Banded Bamboo Shark

[jvai]

lol idk i prefer epaulette shark or coral cats.

I love my coral cat, its hard to find someone else that has success keeping him. He survived my tank crashing when I switched over to 180 lol def a +1 on that


Regardless of post count. IMHO you cannot gauge a persons experience in this hobby based solely on post count or time on MFK. I can speak on Muffys behalf, that she really does have some good information and has helped me out personally. Either way, its good to see someone ask about new stock. I would much rather see this than a thread like " Got a new Banded bamboo shark, will it be ok in a 60 gal?"

 

[Kanta]

Wow lung? Troll more sir. No need to be an ass. She stated this was future planning.

But jess. I agree to start small and work your way up. But I heard with salt the bigger it is the easier it is.

 

[jvai]

But I heard with salt the bigger it is the easier it is.

This is true. However, water evaporates so fast its very hard to keep up imho

 

[stopsharkfinning]

muffy and lungfish are you sure you dont know each other you sound like you have been married for 20 years

 

[muffywrx]

Thanks guys. That is a great idea.

 

[Zoodiver]

Sorry I've been out of town...

My $.02 on this is pretty straight forward.
Start with the 125 for a hatchling. Get it up and running as a basic saltwater tank and get a handle on it. Sand bottom, rock work, good mechanical filter and good flow. Start with small schooling fish that will be ok for a shark later. Then once you have a handle on how the tank feels, get a pup. For your first shark, get one that is eating. Find a captive bred animal, not a wild caught pup. Make sure you see it eating and it looks good (we can help with what that looks like later). You have about a year and you'll need to upgrade him/her to something bigger.

My thoughts on UV and elasmo species is fairly straight forward too... UV in 99.99% of set ups isn't enough to kill anything that could hurt a shark/ray - so more or less it's a waste.

 

[muffywrx]

Sorry I've been out of town...

My $.02 on this is pretty straight forward.
Start with the 125 for a hatchling. Get it up and running as a basic saltwater tank and get a handle on it. Sand bottom, rock work, good mechanical filter and good flow. Start with small schooling fish that will be ok for a shark later. Then once you have a handle on how the tank feels, get a pup. For your first shark, get one that is eating. Find a captive bred animal, not a wild caught pup. Make sure you see it eating and it looks good (we can help with what that looks like later). You have about a year and you'll need to upgrade him/her to something bigger.

My thoughts on UV and elasmo species is fairly straight forward too... UV in 99.99% of set ups isn't enough to kill anything that could hurt a shark/ray - so more or less it's a waste.

Awesome ... I really appreciate this advice. I can't wait to get started. What kind of sand do you recommend?

 

[Zoodiver]

Fine aragonite or any kind of crushed coral works just fine.

 

[muffywrx]

Alright! Now, my pH is already high. About 8.2 - 8.4.

Does that change things?

 

[Zoodiver]

Nope, stable is the most important thing.
Once you start to add biological load, it will come down a little.