The Columbian Shark: Looks like a Real Shark

My boyfriend has a Columbian Shark in his 55 gallon fish tank for several months before it passed away. We were not sure what the shark would have died because he has excellent water quality and feeds his fish at least five different kinds of foods on a weekly basis. There was a filter and a bubbler hooked up to the tank and he only had about 5 fish in the tank at the time. We went to the pet store to purchase another Columbian Shark and we saw that the pet store had these fish in a brackish tank. Then we realized that the pet store sold us this fish without telling us that it needed to be in partial brackish water.

Most people do not know what brackish means and they will over look this part all together. Brackish means that the fish cannot be placed into a freshwater tank and it cannot be placed into a saltwater tank. A brackish fish must be in a fish tank that contains a little bit of salt in the water. It doesn't require as much salt as your average saltwater fish but you will still need to place some salt into the water to keep the fish alive. You cannot expect this fish to live in a freshwater or saltwater fish tank. You must place a little bit of salt in the water but not as much as your average saltwater fish tank.

The Columbian Shark looks like a real shark. It's mainly light grey and dark grey in color. It has long barbels in the front and it's a very graceful fish. This is definitely a fish that you will want to purchase if you like fish which look like sharks. The only problem is that these fish can be over 8 inches in length which means you will need at least a 55 gallon tank to keep these fish alive and healthy. The fish needs enough room to swim around and search for food. You will want to keep at least 50% of the water open for the fish to swim around.

This fish is an awesome fish. It won't hurt any of your other fish or be territorial. Our Columbian Shark actually swam in out bubbler all day long. That fish was definitely obsessed with bubbles. This fish will not be territorial and it will not chase your fish around your tank. You will need to keep your temperature around 72 to 78 degrees. You will also want to feed this fish a variety of fish flakes and frozen food such as brine shrimp.