Gray Bamboo Shark

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Hey, thanks for the pictures man.

I already use selecon as a nutritional soak guys, but what else should I be picking up for the shark specifically? What kind of iodine supplements are you guys using?

Would a large grouper, eel, and lionfish be okay tankmates?

Thanks everyone, and great to see you on nonstophoops. :D
 
He used to be kept with a snowflake eel and a blueline grouper. The grouper will be no problem at all, he will get the food first. They are crazy aggressive come feeding time. The eel was ok, however, occasionally during feed the shark would latch onto the eel accidently and they would roll around until the shark let go or the eel bit back. Quite entertaining, I must say, but not something I would recommend. Anyone else have experience with eels and sharks together?

Lionfish too? I have heard yes and no on them. For the most part they should be fine I would think. I would just be worried that if the shark accidently latched on the lionfish he would be spined. Anyone have thoughts on this?
 
I have always kept a Harlequin Tusks with my smaller benthic sharks. Eels should be fine as long as they aren't big enough to kill the shark. A zebra moray would work really well. I am not a big fan of lions so I wouldn't get one.
 
My carpet sharks like to snack on eels...just my $.02.

I use Mazuri Shark and Ray tabs from time to time with carpet sharks to keep the idodine up. Fresh killed food will also retain the iodine / thiamine to avoid goiters.
 
Unfortunately fresh seafood I think is technically impossible to get here in Wisconsin.
I will look into mazuri's food.

The reason I ask is this...this fish is going into (eventually, as we are constructing now) a very large tank, which is viewable by the class room.
It will have a large sump, and healthy flow.

This being said, my job as manager of the facility is to get as much bio-diversity as possible.

I am currently running a 6' tank at home, which holds juvenile lion, tusk, and a panther grouper.

I am also looking to get a tesselata eel.

The question is, as these got to be big enough to avoid being eaten by the shark, could they be incorporated into the same tank? I should think so...but only because I have seen these fish be keep with sharks before. Just wanted to know what you guys thought.

Im pushing to get the tank to be another foot wider...hopefully we will get the grants to do so. We may or may not also just make it 2' longer as well, for a total of 10' of length.
 
FLESHY;4705945; said:
Unfortunately fresh seafood I think is technically impossible to get here in Wisconsin.
I will look into mazuri's food.

The reason I ask is this...this fish is going into (eventually, as we are constructing now) a very large tank, which is viewable by the class room.
It will have a large sump, and healthy flow.

This being said, my job as manager of the facility is to get as much bio-diversity as possible.

I am currently running a 6' tank at home, which holds juvenile lion, tusk, and a panther grouper.

I am also looking to get a tesselata eel.

The question is, as these got to be big enough to avoid being eaten by the shark, could they be incorporated into the same tank? I should think so...but only because I have seen these fish be keep with sharks before. Just wanted to know what you guys thought.

Im pushing to get the tank to be another foot wider...hopefully we will get the grants to do so. We may or may not also just make it 2' longer as well, for a total of 10' of length.
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if you're looking for biodiversity, i would go for a couple different elasmobranchii depending on tank size, plus a bunch of large tangs, i think a lionfish would work fine, there are so many different eels, its hard to say, but tessys are typically very aggressive so i don't know

groupers are questionable, as said before they would get food faster, but in a large enough tank it wouldn't be an issue
 
I have a guy that works under me and all he does is keep a close eye over the salt stuff. Target feeding will not be a problem.

As far as biodiversity goes, we are aiming for families, so by and large, adding more sharks wont help.

They have been begging for a shark forever, so Im trying to follow through. Good thing we are also in the process of building a pretty big tank as well.

Now that people have heard we are getting this shark, some of them are asking for a chimera. I told them Im not doing it because I dont want to run the chillers. :D
 
Its going to be a narrower footprint. I also thought that it was a bad idea to mix rays/skates with benthic sharks?
 
FLESHY;4706201; said:
Its going to be a narrower footprint. I also thought that it was a bad idea to mix rays/skates with benthic sharks?
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Its really something that you have to feel out. I think that each shark is unique in its own way. A perfect example is my lemon, He really isn't too aggressive and doesn't bother his tank mates too much. But I had a friend who had one that killed everything he put in the tank. You just have to be willing to try things and if they don't work out have a way to separate them.
 
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