Hello all.
Just a few words to present myself, I am a french PhD student working on deep sea spurdog (spiny dogfish, greeneye spurdog and piked spurdog as exemple). One of my study will involve to keep these speces in captivity for 1 to 2 years. These experiments are very important for the conservation of these species. My post is to ask you to share your knowledge and experience around this topic as i don't want catching sharks to see them dying in my tanks due to a mistake i woul have done.
The first challeng ewill be to catch them and keep them alive even with the difference of pression. This part should be ok as all are not so deep sharks.
The second challenge is to keep them alive in the tanks ( I will give you the size of the tank later in the week). I Know from last experience that lots of them bumped in the tank and developped lacerations around the snout and the eyes whih leaded to infections and dead. I am thinking to keep them in a swimming tunnel (big size obviously!) or to protect them from the tank by adding some rubber or to create a air wall. But for the last one I will have to monitor the stress created by the air bubble.
What do youthink is the best solution
Cheers
Just a few words to present myself, I am a french PhD student working on deep sea spurdog (spiny dogfish, greeneye spurdog and piked spurdog as exemple). One of my study will involve to keep these speces in captivity for 1 to 2 years. These experiments are very important for the conservation of these species. My post is to ask you to share your knowledge and experience around this topic as i don't want catching sharks to see them dying in my tanks due to a mistake i woul have done.
The first challeng ewill be to catch them and keep them alive even with the difference of pression. This part should be ok as all are not so deep sharks.
The second challenge is to keep them alive in the tanks ( I will give you the size of the tank later in the week). I Know from last experience that lots of them bumped in the tank and developped lacerations around the snout and the eyes whih leaded to infections and dead. I am thinking to keep them in a swimming tunnel (big size obviously!) or to protect them from the tank by adding some rubber or to create a air wall. But for the last one I will have to monitor the stress created by the air bubble.
What do youthink is the best solution
Cheers
(I would say 2000+ gallons depending on size and its length of stay. Once we get a grasp of the size your working with maybe we can help with the setup and filtration to keep it happy. Also it will have a large bio load they apparently eat anything they can so a massive sump would be in order.