Chinese High fin shark

I went out and bought one of these little beauties today. We have a little algae going on in the pond and I thought it would be a nice addition. My wife and I admired it all the way home. We admired it while we acclamated it and we now are pretty much done admiring it....................We can't see it no more...LMAO We dropped it in the pond and poof gone. We got the one with as much color as we could but still very hard to locate, at least in the daylight. I'll let you know how it goes under the lights at night.

Cheers Rick

hockeyref88

i saw DR Ds pic it looks like a neat fish. whats your pond doing ?

Pond is doing good. It has a little normal algae. Nothing out of the ordinary. Went to the local fish store and they had some real healthy looking high fin's, thought I'd give one a try. He seems to be doing good this morning.

Rick

???????; How much did you pay for the high fins??? $12.50 ? more. Our local pet store has them but she is asking $45.00 each for them. Good or Bad price??

Hello.....................First I would find out if it was locally bred as they are endangered species. Having said that the price would be dictated by size. I paid $40.00 for mine which was about 5 inches long when I bought her. I've had mine I think 2 or 3 months now and she is doing great and is a great addition to the pond. They do pretty much eat algae so if your pond is low or no algae you need to supplement with algae tabs........Good luck

Rick

Do they winter in the pond or do they have to be moved into an aquarium?

My understanding is they can stay in the pond during the winter.

Next question would be where to get them. Have I over looked them in my local aquarium store or should the pond store carry them?

They are an endangered species, so I don't recommend Just buying one without knowing if it was locally bred or not, but thats your choice. Where do you live?

My family is definitely interested in finding one locally bred. We keep reef tanks and try to only get aquacultured corals and tank raised fish. We live in Dallas, GA about 45 minutes from Atlanta.