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Originally Posted by Pier Pressure
Well they were seventy-something so I just rounded it up to eighty. I wanted one but doubted it would do very well in a 28 gallon. If most of them hatch and you can get them eating - why are they doomed? It is not like they would know what the ocean is. Or do you mean that they get so large none of us should be keeping them? Perhaps we should red list them...
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No its all relative. SOME species can reach almost 4' but most stay under 3'. So yes very big but not unreasonable. They are also not open water swimmers. They are bottom dwellers which are much better suited to captivity and don't need as large a tank as open water sharks would. Like comparing Tangs to Groupers. Sure groupers get larger but they really don't need as much space as a tang relatively speaking.
And no they don't belong on a "red list" because for one, these are captive bred and two, they are quite easy to keep. I would say there should be caution taken with the eggs as hatching them is easy but getting them to eat can be tricky. But once eating, these fish are easy enough to keep.
If you start to add every fish that is a possible finicky eater to a red list then half the ocean will end up on there
