Freshwater Sharks - actual elasmobranchs

[Zoodiver]

:'( that bamboo shark looks so nice if only it was freshwater ='[[What tank size do they need anyways?And are they agressive?

Bamboo shark video is a fake/scam/lie. Check out the saltwater section (shark and ray subforum) for more info on keeping bamboos.

 

[peewee]

how about bull sharks? quite an aggresive shark i think they can tolerate freshwater, or is it brackish? correct me if im wrong.

 

[kzimmerman]

Bull sharks can tolerate freshwater, they have been reported to live in lake nicuagra. The story from deep creek lake is, I think, a hoax. I was living in Annapolis when that supposedly happened, and I was very much into sharks and fish. I would have heard of it, and there would be another source available, but their isn't. I have fished that lake many times, and read a great deal about it, and never heard any mention anywhere of a shark being caught there. That being said, Bull sharks are reguraly caught in the freshwater areas of the cheasapeake bay and it's tributaries. We lived on the south river, just below annapolis. I saw a shark near the headwaters of beards creek, feeding on carp. What a sight, scared the pants off me, and nobody believed me. Oh well.

 

[python_13rb]

bull sharks are actually born in some freshwater rivers. and have been found houndreds of miles up the amazon. i saw a show about them saying there born when a small baitfish is breading so there is lots of food to eat.