Shark Eggs

Pier Pressure · #1 03-25-2009, 03:15 PM

So we stopped by Big Als last night and they have a bunch of shark eggs in a tank. These things are so neat. They look like ginormous pumpkin seeds, and you can see the baby sharks moving around inside the eggs. They wanted around $80 per egg I believe. I do not have the set up but it would be really, really cool to have a creature from egg through their entire life cycle.

You gotta check them out!

GreenSpottedPuffer · #2 03-25-2009, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Pier Pressure

So we stopped by Big Als last night and they have a bunch of shark eggs in a tank. These things are so neat. They look like ginormous pumpkin seeds, and you can see the baby sharks moving around inside the eggs. They wanted around $80 per egg I believe. I do not have the set up but it would be really, really cool to have a creature from egg through their entire life cycle.

You gotta check them out!

Yes shark eggs are soooo cool!

My fiance and I have already decided that as soon as we get a house, we are building a pond for some Bamboos. Actually she has decided this...which is cool. I guess she has always wanted to keep sharks and rays. I am not so sure we would ever try rays but sharks for sure.

And hopefully from eggs, cause as you said, they are awesome to watch!

Pier Pressure · #3 03-25-2009, 04:51 PM

I think these were called African Bamboo Sharks. Could that possibly be right? Was pretty tired last night and the memory is not working so great today!

Trigger Man · #4 03-25-2009, 07:51 PM

I know Golds Aquariums said they were building a shark/stingray tank as they have been able to figure out how to keep them alive (it is the large tank along the floor). I always liked how some of the rays looked, so hopefully they are able to keep them alive as I may want to try keeping some one day when i build a bigger tank.

brizzo · #5 03-25-2009, 08:15 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid%27s_purse

Myka · #6 03-25-2009, 09:18 PM

I agree the shark eggs are very cool, but most are doomed. They shouldn't be $80, they should be more like $20. They aren't normally very expensive, which inclines a lot of people to try hatching one with little intention of providing a suitable home for it. Most do hatch, and it is pretty cool to see the little baby sharks, but most of them grow very large.

karazy · #7 03-25-2009, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Trigger Man

I know Golds Aquariums said they were building a shark/stingray tank as they have been able to figure out how to keep them alive (it is the large tank along the floor). I always liked how some of the rays looked, so hopefully they are able to keep them alive as I may want to try keeping some one day when i build a bigger tank.

golds has room for another tank? man that place is small, i cant imagine where they'd put it.

i guess ill just have to find out for myself

my2rotties · #8 03-25-2009, 10:54 PM

I saw that tank the other day. They had this really cool type of shark that attaches to other sharks to clean them... I don't always agree with the things that they bring in, but Dennis really has the knowledge to keep them. I just hope the people that buy them have that same knowledge to keep them as well. Dennis has always been very careful in his instructions on how to care for things and has always been very supportive and informative for anything I have ever needed to know.