What is this? Ramora Shark?

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Not a shark for a start.

its a Remora (Echeneidae), they suck onto large marine life for a free ride and feed on any scraps of food they miss.
 
Atumi said:
Not a shark for a start.

its a Remora (Echeneidae), they suck onto large marine life for a free ride and feed on any scraps of food they miss.
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That's what I thought too. I was just confused by the terming used by the company.

Any idea what size tank that fish would need? After a bunch of research I'm VERY interested in keeping one, but I'm really not sure how big of a rank they might need.
 
depending on the exact species i would assume 200 gallons and up , i've had no personal experience with them tho so you might want to ask someone like Zoodiver Zoodiver

smallest species supposedly maxes out at a couple inches, i've heard they're ultra active when they're not stuck to something.
 
Atumi said:
depending on the exact species i would assume 200 gallons and up , i've had no personal experience with them tho so you might want to ask someone like Zoodiver Zoodiver

smallest species supposedly maxes out at a couple inches, i've heard they're ultra active when they're not stuck to something.
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Huh, then I'll have to check with him then.

I have a 700-800 gallon planned (though I could, with some difficulty, get a 1000 gallon instead), so I was wondering whether one would do well in there. I was thinking of keeping one with a couple of benthic sharks, a moray eel, and a pnther grouper (with the upper park of the water basically completely reserved for him).
 
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