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Silver-tipped SharkShark Catfish - Tete Sea Catfish Family: Ariidae
Though this is a very attractive fish and fun to observe, the Silver-tipped Shark or Shark Catfish gets rather large, up to 24 inches (60 cm). It will need to be kept in a large aquarium!This is a peaceful fish and very good in a community aquarium as long as it is kept with tankmates it own size. The Silver-tipped Shark or Shark Catfish is actually a brackish water fish! So they would prefer hard water with salt added. As with many of the livebearers, 1-1.25 teaspoons per gallon of non-iodized salt is usually recommended. This fish has a venom on the spines that causes wounds to heal slowly so be careful when handling them!For more Information on keeping this fish see:
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| Geographic Distribution Hexanematichthys seemanni |
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Shark Catfish are omnivorous but prefer meaty foods. As juveniles, they will generally eat all kinds of live, fresh, and flake foods. To keep a good balance give them a high quality flake food or pellet everyday. As they grow go to either pellets or live foods.
Distribution:
The Silver-tipped Shark or Shark Catfish fish are found in
Coastal Peru.
Size - Weight:
These fish get up to 24 inches (60 cm).
Social Behaviors:
The Silver-tipped Shark or Shark Catfish are generally a
good community fish with fish their own size. Can be territorial with
member of their own species. (Don't keep with fish that are much smaller
since they are predaceous).
Sexual Differences:
Not known.
Water Region: Top, Middle, Bottom:
These fish will swim in the middle and bottom of the aquarium.
Acceptable Water Conditions:
Hardness: to 35° dGH (Can be kept in brackish water)
Ph: 6.5 to 8.5
Temp: 26-28° C
Breeding/Reproduction:
The Silver-tipped Shark or Shark Catfish have not been successfully
bred in aquariums. In the wild they are mouth-brooders with the male brooding
the eggs.
Availability:
The Silver-tipped Shark or Shark Catfish is readily available.
Comments from people who have kept this fish:
I have 2 baby silver tipped sharks in a tank with a redtail shark and they get along perfectly. They are really fun to watch them swim and eat they are about 1" and a 1/2 inch redtail shark
Carefull with these fish.. I have 2 of these guys mixed in with some smaller zebra danios. I had one of my silver tipped catfishes jump out without me knowing it. But an hour later i found it and i put it in the tank and it survived !! it made a full recovery. It went to not breathing at all to alive and happy.
I have 2 silver tipped sharks, Very awesome Fish. They go into a feeding frenzy everytime I feed them. I feed them 3 times a day even though you are only suppose to feed twice a day. They are only probably 4-5 inches right now, but wanting to get them bigger so I can start feeding them live fish. I also have a Green Spotted puffer fish with them. They get along SO well. From what I've been told you aren't suppose to put puffer fish with sharks as they won't get along. WEll, These little guys love to get along and the sharks actually show the puffer where the food is. Funny to watch. The puffer fish gets to know the owner. Every day when I wake up it's just laying there waiting for me, and when I get to the tank his little tail starts to waggle "almost like a dog". I recommend these fish to anybody who loves active and playful fish!
I just got a silver tail today. He/she is very beautiful and the most active fish I've ever seen. It is swimming back and forth all over the place, seems to be very happy. I look froward to my time with him/her!
i have a shark cat fish and i am only 12 years old, but i am responsible. I have a black eyed molly, and i had a puffer fish. It died :(, but i love my fish and they loved each other, and they are so peaceful.
I have 2 silver-tip catfish named Bo and Joe. I had them for 4 months now and they are wonderful. They are with smaller fish such as glo-lites and guppies, and not one of them has gone went missing. They eat with them and are not aggressive towards any of my other fish. They are beautiful and I love watching them.
Some of the coolest comments:
I have two pictus catfish and they are LOADS of fun to watch! They absolutely go mad on meaty foods, so I give them different meat everyday. I also make sure I give them two kinds of pellets on the weekends, but apart from that they are doing pretty well. Since I got them they have become used to me and when I come into the room both of them swim up to me and try to get my attention for food!!! These fish are so hyperactive and are great fun, they make really good pets.
We have 3 6-inchers in a full marine tank with several guppies (yes, guppies can unfortunately survive in anything!) and saltwater hermit crabs. These fish like brackish water when they're young, but are apparently very hardy as they acclimated to the marine water very readily. I have read they are born in fresh water, move to brackish during the juvenile stages, then live in saltwater for the remainder of their adult life. They are phenomenal creatures. They love to play in the tunnel they have, and they love a strong current. I agree with an earlier comment - although it says they are bottom dwellers, they are often at the top of their tank searching for something. But, they only do this after lights out! I have seen no aggression from the sharks, and I love them dearly. One last word - another agreement: they do like a clean tank and good water although they really hate for you to mess with the tank.
Author: David Brough. CFS.
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