Zebra Horn Shark video

[coralite]

I recently visited Country Critters with Joetbs last week. While I was there I had the opportunity to make a video of the two zebra horn sharks and the two port jackson horn sharks. I thought it turned out alright, thankfully some of the fish were active.
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[ZANYMASTER]

Tank looks too small for them.People should leave them in the ocean where they belong.Unless you have a 500+ tank.

 

[jejton]

Aren't Port Jackson sharks cold water fish?

 

[Killerdrgn]

Nice choice of music/soundtrack for the video.

 

[coralite]

The tank was about 250-300 gallons and it was chilled. The fish had plenty of swimming room and Horn Sharks are suitable captive fish because they are not all that active as fish go.

 

[IconicAquariums]

Nice vid Jake.

These are kept at 70 degrees and the Zebras are going to be bred (1m/1f). The tank is 325g + sump IIRC. The H. portjacksoni were little 9" babies just a couple months ago. Also, H. zebras are going into the owner's 2,000g tank shortly.

 

[jejton]

Hey Joetbs, do you work at CC?

 

[IconicAquariums]

no, i am just friends with the owner. i live over 2 hours away.

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Good to see they're going to a bigger home.Awesome

 

[inkblue]

How about educating people not to catch sharks for our aquariums :scratch:

 

[Dj Orion]

Aquarium Adventure is selling a female leopard shark in their display for $6,000. Its allready outgrown its 700g tank that its in and is approx 4 feet long. The thing has lived in captivity for 9 of its 10 years. :sad2:

 

[IconicAquariums]

How about educating people not to catch sharks for our aquariums

How about carefully taking & transporting 2 sharks out of the ocean for breeding purposes so no one has to take more? Hmm...

 

[IconicAquariums]

Aquarium Adventure is selling a female leopard shark in their display for $6,000. Its allready outgrown its 700g tank that its in and is approx 4 feet long. The thing has lived in captivity for 9 of its 10 years. :sad2:

Still has another 3' to go too.

 

[coralite]

How about educating people not to catch sharks for our aquariums :scratch:

We all decide to draw the line somewhere when it comes to keeping captive animals for our personal enjoyment. This BB is not a forum for PETA or their viewpoints but rather how to provide the best care for our pet and ornamental animals while having minimal impact on the environment. Horn sharks are some of the most suitable species to keep and breed in captivity and there is obviously a long term goal in place for the pair in question.

 

[jhale]

Horn sharks are some of the most suitable species to keep and breed in captivity and there is obviously a long term goal in place for the pair in question.

Perhaps this information should have been posted along with the video.
Not everyone knows this about horn sharks, I did not not.

Many of our members care deeply about the environment, and the fish that are taken from the reefs. Sharks are a big contention here, so seeing ones kept in a small tank will lead to the comments posted.

We need more threads educating people on what fish are suitable to be kept in our tanks and which are not. This is something we have just begun to work on.

 

[ZANYMASTER]

I'm with you Ink but if you must keep one,at least have a big enough tank for them.