Do not house with butterflyfish, large angelfish, or other fish that are not safe with invertebrates. Then sit back and watch as it feeds on bits of detritus that float by.ĬAUTION! When harassed, and upon death, the Yellow Cucumber may release toxins that could kill fish in the aquarium. Try creating a storm in your aquarium using a turkey baster to blow jets of water into the dead spots of the aquarium to stir up the detritus. If not properly fed, the body of the Yellow Cucumber will slowly begin to shrink. Once it finds a desirable spot it may stay there for many months.įeeding: The Yellow Cucumber should be target fed foods for filter feeders including marine snow, phytoplankton, and zooplankton. The Yellow Cucumber should be target feed fed foods for filter feeders including marine snow, phytoplankton, and zooplankton.īehavior: It will move around the aquarium until it finds an area with a good current where it can filter plenty of food.
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As each tentacle becomes full of food it draws its entire tentacle into its mouth. The Yellow Cucumber uses its oral tentacles to catch food that floats by. Once feeding feed a more varied diet consisting of chunks of meaty foods including krill, raw table shrimp, squid, clam and mussel.A colorful and bizarre addition to any reef aquarium, the Yellow Cucumber can live for many years in the home aquarium. When first introduced try tiny pieces of squid and live saltwater feeder shrimp. A better remedy is to have more subdued lighting for sharks and you will find they will be out and about more.įood and Diet: Feeding can be more difficult in the beginning. Typically it stays hidden in an aquarium while the bright lights on, and therefore should be provided with an adequately sized cave or light-sheltered space where it can hide. Like most sharks the Banded Cat Shark is a nocturnal species that inhabits waters where less light is present, therefore they are light sensitive. Like all sharks, it can never be exposed to copper-based medications. It requires a soft sand bottom as the substrate as the belly can easily be scratched by coarser substrate, which may lead to an infection. Tank Recommendations The Banded Cat Shark requires at least a 180 gallon or larger aquarium as an adult. Be sure to house with larger, aggressive species. Sharks tend to act aggressively toward other fish, particularly smaller ones. Like all sharks, this one has the possibility of inflicting a very painful bite, especially when provoked. Care should be taken when cleaning the display tank and feeding. The other name common is the Brown Banded Cat Shark.
The Black Banded Cat Shark is called a Cat Shark because of the barbels at the mouth look just like a cat's whiskers. Recommended sharks in alphabetic order: the Banded Bamboo Shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum), the Eaulette Shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum),the Horned Shark (Heterodontus francisci), and the Marbled Cat Shark (Atelomycterus Macleayi).ĭescription: They prefer reefs and tide pools and are frequently found sitting in sandy areas on the ocean floor.
The sharks recommended for the saltwater aquarium get no larger than 30 to 36 inches as an adult. They use their very sensitive sense of smell and their electroreceptors to find food.
Even if its one of the more sedetary species of sharks they all roam the reef at night looking for food. When designing your aquarium make sure you have some sort of cave to be used for hiding. In the aquarium sharks MUST have room to move around, so keep your aquarium display to a minimum. Juvenile sharks can be kept in smaller aquariums but be prepared to up-size to a larger aquarium as your shark grows in size. For an adult shark we recommend a minimum of a 180 gallon aquarium and a 300 gallon would be even better. When it comes to housing a shark, bigger IS better. Sharks can be a fun addition to an aquarium that is large enough to suit the particular species, and provides the right environment.