There are many books that are referenced on this site. Some of which we joke about for being so far off they aren't funny. Others are spotty at best.

I want to create this thread to offer one that is reliable for aquarists to turn to.


Often times, members of this site refer to the "Elasmobranch Husbandry Manual". It is the BEST knowledge put together by the top shark keepers in the industry - based on real world, first hand knowledge.

It can be purchased as a hard back book, or read online.

The link to the site is:

http://www.elasmobranchhusbandry.org/

On the left side menu, you'll see "MANUAL" as the thrid option down. Click that link to go to each section by chapter. It covers 99% of any question you might have about shark/ray care.

I will say that I have personally worked with many of the contributing authors and some of my work was used to assemble this information. It is (at the point of print) the foremost informative guide when looking at keeping various elasmo species in controlled systems like we do.