Shark Egg: Round Two

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Patience will kill you, but not having any might kill your shark. :)

Nice update. Judging by size of sac and shark you have weeks perhaps 2 months to go if i remember my shark hatching days.


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woofy said:
Patience will kill you, but not having any might kill your shark. :)

Nice update. Judging by size of sac and shark you have weeks perhaps 2 months to go if i remember my shark hatching days.


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I agree completely! I'd rather let patience just kill me, I love this little guy.

Is it weird to talk to an egg? I've heard that babies can hear their parents in the womb, so I've spent countless hours talking to the shark. So much that I believe I could need some form of therapy...

I'm guestimating it will hatch in the first week of May, but I'm probably off.


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This is how I've gone about moving the egg to clean the tank. The picture just shows step by step how I moved the egg, keeping it underwater at all times.

I just did a 30% water change and cleaned&scrubbed the liverock and glass. My ammonia popped up to around 0.1-0.15 or so, so I figured a little cleaning won't hurt. The shark took it pretty well. He/she just curled up around his/her yolk like they do when in distress.




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You scrubbed the live rock In the tank or took it out?


Best technique ive seen with shark eggs for water changes is to get a small critter keeper/critter tote and just stick it in the tank and suction cup it like it was in the tank but to the wall of the critter keeper and if you not changing a ton of water that will go lower than the hight of the keeper u can just put the lid on it and let it sink to the bottom. When your done grab you keeper back to the spot where the egg was originally and transfer. Tada! Its sounds complicated in writing.

And ps. We all need therapy on this website. We all have yelled,baby talked, cussed out, sang or talked to our fish threw the glass at one point.


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woofy said:
You scrubbed the live rock In the tank or took it out?


Best technique ive seen with shark eggs for water changes is to get a small critter keeper/critter tote and just stick it in the tank and suction cup it like it was in the tank but to the wall of the critter keeper and if you not changing a ton of water that will go lower than the hight of the keeper u can just put the lid on it and let it sink to the bottom. When your done grab you keeper back to the spot where the egg was originally and transfer. Tada! Its sounds complicated in writing.

And ps. We all need therapy on this website. We all have yelled,baby talked, cussed out, sang or talked to our fish threw the glass at one point.


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I scrubbed the rock in a bucket with some of the water I removed from the tank. This is how I normally scrub my liverock, as to not kill off my bacteria.

I actually have a small breeder basket, somewhere... But with the size of this tank, the less stuff I have to fight with and work around, the better. I'm pretty happy with this technique, but thank you for the suggestion :)

And I can't argue with you there... I believe therapy and MFK'ing go hand in hand. It's crazy how much time, money, and dedication some of us put into this hobby. But hey, it's my kinda crazy :)


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kavin2845 said:
I have a question, How much does a normal banded cat shark cost? And why not buy a shark instead of going through all this trouble?


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Depending on the size, the shark itself could go for $100-150+.
There's plenty of benefits to raising the shark from an egg though other than the price.
1) In the long run, it's more satisfying to know that you raised that shark from nothing but a little embryo.
2) The shark is born and raised in your aquarium, so that's all it ever knows.
3) The shark is supposed to adapt to aquarium life much better when born in captivity, and is supposed to be friendlier and hardier.


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charles-n-charge said:
Depending on the size, the shark itself could go for $100-150+.
There's plenty of benefits to raising the shark from an egg though other than the price.
1) In the long run, it's more satisfying to know that you raised that shark from nothing but a little embryo.
2) The shark is born and raised in your aquarium, so that's all it ever knows.
3) The shark is supposed to adapt to aquarium life much better when born in captivity, and is supposed to be friendlier and hardier.


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Oh, cleared my mind, well good luck with him have been following this for a while!!


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