acceptable sharks
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bandcamp
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i have a brown-banded catshark (chiloscyllium punctatum) in a 460 reef tank. they are very docile & mainly nocturnal. make sure you have caves in the live rock for the shark to hide in since they are bottom dwellers.
they grow to a max of 110 cm at which point they will most likely be too big for your tank with the rock in it.
ours eats frozen krill & knows when his stick is lowered, yesterday he was chasing our snowflake eel around because we were spot feeding him with the same stick - they have the same diet. their (the sharks) main diet in the wild are inverts & small fish. we used to have a coral banded shrimp, until "czark" ate him.
you'll be able to clean your tank without any problems.
before you get one, maybe you should do a google on them & find out as much as you can. ours hatched from an egg 3 months ago & we have a professional who comes in 2x a week to take care of our tank
they grow to a max of 110 cm at which point they will most likely be too big for your tank with the rock in it.
ours eats frozen krill & knows when his stick is lowered, yesterday he was chasing our snowflake eel around because we were spot feeding him with the same stick - they have the same diet. their (the sharks) main diet in the wild are inverts & small fish. we used to have a coral banded shrimp, until "czark" ate him.
you'll be able to clean your tank without any problems.
before you get one, maybe you should do a google on them & find out as much as you can. ours hatched from an egg 3 months ago & we have a professional who comes in 2x a week to take care of our tank
jim27
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Read my first post in the current "Fish of the Week" for a lot of info on bamboos. They'd do fine in a 180g and they'll be fine with lr and eels.
Oh yeah and whether they'll bite you ro not is depends on the individual. My whitespotted bamboo has bitten me while I was cleaning the tank, but my brownbanded bamboo never did.
Oh yeah and whether they'll bite you ro not is depends on the individual. My whitespotted bamboo has bitten me while I was cleaning the tank, but my brownbanded bamboo never did.
