Shark Cat

carnivores · 10-16-2005, 02:14 AM

I have a 6" shark cat for about week now, it is always crusing the tank.
It seldom ever stops to rest. Have not seen it catch a feeder or eating any flake food. I'm starting to get concerned...

**Cichlid Man** · 10-16-2005, 04:41 AM

Is it an asian or one with long wiskers that you often see swimming with puffers?

**Scuba Kid** · 10-16-2005, 07:14 AM

well most of the "shark cats" will outgrow a 55 gallon tank.

carnivores · 10-16-2005, 11:02 AM

Not shure what type...
Heres a pic..

solar-ton · 10-16-2005, 02:57 PM

its a columbian shark they dont eat feeders and goldfish are a horrible staple diet or even a treat for anyfish so dont bother feeding them to anything especially oscars! i think columbian sharks like live foods such as blood worms and brineshrimp of course frozen works just as well

cheechee65 · 10-20-2005, 12:11 AM

I have 2. Another name for them is silvertip sharks. I've had them for over a year now and boy have they grown. They do prefer brackish water but since I didn't know this when I got them and have them in with silver dollars and angelfish I cannot make my tank brackish. But I do add about 1 Tablespoon of aquarium salt per 5 gallons of water and they seem to be thriving. When I first bought them they were about 2" long now they are about 7" long and a whole lot thicker. They seem very happy. I feed them shrimp pellets as well as frozen blood worms which they seem to love. Occasionally they will swim to the top of the tank and eat some flake food but not very often. They do not like bright light and are most active when the light is dimmed. They are big eaters.

10-16-2005, 02:14 AM	#1
carnivores Face it fish eat fish Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Peoria Az, Posts: 11	Shark Cat I have a 6" shark cat for about week now, it is always crusing the tank. It seldom ever stops to rest. Have not seen it catch a feeder or eating any flake food. I'm starting to get concerned... __________________ 80 gal tank Jack Dempsy Gold Severum Blood Parrot Lace Catfish Shark Cat (2) Gymnogeophagus Balzanii (Jurupari) (2) Pleco (6) TinFoil Barbs

10-16-2005, 04:41 AM	#2
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Is it an asian or one with long wiskers that you often see swimming with puffers? __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

10-16-2005, 07:14 AM	#3
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 4,165	well most of the "shark cats" will outgrow a 55 gallon tank. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

10-16-2005, 11:02 AM	#4
carnivores Face it fish eat fish Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Peoria Az, Posts: 11	Not shure what type... Heres a pic.. __________________ 80 gal tank Jack Dempsy Gold Severum Blood Parrot Lace Catfish Shark Cat (2) Gymnogeophagus Balzanii (Jurupari) (2) Pleco (6) TinFoil Barbs

10-16-2005, 02:57 PM	#5
solar-ton guardian of the sea Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: a tree Age: 16 Posts: 685	its a columbian shark they dont eat feeders and goldfish are a horrible staple diet or even a treat for anyfish so dont bother feeding them to anything especially oscars! i think columbian sharks like live foods such as blood worms and brineshrimp of course frozen works just as well __________________ minimum oscar tank size: 75 gallon for 2 a 125 goldfish can cause hith diesease! so dont feed them goldfish as a staple diet!

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10-20-2005, 12:11 AM	#6
cheechee65 Fishy Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 43 Posts: 15	I have 2. Another name for them is silvertip sharks. I've had them for over a year now and boy have they grown. They do prefer brackish water but since I didn't know this when I got them and have them in with silver dollars and angelfish I cannot make my tank brackish. But I do add about 1 Tablespoon of aquarium salt per 5 gallons of water and they seem to be thriving. When I first bought them they were about 2" long now they are about 7" long and a whole lot thicker. They seem very happy. I feed them shrimp pellets as well as frozen blood worms which they seem to love. Occasionally they will swim to the top of the tank and eat some flake food but not very often. They do not like bright light and are most active when the light is dimmed. They are big eaters.

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