Sharks and Rays Aquarium Care Book

[Cu455]

Looks like Scott Micheal's book isn't the only book in town anymore. I came across this book today about the aquarium care of sharks and rays. It was published a few months ago (October 27, 2013) so the information should be fairly current. The only version of the book out is for the kindle. Because it is a fairly new book there are no reviews about it. I just bought the book but don't have my kindle or I pad with me to actually read it.

Any feedback from people who have read the book will be great. I will try and read it tonight and give some more information on it.

 

[Cu455]

Also came across this book which came out during the summer. To much bothers me about whats on the cover to justify $13 bucks for it.

 

[krichardson]

Interesting someone would create a book about the captive care of real sharks as well as freshwater fish that are commonly referred to as sharks.

 

[Cu455]

The book didn't do a good job of discussing the aquarium care of sharks and rays. It had some intresting information but wasn't a great guide to setting up a shark tank. The book was very vague. He seema like he did all his research on fourms.

For example the feeding section it said to supplement the food with iodine. It never gave ideas how to supplement it. It classified all bamboo sharks and catsharks in one section. The minimum tank size was 200 gallons for them. Mentioned horn sharks are a cool water species. He also stressed the importance of the tank shape.A large portion of the book was him taking about how some sharks are to big for most aquariums and should be taken off the market. This included the nurse shark and zebra shark.

 

[Cu455]

The last post was in reference to the Robert Fenner book. I didn't read the second book. Event hough it is a little long the manual Zoodiver always reccomends is much more informative then the Fenner book. It goes into detail about what you should do, how to do it and why you are doing it. It has excellent charts and does a great job of organizing the information.

An example deals with treating the shark before introducing it into the aquarium. It had a chart about what medications each aquarium uses. It then said what each medicine is used to treat and how it should be administered.

It would be nice of there was an abridged version. It is organized well enought that you can locate what you need and not have to read the whole thing. For those intrested in the length of the manual here you go.

The manual:

The supplement material:

 

[jaybayless]

The book didn't do a good job of discussing the aquarium care of sharks and rays. It had some intresting information but wasn't a great guide to setting up a shark tank. The book was very vague. He seema like he did all his research on fourms.

For example the feeding section it said to supplement the food with iodine. It never gave ideas how to supplement it. It classified all bamboo sharks and catsharks in one section. The minimum tank size was 200 gallons for them. Mentioned horn sharks are a cool water species. He also stressed the importance of the tank shape.A large portion of the book was him taking about how some sharks are to big for most aquariums and should be taken off the market. This included the nurse shark and zebra shark.

I had a feeling that his book would be like that. I am not a fan of his website. It is a mess of poor/outdated advice when it comes to sharks.