Grey Bamboo Shark (Chiloscyllium griseum)?

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amoahkuc

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Hey, I was looking through my Shark and Ray book and came across the Grey Bamboo shark that I had circled and labled as number one for my home aquarium. I was originally looking for a coral catshark, but reading the profile of the grey bamboo makes this species better suited for my home aquarium. It gets about the same size as the coral catshark, but is less active. Does anyone know where I can get one. Thankk You

P.S. Somewhere where they wont accidentally send me a brownbanded bamboo shark. :naughty:
 
Ok - for the record Grey Bamboos get to be about 3" long than a Coral Catshark. They also require a slightly wider tank.

While the Site suggested recommends at least a 110 gallon - which basically means they(site owners) are quoting Mr. Michael's Book "Aquarium Sharks & Rays". And as I & other on this board have stated - It's never good to follow these recommendations.

A true minimum tank size for a single adult Coral Catshark - should never be less than 250 gallons. While a Grey Bamboo actually need a tank/pond that is over 300 gallons to live for their entire life.
 
Yeah, I just read it. 110g isn't big enough.

Just helping him out bc he wanted to know where to get one.
 
If you are looking for an ideal shark for a smaller sized aquarium plenty people here can suggest other species such as port jackson, brownbanded bamboo, coral cat, some types of horns etc. You still need a "large" tank but its not an insanely large tank. You could go with a pond thought to keep it but that would cost a lot of money.
 
krj-1168, I was reading your posts on sharkandraycentral and it was you who said that the grey bamboo shark averages 25" not 30" which you are claiming. Don't get offended if i'm asking questions because i am trying to gather as much information so that I make the right decision. I would understand your frustration if i were like 30% of the people on this sight and said something dumb like "I bought a brownbanded bamboo egg and all I have is a 55g tank and don't have the money to upgrade to the 300+ gallon system that the shark will need". Based on what I collected I thought that the grey bamboo would be better off because it was less active and according to you was on average only 1" bigger than the coral catshark. I have posted my plans for my 220 gallon tank from tenecor onthis site the perimiter is 48"X14"X48"X14"X48" and 30" tall with an 8"X8" overflox in the corner. It is a pentagon corner tank so based on that which species would would recomend.

By the way if I don't have the tank space to house a grey bamboo why would you recomend a port jackson, brownbanded bamboo, or horn shark. (serafino) they all get bigger then the species i was interested in?
 
I definitely would not suggest purchasing a Port Jackson. They can reach sizes of 4.4' and have even bin recorded up to 7.7'!! Their cooler temperature requirements also need to be taken into consideration. Australian Marbled Catsharks stay under two feet and would be a good alternative if you can find them.
 
Nothing wrong with the Grey Bamboo - It's a great smaller shark. But It's definitely smaller than the Brown banded Bamboo, White-spotted Bamboo, or the Cali Horn & Port Jackson. I was just stating that it gets slightly larger than the Coral Catshark.

As far as the active level of the Grey Bamboo - it's likely about as active as a White-spotted Bamboo.

And to clear things up - yes - A Grey Bamboo may average 25" long - but they max out at about 30". And when planning tank size to keep a shark in for it's entire life - it's always best to plan on the shark reaching it's full potential size - instead of just it's average size.
 
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