white spotted bamboo shark

richard snyder · #1 01/22/2007, 09:27 AM

I was wondering if anyone out there is keeping any of the small reef sharks that are hatched from eggs.
I purchased a 5 year old WSBSthat was traded in to a LFS.
The shark was raised from the egg by a young aquarist but was unable to keep it anymore since he was headed off to college.
The shark is about 24"-30" and in excellent health.I purchased him for one of my maintanance clients with a 500+ tank.

richard snyder · #2 01/22/2007, 09:34 AM

I must have hit a wrong key or something I wasn't able to finish.The shark is laying 2-3 eggs per day for the last month.I was wondering if anyone has or knows of a male shark that can be had. I am keeping the eggs however after reading several articles about zoos that had the same sharks and kept the eggs and they eventually hatched after 15 weeks without ever being with a male.
Let me know if you have any knowledge about this at all
Thanks

Puffer Queen · #3 01/22/2007, 10:36 AM

Have you candled the eggs to see if there is a yolk or embyo inside? These could possibly be wind eggs.

richard snyder · #4 01/22/2007, 10:50 AM

There is a yolk in each egg.When I managed a fish store we always hatched out baby sharks.but I always saw a shark embryo attached to the yolk

Puffer Queen · #5 01/22/2007, 11:05 AM

It usually takes a couple weeks before you will see a small embyro wiggling.

Watch closely for yolk deterioration as this can affect water quality.

Bhewko · #6 01/22/2007, 11:53 AM

Richard - I sent you a pm. Hopefully you find the information knowledgable. If infact your shark is producing healthy eggs I may be interested in taking a couple off your hands. Let me know what comes of this.