High fin banded shark

[BowandWalter]

Just got one from a friend, it was a bit of a surprise. He eventually will be going into my pond, with the koi. Right now he's bombing around in my 75 gallon cold water tank, I'm keeping him inside until he gets a bit bigger, he's 2.5-3 inches right now. The Internet doesn't seem to have much for solid care guidelines, or any personal information that doesn't seem to say that a ten gallon tropical tank is gggrrrreeeaaaattt... BS. Has anyone on here kept them?

 

[mctlong]

I've never seen one before. Can you post pics? I'm super curious what these sharks look like.

 

[BowandWalter]

The tank is unlit because of the other occupants, in person he has beautiful diagonal bars. I'll post better pictures when he's more settled and I can aim a light at him.

 

[Eweezyfosheezy]

pic isnt showing for me

 

[BowandWalter]

I can't seem to get it to show. I'll try later once I have a better picture.

 

[Eweezyfosheezy]

try tinypic.com to upload pics on here.

 

[BowandWalter]

try tinypic.com to upload pics on here.

Okydoke
I still should get a better picture of him. Probably tomorrow, he just made an impressive jump out of the tank because I overfilled it, whoops.

 

[Tom]

They need a lot of vegetation in the diet. Aquatic plants or algae is best. In the past I gave them algae wafers, leafy greens and spirulina flake.

 

[BowandWalter]

They need a lot of vegetation in the diet. Aquatic plants or algae is best. In the past I gave them algae wafers, leafy greens and spirulina flake.

I was already planning on grabbing zucchini tomorrow. One thing I read said to feed them sushi seaweed, is it good for them? what types of leafy greens would be best? Did your jump with amazing agility?

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Some of what I've read says they do best in schools, should I call in some favors and snaffle him a friend?

 

[AustinASU]

I love the Chinese hi fins.....FYI they have been known to live 100 plus years and reach ungodly lengths. I just hope your willing to have a large pond in your yard one day.

 

[BowandWalter]

I love the Chinese hi fins.....FYI they have been known to live 100 plus years and reach ungodly lengths. I just hope your willing to have a large pond in your yard one day.

I have two ponds at 1000 gallons each. I'm literally stoked for when he's ungodly sized!

 

[BowandWalter]

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