I want one of these! Short Tail Nurse Shark

[ichthyogeek]

ORA Short Tail Nurse Shark | Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum | ORA | Oceans, Reefs & Aquariums

Correctly pronounce the Genus of this small shark species and immediately sound cooler to everyone around you.

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So, I finally get how being an influencer can make you money. These popped up on my feed, and I really, really, really want one. Not now (and maybe not ever?), but....it's a 30" shark! At full grown! Does anybody have information on care requirements for them (tank size, parameters, etc.)? Do you think they could be cohabitated with spotted round rays?

 

[tlindsey]

ORA Short Tail Nurse Shark | Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum | ORA | Oceans, Reefs & Aquariums

Correctly pronounce the Genus of this small shark species and immediately sound cooler to everyone around you.

www.orafarm.com

So, I finally get how being an influencer can make you money. These popped up on my feed, and I really, really, really want one. Not now (and maybe not ever?), but....it's a 30" shark! At full grown! Does anybody have information on care requirements for them (tank size, parameters, etc.)? Do you think they could be cohabitated with spotted round rays?

I don't know about the short tail nurse shark but from a 2 month experience with a nurse shark pup I begged my mother to buy it was extremely hardy unfortunately had to give it away to someone with a large aquarium. I remember it ate most of the fish so tankmates must be large even for a short tail nurse shark.

 

[twentyleagues]

ORA Short Tail Nurse Shark | Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum | ORA | Oceans, Reefs & Aquariums

Correctly pronounce the Genus of this small shark species and immediately sound cooler to everyone around you.

www.orafarm.com

So, I finally get how being an influencer can make you money. These popped up on my feed, and I really, really, really want one. Not now (and maybe not ever?), but....it's a 30" shark! At full grown! Does anybody have information on care requirements for them (tank size, parameters, etc.)? Do you think they could be cohabitated with spotted round rays?

My guess would be very much the same care feeding and water parameters as say a bamboo cat or coral cat sharks. Tank size would also be the same at least on the bamboo cat size. As for rays it shouldn't be anymore of a risk then keeping rays with other large fish. I think you'd need to worry more about the safety of the shark then the ray. Most sharks like this are more designed to eat shell fish but I'm sure small fish will be consumed. That's what happened with my bamboo and even coral cats. Larger fish were pretty much ignored.

 

[ichthyogeek]

My guess would be very much the same care feeding and water parameters as say a bamboo cat or coral cat sharks. Tank size would also be the same at least on the bamboo cat size. As for rays it shouldn't be anymore of a risk then keeping rays with other large fish. I think you'd need to worry more about the safety of the shark then the ray. Most sharks like this are more designed to eat shell fish but I'm sure small fish will be consumed. That's what happened with my bamboo and even coral cats. Larger fish were pretty much ignored.

Nice! I'm going off of the tank requirement sticky, but it looks like maybe they'd need an 8'x4' tank/pond. Now I'm curious about what the tank height would have to be...and if I could keep the shark with other shark species like the coral catshark.

 

[twentyleagues]

Nice! I'm going off of the tank requirement sticky, but it looks like maybe they'd need an 8'x4' tank/pond. Now I'm curious about what the tank height would have to be...and if I could keep the shark with other shark species like the coral catshark.

It wouldn't need to be super high but 30" would probably be more then enough. It might be ok with coral cats they don't get real big though like 24" at most and stay pretty slender. Bamboo, epaulette, maybe a smaller woby if you can find them, maybe a horn shark.

 

[ichthyogeek]

I was thinking maybe the following:
Short Tail Nurse Shark female
Coral Catshark female
Cortez OR blue spot stingrays (2 as a pair? Unsure of mating dynamics and if male aggression can get too high or not)
Dragon morays (pair)

I also realized that I barely have enough money for a smaller system, so this is relegated to the "one day but definitely not in the near future" bucket of my head sadly....

But it's good to know that 30" would work! Now....how to figure out the diameter of an adult dragon eel and the height (bottom of caudal to top of dorsal) of all of the sharks....

 

[twentyleagues]

Eels may be eaten. They would be better off in their own tank anyway. Those belong in a species tank dedicated to their needs and to help show case them as do the sharks. Rays can cohab with the sharks as fundamentally they need the same stuff.

 

[ichthyogeek]

Good to know! I figured that the "peckier" fish like angels and tangs were out, and definitely any of the "bitier" fish like puffers, but given how big the dragon morays get wasn't sure. Hmmm....maybe a smaller monster tub for them since the goal is to see how to spawn them in captivity...but that's another thread! Maybe fusiliers or some other fish that will help provide motion to the aquarium, that are less expensive in the case of being eaten, but still peaceful towards sharks...hmmm....

 

[twentyleagues]

Good to know! I figured that the "peckier" fish like angels and tangs were out, and definitely any of the "bitier" fish like puffers, but given how big the dragon morays get wasn't sure. Hmmm....maybe a smaller monster tub for them since the goal is to see how to spawn them in captivity...but that's another thread! Maybe fusiliers or some other fish that will help provide motion to the aquarium, that are less expensive in the case of being eaten, but still peaceful towards sharks...hmmm....

Morays in general don't need a ton of space they do need a lot of hiding space though. An lfs near me had a pair of dragon moray for quiet a while. Pretty sure no one including me wanted to pay the ticket on those. I want to say they wanted $3600 for the pair. They were in a 150g tall with lots of rock. Out all the time, pretty chill, seemed very happy. I want to say they had them for about 2 years. I think they finally allowed some one to buy 1 of them not the pair. I was sad they seemed to really like each other. I don't have a good relationship with that store it's to far away and the owner is a money grabber. I don't have a bad relationship either just not a "friend" one where I'll get truthful answers to what happened. They eventually discounted the remaining one to around $600 and someone bought it too. Those prices were really high but tbh if you wanted a pair that were mostly grown that showed interest in each other, I think that price would have been worth it.
As for smaller fish with sharks I'd say nothing is safe, but maybe once the sharks are bigger a school of chromis? Or maybe some wrasses of some kind that will be to fast. But in reality I think those will all become food sooner or later.

 

[tlindsey]

Morays in general don't need a ton of space they do need a lot of hiding space though. An lfs near me had a pair of dragon moray for quiet a while. Pretty sure no one including me wanted to pay the ticket on those. I want to say they wanted $3600 for the pair. They were in a 150g tall with lots of rock. Out all the time, pretty chill, seemed very happy. I want to say they had them for about 2 years. I think they finally allowed some one to buy 1 of them not the pair. I was sad they seemed to really like each other. I don't have a good relationship with that store it's to far away and the owner is a money grabber. I don't have a bad relationship either just not a "friend" one where I'll get truthful answers to what happened. They eventually discounted the remaining one to around $600 and someone bought it too. Those prices were really high but tbh if you wanted a pair that were mostly grown that showed interest in each other, I think that price would have been worth it.
As for smaller fish with sharks I'd say nothing is safe, but maybe once the sharks are bigger a school of chromis? Or maybe some wrasses of some kind that will be to fast. But in reality I think those will all become food sooner or later.

I agree with nothing is safe at night resting fish will be hunted. I like the school oh Chromis way cheaper than losing a $100 or $200 fish.