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Sharks and Rays in Aquariums
Gaining an understanding of how to keep these fishes in captive
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Attn Bob Fenner - Regarding black tip Reef sharks
8/2/17
Hello Bob,
<Wally>
So I have a 10 foot 1200+ gallon QT tank being used to house 3 small
Juvenile/pup black tip reef sharks (24 inches).
<Need to be moved from here ASAPractical...>
Pup #1 and #2 were received perfectly healthy, pup #3 came in very sick at the
receiving facility. It swam with an extreme wobble and dragged the rear half of
the body. At one point to laid at the bottom of the tank gasping
for air. The facility specialist gave it steroids and it bounced back to life.
We went ahead and accepted all 3 back then
Anyways, 6 weeks of QT had past. The Friday morning while the pups were being
feed. The #3 only ate 1 of the silverside and refused anymore food.
Swam with a wobble and in distress. Body became pale towards a light brown
color. It refused to eat the rest of that Friday and seemly became more
lethargic and constantly running into things. The next morning it was
dead.
<Not surprising>
The following week we received another replacement. from the supplier.
Very healthy and ate from the beginning. Its been about 1.5 weeks now and as of
a few hours ago, we're noticing the same symptoms with the new shark. I am lost
now
<Capture, handling, shipping stress all conspiring here>
This 1200 gal QT gets 400 gallons of water changes per week. it has a jumbo
skimmer that pulls out 3/4 - 1 full gallon of skimmate per day. 80 lbs of
ceramic media and 100 lbs of live rock.
any ideas? Thank you
<The wear and tear before you received them is at work here. I REALLY wish folks
would not sell "sharky" sharks. Stick with the boring epaulettes, bamboos...
that spend a good deal of the time on the bottom.
Bob Fenner>
--
*Wally Do*
Sea Side Aquatics and Tom's Aquatics LLC
Brownbanded bamboo shark sick
12/20/14
Hi,
I got my bamboo shark when he was in a purse, watched him hatch
about 4 weeks ago,
<Ah, congrats>
and have taken care of hi m since. I had him in an 80 gallon
<Will need more room>
tank with healthy levels of pH, salinity, etc., he had healthy
eating patterns (three times a week- small pieces of shrimp),
<And more than this. See WWM re Thiaminase and feeding small sharks>
and he was very relaxed (pretty much stayed put during the day, moving
sometimes). Then, I brought him into another tank where I could take
care of him over break with healthy pH, salinity, etc. However, here
he got attacked by crabs overnight, and I took him out in the
morning when I saw, put him in a bucket with an aerator, and brought him
home to my new tank with nothing but a couple of large rocks to hide
under and a pipefish. He seemed healthy yesterday, but today he started
looking strange. I fed him some shrimp like usual, but he didn't eat,
which I just assumed was because he was acclimating to the new
environment, but he looks like his brown bands are discoloring a little
bit and he is breathing very deeply, very quickly. I know there is
enough oxygen because along with the filter, I put an aerator in
underneath a rock. His dorsal fin, anal fin, and tail are chewed up on
the back and I don't know if he is in pain or what to do.
<Just provide good care; stable and optimized water quality>
He also is swimming very erratically. He will start swimming back and
forth and sort of turn on his side briefly while swimming, then turn
back over still while swimming. I am very concerned also because my
pH dropped significantly over night from 8.4 to 8.0.
<Not good.. pH is a base 10 log... this is a huge swing>
Also today shortly after I put the food in the tank, he did this weird
thing where he lifted up his front and looked like he was throwing up
some clear fluid that looked like snot, and a lot of it came out. I
don't see any red spots on his stomach. Is it possible that he
has ich?
<?>
He looks like he has about 5 white spots on his nose that aren't sand. I
also don't have any sand in my tank as I had to set it up immediately
because of the situation with the crabs attacking him. If you have any
advice that would be so helpful because I am really scared that he could
be sick, and I don't want him to die.
Thanks,
Sacha
<Reading for now. Bob Fenner>
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Smoothhound Shark bad nose... Coldwater, mis-placed... system
7/8/14
Hi , I own a Smoothhound shark approximately 18-20 inches on a 480
gallon
rectangle tank with two tower live rock decorations on corners.
<... rectangular... the rock... this animal has damaged itself... You
can read re other such incidents on WWM, in a book I've authored on
captive shark husbandry (on Amazon.com)>
It looks like he hit his nose and it looks bad although he would eat
everyday if i let him, i have been trying to feed every other day
instead.(skid and or shrimp)
I had a bad spike in nitrates to what seemed over 160ppm
at one time, Salt
gravity is 1.021, Ammonia 0, Nitrites0 and nitrates close to 40, im
vodka
dosing on the 7th week @ 7.2ml
Do you think, more water changes would help him recover faster,
<Hard to say... using NO3 concentration as a guide to overall water
quality... I'd keep under 20 ppm. Better by far to utilize RedOx...
ozone... keep this at 350-400 mv/cm>
i was doing
a monthly water change, i currently run a 7' long Sump/Refugium with
live
rock, DSB, (4) 7" Filter Socks
<Switch these out, wash daily>
2 40w UV Sterilizers with a MRC Orca pro II
skimmer, 2 Carbon Media Chambers Water changes are done with RO/DI
Water.
Also thinking about Mazuri Shark Vitamins, to try speed up his recovery.
<Good>
I have noticed that at night he jumps and trashes over the
bracing of the
tank , he might have hit this with his nose, or maybe tank
overflow it has
some sharp corners.
<Did physically traumatize itself...>
His tankmates are a 3 Feet green Moray eel,
<What species? The congeners on either side of the C. American isthmus
are very piscivorous... will eat all else you list fish-wise>
Show size Yellow tang, Small
Desjardini, Purple tang, 2 red Big Eye Squirrel ,California
stingray
<A coldwater organism, along w/ this Squalid>
and
Show Size blond Naso tang.
Also thinking about adding more live rock on remote bins to lower
nitrates
as sump is full of Live rock and Chaetomorpha, with some coarse sand, i
just discovered this is not as good as finer grade sand for Deep sand
bed,
so this will be changed soon.
<Sounds like worthwhile improvements>
Any help would be appreciated picture will be attached on a separate
email.
<Thank you for these>
Thanks
--
Eduardo
<Am named "Dogfish" in the Hash House Harrier run groups around the
planet; so have an additional affinity for these shark species... Yous
is likely doomed due to the physical trauma it has occasioned; along
with this inappropriate setting.
Bob Fenner>
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Re: Smoothhound Shark bad nose... explanation of cold vs.
tropical mis-mix organisms
7/9/14
Thanks for your quick response. I quite did not understood what you
meant about the water temp, I'm
currently running 77 degrees
<... Yes; this IS a subtropical/coldwater
species... SEE WWM, FishBase.org... it really cannot be placed (nor the
Ca. Ray; look this up as well) in a tropical setting. Part of the
induced problem/s here>
I don't know if I could go colder with the
Tangs, running a 1hp chiller on an APEX CONTROLLER.
<... the livestock you list NEED TWO very different systems. BobF>
Re: Smoothhound Shark bad nose
My ORP is currently 330 and I'm not running OZONE yet.
<Ahh! Glad to find that you are aware. B>
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Smoothhound snout problem 6/1/08 I
have (2) 18" grey Smoothhounds in a 5'x5' sq <Too
small> aquarium with wet/dry <Inadequate for chondrichthyous fishes> and protein skimmer filtration. All
levels are great <...> since the system is tied in with our
700 gallon reef system. <Oh!> The shark tank has a small
island of gulf rock, very round. Also I have a 24"
shovelhead shark and marbled Catshark. All but one Smoothhound
are doing great. The one looks like the tip of the snout was cut
of. At least the front 1/2" is missing. We can see some
blood and even the cartilage. He is eating but not healing. Any
suggestions for medicine. <Mmm, yes... none. This condition is
quite common with captive sharks in small, non-rounded
containers... they run into the edge repeatedly... Hopefully
yours has learned the physical limits here. Nothing will
"treat" the symptom... need to address the cause... too
small, square world. Bob Fenner>
Re: Smoothhound snout problem
6/1/08 Hello Bob, <Tom> Thank you for the
response. However, I do not think this is a case of rubbing
against the corners as I have seen that happen many times before.
<I see> This looks as if some cut of the front of the snout
of. <Yikes! It sure does> Also, this happened within 2 days
of the shark living in this tank. It started with a good junk
missing and now it seems as if progressing further. I did have a
few local "oyster rocks" in the tank which are really
sharp and I think he may have cut the snout of while searching
around for crabs living around the rocks. Can I use Methylene or
Lugol's and apply it directly to the cut using a q-tip.
<Yes... a good use here. Full strength> I could do this
many times per day if I had to. The shark is still eating but the
snout looks really bad. Please see the attached photo and let me
know what you think. Thank You Tom M <Does look like a
physical injury... I do hope this cool/cold water animal rallies
in your care. BobF>
Re: smooth hound snout problem 6/3/08
>>Thank you for your response. I will use Methylene twice
per day using a q-tip. Will keep you posted. <Oh! And one more
bit... in other times I've used the old timey
"mixer" of zinc oxide... to prevent nose-sunburns... to
coat such wounds. The curatives can be mixed in with. BobF>
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Re: Smoothhound snout problem 6/16/08 Hello
Bob, <Tom> Just want to keep you updated. The shark is
still eating and getting better. I keep him in an empty 60x24x24
aquarium, part of our reef system. He is easy to remove for daily
meth. blue q-tip rub. Looks like it will heal but will have a
blunt nose. Thanks. Tom <Outstanding... I do hope you have
larger quarters for this fish in mind. Thank you for this update.
Bob Fenner>
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Banded Cat Shark HELP ME PLEASE 1/17/11
Hello, love the site BTW, I've had my banded cat now for about 4
months (well longer, but he was an egg ). Last night we checked in on
the tank and all was well, about 20 minutes later I was heading to
sleep and my shark was M.I.A. I searched and searched only to find him
on top of the glass that covers the tank.
<Ohh!>
I immediately put him back in the water, and he began breathing ( a
little fast, I figured he's stressed). The shark does enjoy laying
on the two power-heads near the top of the tank, could his fins have
got caught by one?
<Not likely>
He made it through the night, but I don't know what I can do for
him. Is there anything I could do? Any suggestions are greatly
appreciated!!
Thank you,
Ally
<I would lower the specific gravity, density of the water a few
thousandths... and not feed, keep the lights off... for a few days. Bob
Fenner>
Bamboo Cat Shark Question
7/22/11
Hi guys, I am a big fan of your site and appreciate all the
knowledge.
I have an adult Bamboo Cat shark that has a white film over his
entire eye.
<Mmm, an injury... this fish "swam into"
something...>
The other eye is missing (purchased from a pet store this way). His eye
has been completely white for over 3 months. He currently resides in a
300 gallon aquarium with 0 ammonia, 0 nitrates, low nitrates. Several
puffer fish reside in the aquarium with him and never seem to bother
each other.
<Maybe...>
If given the change he will eat everyday numerous silver sides, shrimp,
mussels, shrimp, etc and acts completely normal.
<This diet may be an issue. Read here:
http://wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_6/volume_6_1/thiaminase.htm
Do you use/administer vitamins? Are you familiar w/ Mazuri.com?>
Do you have any insight what this white film could be. Potentially an
injury or parasite?
<The former almost assuredly>
Thanks for the help. Zach
<Welcome. Bob Fenner>
Open Sore on Horn Shark 3/4/06
Hello I have a 1 yr old Horn Shark and just last week i noticed an
open
sore on his front right fin. I figured one of the other
sharks might have bit him, but then today i saw an it was bleeding a
little bit, he's breathing normally and swimming only when some
walks by to feed him. Could you please tell me what it is
and how could i treat this. Thank You
<... Mmm, depends on the cause... if "just a bite", it
will likely heal... Given the system is fine (large enough, filtered,
chilled...). If it has progressed to an infection... See WWM re: The
sections on Shark Disease, Port Jackson and Coldwater Sharks. Bob
Fenner>
Re: Open Sore on Horn Shark... Non-native speaker? -
03/05/06 thank you, the tank i have is a 300 gallon, and i have a
wet dry and a UV and a protein skimmer rated for 600 gallons, i
don't have a chiller but my water is at 69 degrees, i believe
that's ok right cause in scott Michaels book it says horn shark can
stay in temperatures from 65 to 70 degrees. <Should be fine>
i contacted the natl aquarium in Baltimore and one person
said to put iodine on the fin, idont know if i should or not. <I
would not... unless you have cause to otherwise restrict, handle this
animal. The further stress, possible physical trauma is not worth it.
Please fix your English before sending correspondence... Bob Fenner>
Port Jackson Shark... eye trouble... lack of useful
info. - 1/6/06 My port Jackson seems to have some type of
growth on its eye? Any ideas as to what it is or how I can remove it?
All the LFS suggest either rubbing it of with a finger or rag,
<No> medicating the whole tank (penicillin?), <Negative> to
actually putting Neosporin on the eye? None of those seem logical or
safe for my shark/ tank mates. Any ideas would be great. <... Is
this a Heterodontus francisci? What re its system, tankmates, history
of husbandry, water quality, nutrition... Bob Fenner>
Re: important port Jackson questions 1/11/06 Will
it hurt a shark if I put Neosporin on its eye? It has a bacteria eye
infection? or will to go away by itself? <... I would not apply this
material to a sharks eye... If you can discern the root cause/s of the
eye opacity/injury... I'd solve them. Have you read re shark
systems, heterodontids on WWM? Bob Fenner>
Re: important port Jackson questions - 01/12/2006 Bob,
<Bill> I have read re shark systems, heterodontids on WWM. I am
just looking for the solution to my port Jacksons eye. The whole eye
appears to be cloudy. The sharks behavior is as follows: he still eats
like nothing is wrong, however all he seems to do it just lie there.
<Par for these species...> Usually he is swimming about. I
rearranged the rocks a few days ago and his eye was messed up the
following day. I assume he scraped it on a rock?!? <If unilateral...
one-sided... likely so...> Thank you for your time. I just want to
get him all fixed up. Bill
Re: important port Jackson questions - 01/12/2006 Bob,
You said that you would not put Neosporin on my sharks eye. Is the
because it would not work or would it cause water problems? <Both.
Topicals can be applied to chondrichthyous fishes eyes for some
maladies... but in this case, providing a good environment, nutrition
is about the best/only means I'd advise... Chilled, large quarters,
no discernible organics, use of vitamins... Bob Fenner>
Re:
important port Jackson questions... learning to use WWM -
01/12/2006 Bob, <Bill> Thank you for you your reply. So time
its self, vitamins and good water quality will be all my
shark needs for his eye to clear up? What type of vitamins
and which is the best method to give them? <... this is posted... on
WWM... please learn to/use the indices, search tool there> Sorry to
keep asking the same question over and over, I just want to make sure I
do this right and my shark gets better. Bill <Please. Bob Fenner>
Injured Leopard Shark - If You're Gonna, This is The Way!
>I have Two leopard Sharks in an 1800Gal oval shaped custom built
aquarium. The aquarium is located in my home Gym. The aquarium was
custom built out of solid concrete with fiberglass reinforcements. The
filtration on the tank consist of three independent system the first
system is a 4,000gph Biotech 10 pond filter, the second filtration is a
little more complicated. The water leaves the tank fed by gravity into
a modified Ocean clear canister filter, then through an in-line heater
before it goes into a 200gal aquarium filled up with live rock and Two
3" homemade Protein Skimmers >>I think you mean 3'
skimmers, yeah? >..copied from a Red Sea Berlin Turbo. The water
leaves the 200gal tank and goes into a large 30W UV Bio Pond Filter
before it is pumped back into the tank. The third simulates wave motion
[set up on timer] the water just leaves the tank goes thru a 500gph
EHEIM Canister filter and is pumped back into the tank with a 3600gph
pump. The aquarium is in an air-conditioned room and the water during
the summer stays around 71 degrees but during the winter it gets around
68 degrees. >>Great description of setup (though I've taken
the liberty of shortening some passages). >In the center of the
1800Gal aquarium is a combination of live Rock and Hard coral,
approximately 150-200lbs. The substrate is about 450lbs of Florida
Crushed Coral. For The sunlight simulation I have 4 streetlights. For
moonlight simulation I have two 48" blue moon fluorescent lights.
All the lights are on timers. >>And now to the real issue at hand
(send pics, please, as we have MANY queries on how to set up for
sharks, and though you didn't give exact dimensions you've got
other issues covered quite well). >The Leopard Sharks are around
28" and I had them for around three years now. They
have never had any health problems, neither have any of their tank
mates. The tank mates are two 18" Panther Groupers, Two 12"
Naso Tangs and one 9" blue tang. Now the problem that I have is
that my female Leopard Shark sustained an eye injury last week.
How I
really don't know but I suspect she cut it on some hard coral while
feeding because they get very destructive. >>Indeed. >I
can't find any information on how to treat the injury nor can I
find a person experience with this. >>Likely you
won't outside of public aquarium staff and most likely the staff
vets (that vet the animals, not the staff). >I don't won't
her to lose her eye and it's not looking good. At first a
blood-filled blister appeared at the top of the eye I think where the
cut was. After that a film covered the eye now the eye is filled with
blood and has a white film. I've used Garlic Xtreme,
Stress Guard, and made sure the water parameters are next to perfect.
>>I would expect the first two courses of action to do very
little, but the last course is positively your best
course. Injuries are commonplace for sharks in the wild, and
they appear to have excellent repair and recovery
systems. Along with near seawater parameters, I would
strongly suggest (if possible) separating her physically from the other
animals, and feeding her food soaked in a good supplement, I very much
like Selcon. You haven't mentioned what you feed, though
I suspect/hope it would be something akin to what she would feed on in
the wild. >Her swimming behavior has changed, she hardly swims
anymore, only when feeding and when she feeds she appears to be
herself. >>She is conserving her energy and "removing"
herself from "the herd", so to speak. She knows
she's injured is basically hospitalizing herself. If you
can erect a physical barrier this will be helpful. >I need help
please. I've removed the hard coral from the Aquarium
but will she ever see from her eye again? >>I cannot, nor can
anyone from our crew, predict whether or not she'll see
again. She would have to be examined by a vet to make that
determination. However, you can certainly continue with the
high water quality, section her off from the others, soak the food for
best nutrition (which WILL help her help herself), and give her
time. You have described no signs of infection, so I would
not recommend treating her with any antibiotics, especially because
this would necessitate her removal from the main display--may be more
traumatic than it's worth. I expect her to heal, barring
any other interference. I do hope this helps, and if you can
send up webpage sized jpegs (no bmps, please) of anything and
everything it would be quite helpful, plus it would allow us to share
with others how sharks should be housed (sans that coral though,
yeah?). If you are in need of good quality, SAFE, attractive
decorations for the system now, I strongly suggest you look up Walt
Smith, in Los Angeles area, as his company makes some AMAZING models of
living coral reef specimens that are quite safe for the animals housed
with them. If I recollect, the Long Beach Aquarium of the
Pacific used much of his wares to stock their
systems. Marina
6 Week old Banded Bamboo Shark Accident Hi, <hello> I
hope you can help I do not know what to do? Last night my Zebra moray
eel mistook my shark for a peace of squid at feeding time (they have
never acted aggressively towards each other before) the eel grabbed the
sharks by the head and pulled him into his cave. I think he let go of
him straight away and I managed to recover the shark about 1 minute
later. The shark appears to have been injured quite badly, one of his
eyes is slightly out of socket and although he is moving round the tank
he is always on his side and cannot bottom himself, his breathing is
about twice as fast as normal and he has a small cut to his head, when
the lights are off he tries to swim around as he would of before, Also
the eye shutters still open up at night. Please help! What should I do,
I do not think I could bring myself to put him out of his misery!
<this is what is best for the animal.> In your opinion will he
ever recover from this ? <the injuries sound bad. there is nothing
you can do.> Should I try to keep feeding him? <you can try, but
I do not think he will eat.> Your prompt help would be much
appreciated I have reared this shark from its egg and grown quite
attached to it. <Give him a little time and see what happens.
MikeH> Regards Darren
6 Week old Banded Bamboo Shark Accident Hi, I hope you can
help I do not know what to do? Last night my Zebra moray eel mistook my
shark for a peace of squid at feeding time (they have never acted
aggressively towards each other before) the eel grabbed the sharks by
the head and pulled him into his cave. I think he let go of him
straight away and I managed to recover the shark about 1 minute later.
The shark appears to have been injured quite badly, one of his eyes is
slightly out of socket and although he is moving round the tank he is
always on his side and cannot bottom himself, his breathing is about
twice as fast as normal and he has a small cut to his head, when the
lights are off he tries to swim around as he would of before, Also the
eye shutters still open up at night. Please help! <Well I am sorry
to say there is really nothing that you can do to save this fish. First
of all I believe its a mistake to house bamboo sharks with eels which
have very poor vision and usually mistake their tankmates for food>
What should I do, I do not think I could bring myself to put him out of
his misery!<If it gets worse I would remove the shark from the
aquarium and place him in a Ziploc bag and freeze him...a fast and
painless death. Its the humane thing to do. :( > In your opinion
will he ever recover from this ?<I highly doubt it> Should I try
to keep feeding him?<I wouldn't even bother...From what you tell
me he seems like he is in very bad shape> Your prompt help would be
much appreciated I have reared this shark from its egg and grown quite
attached to it. Regards Darren<I am very sorry this occurred...but
life is about lessons. and this one was a bad one. "Don't kick
yourself, everyone makes mistakes. But I do advise you to either keep
the eel or shark. and NOT BOTH. Good luck, IanB>
Port Jackson - Fin Rot ? Hi, don't know who I'm
talking with today, but I love your website and the information it has.
<Hey Larry, MacL here with you today. Hope you are well.>
Couldn't find anything on it or with my sharks & rays book to
answer this question though. Yesterday I received a port Jackson shark
from Jeff's exotic fish. <Lovely kind of
shark.> He had a batch of 8 of them on sale (baby 8
inchers) and so I got the last one available. He shipped
fine (very good job by them) and after acclimation (about 90 min.s) he
was in the tank and he actually ate about 10 min.s later, which was
good. <They are hearty eaters when healthy.> The problem I
noticed this evening was the top of his fin behind his head and the top
of his tail fin looks like it's rotting or shredding a bit. <Not
good at all, is it potentially some type of ph burn or ammonia burn
from the shipment in? or does it look more like a bacterial
infection?> He even ate very well today, a full cube of ocean
nutrition shark formula diced up with Vita Chem drops I add, as well as
Garlic guard. I added 1.5 capfuls of Kent Marine Tech-I, trace
elements, and a calcium dose as well tonight. He's
temporary in a 40 breeder mini reef tank I have setup (about a year
running) until I get that 330lb monster Oceanic 210 gal (7x2x2) out of
my garage and into the basement in a couple of months. I
have to clear out a monster size G-scale train layout down there which
will take some time...but at least I have the tank in my possession
anyway. <Sounds like a good plan, in the meantime this tank can
serve as a good quarantine tank.> I rearranged the tank a day before
he was shipped in to give him a 4 inch perimeter "swim
way" around the rocks on all corners. The part that
bugs me though, is he is nothing like my 1 year-old banded shark in my
75gal reef tank (will be moving to the 200 as well with a Gigas clam
getting to big in there, lol) in that he doesn't hide in a rock
cave I built for him, like the banded does during the
day. He just sits on the bottom in a corner day or
night...total bummer. Is this just because he is new to
another environment? I know it's not a fish doing this,
because the only critters I have in this setup is a coral beauty,
clown, red reef lobster, Nassarius snails, and reef
hermits. <Just a note sharks are very intolerant of any
type of nitrates whatsoever in my experience. I would really
really get your nitrates to 0> LPS typical setup in here... Tank params: SG: 1.024 NH3/NO2: 0 NO3: 5 PH: 8.3 CA: 420 Alk: 4.5m/L
Skimmer: Prizm on this smaller tank, emptied about every 4 days.
Emperor 400 polishes the water. (2) penguin 1140 powerheads Weekly
water changes of 1.5 buckets, and weekly additions of Trace, Coral
Vite, Stront/Moly, Tech-I, and Calcium Tech A+B. I was thinking maybe
it was still the tank size and was thinking of moving him in the 75 gal
which I really didn't want to do since that Gigas moves around to
the front. Charlie, my banded shark, knows him all too well
for a year and knows just to swim over him at night, but this port
Jackson seems a LOT more clumsy! <I'm a lot worried
about this new shark, his behavior is not typical. Please take a look
at this article about shark health and see if his movements fit any of
these descriptions. http://216.168.47.67/cis-fishnet/JAAS/D079.htm>
Well hopefully there is an easy fix for this, something that an LFS
has in stock, or maybe it will just get better since I'm
feeding him well every day. Really pretty shark, and
seems healthy other than the very top of the fins, and an absolute PIG
that loves to eat. Let me know if you have heard of this on
the specie before. <The problem with treating him in a tank with
corals is that you can damage your corals with the antibiotic treatment
as well or your bacterial bed. But at a guess I think your shark
isn't quite as he should be. Good luck, MacL and let me
know what you think after looking at that article.> Thanks,
Larry
Shark Death Thanks for your reply. I was so bummed
when I got home from work the next morning he was
dead. Never seen that one coming that quick, he
probably had a major disease of some kind I still can't find.
<Soooo sorry to hear that. Please accept my condolences,
I know how hard it is to lose them. MacL> Charlie will have to do
for now, and he gets usual cleanings from a shrimp that rests over him
all the time. Thanks anyway.
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