are there small sharks you can order to raise as fish in tanks?

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please, no one word answered.

Answer 1

As in saltwater or freshwater?
Saltwater- You can order shark eggs (usually banded catshark eggs) and hatch em and raise em up however the sharks that are usually available get big. 4 ft and up and require custom built tanks as there are none made that can accomodate that size animal. http://liveaquaria.com

Freshwater- Everything that is labled as shark is either a type of catfish or minnow or cyprinid. Bala sharks are a type of minnow that gets 13 inches. Cat sharks or colombian sharks or black finned sharks are a type of catfish that is brackish and gets atleast 12 inches. Chinese hi fin sharks is a type of cyprinid that gets like 2 ft. Irridescent shark aka hammerhead shark, is a type of catfish that gets 4 ft long. Ect.... Just thoroughly research any fish before you buy it so you dont end up with a tank buster and cant afford to get it the right size tank it needs to live.

Answer 2

The best aquarium sharks belong to the family Hemiscyllidae (commonly know as the epaulette and bamboo sharks). These are smaller sharks. The largest member of the family reaches a length of just over 3 feet. They are also found in tide pools, on the reef flat or fore reef, often in habitats where there is a lot of hard coral cover. They are adapted to life in tight quarters. They have muscular paired fins that they use to "crawl" through tight spaces. They also have slender, supple bodies and bare a closer resemblance to eels than to most other sharks.

Juvenile hemiscyllid sharks can be housed in aquariums as small as 30 gallons, while adults will do well in a 180 gallon, or larger, aquarium. You should choose an aquarium with as much surface area as possible, since these sharks spend little time swimming off the bottom. The aquarium should have a limited amount of decor, although suitable hiding places should be constructed in which they can refuge during the day. This is especially important for younger and new specimens in order to ensure that they acclimate to their new home.

Most home aquarists should stay away from some of the shark species frequently encountered in aquarium stores. For example, the Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) is commonly seen in the aquarium trade. Even if you had a 200 or 300 gallon aquarium to hold a newborn Nurse Shark, you would still have to give up your shark someday since they attain a maximum length of 14 feet! And what will you do with it then? Many people purchase these sharks thinking there will be a public aquarium eager to receive an overgrown pet as a gift, but these people are SO WRONG! Public aquariums are usually well stocked with specimens and have little room for additional sharks. Although the nurse shark is a wonderful and interesting animal, I do not recommend them for the home aquarium.

Answer 3

Most fish stores carry red tailed sharks, rainbow sharks, albino rainbow sharks, bala sharks, and more. They do need a bit of room to swim, even though they are small (about 4 foot length minimum on the tank).

Answer 4

Wal Mart has some awesome looking shark fish. I was thinking about getting a small tank and buying some myself. I liked the beige ones with black on the tips of their fins.

Answer 5

red tail shark is the only one i can think of right now but there are atleast 10 fresh water sharks that you can get for a fish tank.

Answer 6

yes just visit a pet store and they'll tell you about the defferent type they have for this purpose