Description
30 cm.
The brown banded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum), is a bamboo shark that can be found in the Indo west pacific from japan to northern Australia, between. It is regularly bred in public aquarium, and is arguably one of the sharks most suited to captivity due to its docile disposition, sedentary nature, and relatively small size. In public aquariums, these fish can live up to 25 years.
The minimum size of the tank that can carry an adult cat shark is about 180 gallons. Because these sharks are nocturnal, they will need some type of shaded area within the tank where the shark could hide. Although these sharks do not swim around too much, it is highly suggested that the items within the tank should be stable; brown banded bamboo sharks are very strong and will knock down anything that is not stable inside the tank. Also this shark should not be placed with triggers and puffers, they will nip at the shark's fins, nor should they be placed with aggressive feeders.