Question on Hatching a Shark Egg

[alcohologist]

So it will just happen in one day, is there anything I should be able to witness before he gets ready to come out? Will the egg turn a different color or thin out? I just want to do the right thing for the little guy, you know.
Thanks for your help.

more or less. in my experience anyway.
if you're lucky your pup will hatch in the day and you might catch it in the act, it takes a while. [I'm not too sure about this, maybe some other more experienced shark keepers can chime in regarding.]
you can predict the hatching to the week, maybe half-week, but i don't know if there are any very specific signs.

 

[Cappuccino]

Congratulations!!! You are learning a very valuable lesson and that is to research before you buy, but that's okay because catsharks I'm not as difficult to raise as some of those free swimming sharks. The best thing you can do for that egg is to leave it alone! As long as your water is perfect and has good water flow he will do just fine on its own. As you do more of these hatchlings you will be able to predict exactly when it's going to happen, but it's one of those things where you just have to be there. Enjoy watching the egg and your shark coming out and growing, but don't touch it. If there is anything wrong, you won't be able to do anything about it anyway, so leave it alone. Enjoy is a beautiful thing when they finally hatch.

 

[callum]

could a juvenile be kept in a 6,2,2 fotter

 

[alcohologist]

for a very short while.

 

[torontoleafs_rock]

If you are serously interested in sharks a good book 2 get would be Aquarium Sharks and Rays by Scott W. Michael

 

[niblit]

I hatch banded sharks all the time at work. I clip the egg in an alge clip near the inlet then leave it be,they always hatch and people love to watch the babys squigle in their egg

 

[krj-1168]

Yeah - even after hatching - you might have a problem getting it to feed.

Newborn Bamboos often take a while to start feeding - and some never do.

It's actually not really recommend that 1st time shark owner, get a shark egg. The combination of inexperience, & newborn shark - can be quite deadly for the shark.

 

[SWGNATE]

a 180 or bigger will do fine, a 500 gallon is for blacktip reef sharks... even then they can be stored in as little as 350 gallons... just make sure your not doing this all in like a 50 gallon tank... i hear they grow like weeds