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I cared for a [link=Banded Cat Shark]http://www.marinedepotlive.com/703474.html" style="COLOR: #00C000[/link] for about 3 months before the shark's owner sold it to another friend due to moving. She didn't know anything about aquariums, so she paid me to care for the tank and allowed me to stock it (GENERALLY) as I wanted, thus why it was inhabited by a shark...

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A rosey red, looks like a little minnow to me. :lol: Its a common feeder fish used for either smaller carnivores, or for when a large carnivor is not yet large

Can I just ask a quick question: What on earth is a rosey red?


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Daka, I'll assume it applies to Rosies as well, since they're not all that far from the Carps and the Catfish, both of which are fatty fish; the fat level numbers I've seen are taken for fish that are actually consumed by humans because, after all, most people don't really care about the fat level of Rosy Reds. I also haven't really seen anything so far that correlates why freshwater fish have higher fat levels than saltwater fish. Some people think that brackish fish (like mollies) acclimated to saltwater may have lower fat levels, but IMO this could be mistaken, since I have yet to see data that this is actually true.

Last edited by Shinigami at 18-Apr-2005 19:34

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I did mention not to feed Goldfish, nor any other FW fish.

*shudder* thanx

now shini, when u say that, does that include rosys?

Daka<<<<

Perhaps I skimmed the topic, but I'm surprised it hasn't been said yet...

You absolutely do NOT feed freshwater fish to saltwater fish. Feeding goldfish to a saltwater fish is a common and often deadly mistake. Though goldfish are cheap, easy to get, and a little impressive to see carnivorous fish eat, they are also fatty. As are almost all freshwater fish. Most freshwater fish have much higher fat levels than saltwater fish are used to. One of the common ways for a Lionfish to die is fatty liver disease; all that fat builds up somewhere, and in many fish it's in the liver, which grows to enormous proportions with all this fat and crushes the other internal organs. So yeah, do not feed freshwater fish to saltwater fish.

Last edited by Shinigami at 18-Apr-2005 16:44

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They can get about 2-3ft long, I got mine for $40, they're EXTREMELY picky about water conditions, and while they're young, you can't really keep anything with them because shark eyes are considered quite the delicacy by a lot of fish. They're also rather picky eaters while they're young...

Mine was purchased while still in his egg, and he hatched after a couple of weeks in the egg. Other than that, the only real thing I recommend is some type of bridge that he can swim through (not a cave, but something with more than one opening that are more than large enough for the baby shark to move through...

One other recommendation would be that your tank be more deep and wide as opposed to tall. Because of their body structure, they stay flat almost all the time, so they need more square footage than most fish that get their size...

As a beginner project, I don't recommend them, but once you can keep near perfect water conditions on a day to day basis for an extended period of time, then maybe you'll be a shark fanatic like me...

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That's some crazy ^%$%

How big do those sharks get? Are they ridiculusly priced? How hard are they to care for? I might have a spare 180-300 gallon tank in the future and it would be nice to have a shark in the living room. Could I put anything else in there? BTW, I've never tried saltwater before, although I'm a very fast learned.

- dj

It was a 225 gallon Fish-Only...

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how big of a tank was this billy?

Daka<<<<

if you had a canivourous (curse my spelling ) fish what would you feed it? on tv I saw a nurse shark (?) & they fed it a gold fish is this normal?

I fed my shark frozen bits of squid

What kind of shark do you have?

I wouldn't feed it live fish because then you could never really touch the water of that tank. Instead, feed it on a set schedule and always feed it something dead (also to prevent it from thrashing about or chasing prey in a tank that really isn't big enough for a feeding frenzy) and you'd most likely be able to do things inside the tank. I fed my shark frozen bits of squid (and if he's not used to chasing dinner, smaller fish can be kept with him at a later date)...

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okay thanx

Especially since feeder goldfish are ridden with disease. I'd feed them squid or something cheap you could get from a supermarket.

- Dj

Well, you could certainly feed it live fish. But goldfish, or any FW fish would a horrible idea.

okay thanx. so if I had a Nurse SHark I wouldnt just feed it live hold fish?

I see Silversides being fed to larger carnivors. Of course, nothing like a nurse shark. You'd probably have to feed something like that huge amount of large, fresh, dead fish.