't you think you should get a bigger tank than a 125 gallon? What are your future plans keeping this fish?

Adult males reach sexual maturity at 27-30 inches (68-76 cm) in length, while females mature at 25 inches (63 cm) in length. The life expectancy of the brownbanded bamboo shark is approximately 25 years. The brownbanded bamboo shark feeds on benthic organisms and small fishes.

Miller535 · Feb 26, 2020

Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo

Miller535 · Feb 26, 2020

Kidding aside, this is liveaquaria's recomendation.

The Bamboo Shark is also known as a Cat Shark because the barbels at the mouth look like cat whiskers. It is also referred to as the Whitespotted Bamboo Shark, and has a brown-colored body with broad tan stripes and spots.
The Bamboo Shark is a bottom dwelling shark that is common in the home aquarium. It will eat any crustacean in the aquarium. It stays relatively small, but requires at least a 300 gallon or larger aquarium as an adult. It requires sand as the substrate as the abdomen is easily scratched by a coarser substrate, which may lead to an infection. It should never be exposed to copper-based medications.

When first introduced into the aquarium, small pieces of cleaned squid or live saltwater feeder shrimp should be used to entice this fish to eat. Then it may be fed shrimp, scallops or pieces of fresh marine fish. Feeding these sharks quality foods such as whole cockle in the shell, fresh shrimp and squid, and frozen mussel are ideal.

Not sure why they call it small as it says they grow to 3'3" max size.

AcroNem · Feb 26, 2020

It should absolutely be in a larger system. I have worked with sharks from bamboo/epaulette size to sandbar, gray reef, black tip, zebra and adult nurse size. A 125 is still a very small system for any shark. I would consider something much larger, preferably without corners or honestly to work on finding a suitable home. The odds of it doing well are unfortunately quite low.

TILE MAN · Feb 26, 2020

Baby shark eats a nice size piece of krill

TILE MAN · Feb 26, 2020

Yes thanks for your advice plan on raising him to about 12 inches or so and try to find home for him if not I will find tank big enough for him the last thing I want is to c him parish this is my second hatchling first one raised in 125 until 14 inches and sold him to another hoppyiest who had a 1000 gallon predator tank but that was years ago like I said in other post just a novice still learning every day been doing it for about twenty years so any advice I can get I accept with open arms really like the feed bac weather it negative or positive it works both ways love the hobby reef on

sde1500 · Feb 26, 2020

Miller535 said:
Not sure why they call it small as it says they grow to 3'3" max size.

All about perspective, for a shark, that is small.

fishguy242 · Feb 26, 2020

hi awesome you've done this before best advice get him to eat even before sac is gone ,sm shrimp,silversides ,have fun when he gets too big then deal with ,toss him in the swimming pool ,lots of salt though ,lol happy reefing