FishGalore Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 (edited) how big can or will a black shark grow ? iv read it up an iv see 2inches is this right ? oh never mind i found a few better websites that are more accurate lol Edited June 14, 2011 by FishGalore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polleni-puffer Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 They get around a foot or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairdeal Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Under the right conditions - tank size, food. etc these babies can hit 2 feet easily. In a large enough tank they might even get bigger. They are among the largest of the fresh water sharks sold in the trade and are an important food source in their natural environment because of their size. The biggest one I saw personally was at least 18" and it was only 3 or 4 years old as far as the owner could recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishGalore Posted June 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Under the right conditions - tank size, food. etc these babies can hit 2 feet easily. In a large enough tank they might even get bigger. They are among the largest of the fresh water sharks sold in the trade and are an important food source in their natural environment because of their size. The biggest one I saw personally was at least 18" and it was only 3 or 4 years old as far as the owner could recall. don't think mine is that old, its around 12 inches ? seems to be getting bigger.! i also hear they are getting harder to find in the city / country ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucegruve Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 I heard they have been hard to find in the the hobbie in the past couple years. The one I have will out grow my 180 gallon so he's gonna get a new home And absolutely, if these sharks are properly taken care of they can hit 24 inches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishGalore Posted June 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 how much are these guys worth due to being hard to find ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucegruve Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Not sure what there worth, I got mine because he outgrew his previous home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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