Hammerheads in Captivity

[sheriff]

Like to hear from persons who have kept Hammer in a public aquarium enviroment
Problems encountered eyes etc
Possable Solutions

I have some scalloped hammerhead sphyrna lewini about 18 inchs that are in q area awaiting to go in to a 500 000 litre system intially then a 2.2 millon but at the moment they seem to be rubbing there eyes on the sides even though there is plastic curtin to try keep them of the sides

Also intrested in just any genral experiences with them

Thanks Steve

 

[Zoodiver]

I used to keep great, scallop and bonnet pups in a round pool, then slowly introduce them to obsticles (big plastic tash cans filled with water) so they would learn to nagivate around them. I'd seen bubbles walls used with mixed results... but have never done that myself.

Eyes/rostrum damage and foreign object injestions have been the two biggest issues I've faced with hammer species. Soft sides seem to help alot. One thing I've seen with the one's I've had it that if the pumps are close enough to the pool to send vibrations down the pipe and vibrate the sides, it seems to cause problems. I've had to move pumps away, or add more pipe length between the pump and the pool. It's almost like the virbating sides throw them off while swimming. Foreign electrical currect can do the same thing.