banded cat shark

[guineawhop]

anybody have any experience with a banded cat shark. if so what can i put with him...and what can i expect as far as hardyness and personality. i've read about them and alls they keep saying is the hardest part is getting them to eat

 

[moraym]

Try posting this in the aggressive forum, several people there have kept these sharks and could offer you more assistance.
edit: I see it got moved, thank you mod.

 

[ophiura]

They will outgrow the 100g and are potential bulldozers, IME. Once they do eat, they have the potential to grow quite rapidly.

 

[fmarini]

My GF gots one. She hatched it from an eggcase. I recall the thing didn't eat for like a week, then just started eating. She started it on squid and shrimp. Its about 12-14" long now. I like the bulldozer analogy, clumsey as heck, and moves alot of substrate around.

 

[ophiura]

Also, they tend to prefer lower light - or at least are more active nocturnally. The other thing I would not count on is being able to trade it in somewhere when they hit 2' or more.

 

[psusocr]

youll need 180 gallons minimum for a banded cat

 

[guineawhop]

i have a 100 gallon and a 260. thanks for the info

 

[guineawhop]

i still need to know what i can put with them

 

[psusocr]

everyones different but i got the o.k from board members to keep
1 v.lion
1 cali ray
1 banded shark
and 1 zebra eel
thats all i want and all the bioload the tank will handle, so that should be along the lines of your 260, also i dont know if you wanted more fish that my setup...(as in tangs or whatever) instead of rays, eels, ans sharks
hope i helped!!

 

[guineawhop]

thankyou....how about would it be ok to put angels and tangs as well

 

[ophiura]

IME, large angels can be a risk at picking at the eyes of this rather sedentary shark.

 

[lilstrup]

yea angels are always bad with sharks

 

[guineawhop]

thankyou