But, when I had my smooth hound shark he would always jump out of the tank even though I did have a cover! Do your sharks try to jump out and how do you stop it?
Wouldn't you recommend they be round? And since the dogfish are cooler water, can you recommend cooler water tank mates? Is the 280 gallon a permanent sanctuary? It looks much larger than that! I wanted to install one for my fiance. He let it slip that a predator tank featuring the dogfish was kinda like a pipe dream.. but we were planning on at least a 1,000gallon reef and I wanted to surprise him! You guys are the only ones on here that aren't dissecting them!
epaulette's are going to do well in a 180g at the start and may have to be upgraded to a 250g. Bamboo's tend to do ok in a 100g. Chain sharks... No clue
Our aquarium is now a beautiful open top reef. The shark were in there for 2 years before they out grew the aquarium. At 24" they looked cramped and uncomfortable. Stick to the 1000 gallon reef, it will be magnificent. Shark aquariums do get boring.
@Glassmanog If it is a Smoothound Shark at 7" and only $ 70, then my GUESS is that it was collected using the most inhumane method. Females are caught full of pups. The female is killed and pups are pulled out, thats why they are so small. This practice is one of the reason why Leopard Shark under 36" are illegal. Most smoothounds are imported between 10"-12" and wholesale for around $ 150 landed (from legit wholesalers). No way that $70 retail smoothound was collected using legit method
males grow to 46 inches and females get over a ft larger i think people who sale these sharks online are lying about maximum length of 28 in 300 gal just to get a sale i want one too but the health and safety of a animal is a bit more important than wanting it because its bad ass there also like 500 dollars not worth buying and it dying cause of stress
If you get a baby hound (about 10") you could keep it in a 220 for less then a year. Our 10" hound grew to 14" in a year, and a 24" smoothound shark is far too big for a 220.
@@evancheese4898I have had a horn shark in a 240 for almost 2 years and he’s doing great you don’t need 100 gallons for a shark depending on the species
+Lucy Hughes Thanks, but I was wondering which species it is, since most of the guitarfish family requires a good bit of paperwork from federal and state agencies to be kept legally. This one looks like a shovelnose guitarfish to me, which, as far as I know, doesn't require approval to keep as long as it was taken and/on imported properly. If that's the case, it would be awesome to add to the shark and ray pool when it's done.
It was for 119 dollar but nobody is interest in shark cause of the size it get so they try to lowering it to 70 to make someone buy it and I know is the shark came from a big warehouse in NYC
Their dentition consists of flattened teeth that act as crushing plates. They have evolved to catch, crush & eat molluscs & crustaceans, shell & all. This one was having trouble because of the size of the prawn.
When they are small, about 12", you could keep it in a 125 but for a VERY short period of time, may be 6 months. I would never recommend you do this. In about a year they are already over 24", and require a tank at least 4'x4'. Not to be funny but smoothounds need something the size of a small swimming pool for long term care. For a 125g you should look into cat sharks.
+Eran Stiles hounds you can buy online they range 500-1000$ black tips are a little bit more harder to find online since most people can't keep it for life
ok so this how it works their born as 20-24 inches now when they hit 3feet and 6 inches (3-4years) they are adults and once they hit that they will only grow 3/4 to 1 1/2 inch per year so they won't hit 4 feet until 4-7 years and 5 feet at 10-12 years and sadly at 14 years they die (males females go until 19 years) for sharks I say ponds, ponds are very cheap (indoor fold able ponds), for reef sharks i say 15'' x 15'' x 4'' (least) or oval but never a glass tanks (their pointless) plus salts/heater/chiller/sand and filters it will cost a few thousands.
+D.Lima | SharKy , alright thanks for the info. But would these or any shark in home aquariums, can they be in the tank with other fish and when it gets hungry it'll eat the smaller fish? Like say minoes or gold fish?
yea sharks like shrimps more than anything just be careful with eels (They have been known to rip sharks in half) but most fish are safe with them. i believe their is a compatibility chart on google
Not sure where you get your info, but you are totally wrong. Most Smoothounds get up to 5' in the wild and 5' in captivity. But if you keep a smoothound in a 220 gallon tank it will only get 24", because IT WILL DIE before reaching his natural and normal growth. I guess I'm looking at a living, breathing FAKE smoothound in my aquarium that is over 24" already in about 2 years time, thats LOL
