Marble Cat Shark Care

Unlike many other shark species commonly seen within the hobby coral catsharks are small enough as an adult to be properly housed in a 300 gallon.

Marble cat shark care.

Each shark purchase comes with a free 3 month supply of mazuri shark vitamins. Tori lynn 568 182 views. The marbled cat shark is considered a true catshark with a long slender body and a narrow head. Species from the scyliorhinidae family can be found all over the.

My marbled cat shark just a little guy. It is also referred to as the whitespotted bamboo shark and has a brown colored body with broad tan stripes and spots. Its length is up to 60 cm 24 in. The bamboo shark is a bottom dwelling shark that is common in the home aquarium.

The marbled cat shark is considered a good aquarium choice. Like other shark species the coral catshark needs excellent water conditions no stray electrical currents in the water a soft sandy substrate open room to swim and as large of tank as possible. It is a bottom feeder that is found in northern australia. The bamboo shark is also known as a cat shark because the barbels at the mouth look like cat whiskers.

It will eat any crustacean in the aquarium. The australian marbled catshark atelomycterus macleayi is found in the eastern indian ocean and australia coast from the surface to 245 m 800 ft. Marbled cat shark atelomycterus macleayi. The adult size of 24 inches 60 cm makes this shark the smallest we have encountered.

Cat shark is a name commonly used to describe multiple families hemiscylliidae scyliorhinidae pseudotriakidae of saltwater sharks that are popular among home aquarists banded cat sharks for example are a member of the hemiscylliidae family.