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Pond and tank ALGAE EATER Chinese hi- fin banded shark arrived here at our farm on March 9th 2010. Email me for more information, prices and availability. While researching I found many other names that this fish is know by and they are, Asian Hi-fin Banded Sucker, Chinese Hi-fin Banded Sucker, Chinese Sail fin Sucker, Freshwater Batfish, Hi-fin Banded Shark, Hi-fin Banded Sucker, Chinese Hi-fin Loach, bat fish. Please be sure to watch the 3 live videos at the end of this page and hear my surprised voice. Update late March I added 7 to my 15,000 gallon pond and I can see them going along the bottom eating algae. We have shipped out lots of them and the email response from those who received them has been awesome. Every one has been as impressed as we are!
They are docile, non aggressive fish that get a long with
other fish.
You would need to bring them in the house for the winter to
an aquarium if you live where there is ice for more
than a week or so during the winter. They can take a
few weeks of really cold water. Here in NC, zone 7,
they winter over just fine.
Chinese hi-fin banded sharks are only found in the Yangtze
River in China. They do not breed in captivity, no one
knows why. They live 15 to 20 years and will grow to 20
inches. They only grow 1 to 2 inches a year.
All of my fish have been treated for parasites and bacterial
infection and have been fully quarantined.
Your water has to be at least 60 and on the rise to add them
to a pond. While you can add one to your pond/tank it is
best to have 2 because they are schooling fish and tend to
get lonely by themselves
You can see mine that has been in my pond since March 19th if you go to the link below that goes to my underwater camera. We have a temporary bottom drain cover and he sits near the 2 rocks on top of the cover. He swims away occasionally but then returns to the same spot. I can see him eating algae. The sharks are now sold out until spring of 2011
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See the video below to see what happened to the algae around the
pump!
In fact a couple of weeks ago, Rich was in the pond to get out breeders for spawning. He had drained down the pond by about 1/2. I have no rocks in my lower pond so there is really no place for a fish to hide. Or so I thought
I so enjoyed my morning coffee while watching them and their antics on my live streaming camera. I had been so bummed out because they were "gone".
This afternoon while on my way down to the greenhouse, I spotted both of them sitting together near the camera stand for the underwater camera. I dashed back up to the house to get my camera.
While the photo is not the best, you
can see them both side by side. Now I need to figure out which is
the male and which is the female.....
So for those of you who thought they were "gone" trust me, they have a way of disappearing,
In this video they sharks have been floated in the tank and
transferred to a bowl so I could do photos and videos
In this video note all the algae near the pump (by the 2 pieces of
tubing) You will hear me talking in this video
In this video note my surprise and excuse my language at my total
surprise that all the algae has been eaten in the 10 minutes or so
when I
walked away.
Yesterday we drained the upper pond and vacuumed the liner, dead headed the lilies and fertilized them. There were 2 small koi and one "shark" there. He/she was 7 inches back in March. He/she is now 10.5 inches
10.5 inches
Today we drained the middle pond and vacuumed the liner, dead headed the lilies and fertilized them. There were 4 small koi and one "shark" there. He/she was 7 inches back in March. He/she is now 12 inches
12
inches
He was so docile he laid in my hand under the water. So I decided to take a picture of him/her on its side
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You
can tell his size by looking at my hand. I tried to hold him
in my hand and do the photo but I needed to also work the camera at
the same time. LOL
