FAMILY - Orectolobidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Orectolobus Maculatus
COMMON NAME - Spotted Wobbegong (Common Wobbegong)
SIZE - 10.4 ft. (3.2m)
RANGE - Western Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 1,000 US Gal. (3785 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Meaty foods, fresh shrimp, scallops, marine fish flesh. Feed to satiation 2 times a week. Feeding of large prey items may cause bloating and flotation of the specimen
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 1
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Not Recommended
CAPTIVE CARE - Ambush predator, inactive during the day, a voracious feeder, more than one in the same system can be kept, will consume other sharks, may consume own species. A stable cave or sheltering ledge is required where it can hide.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Orectolobus Maculatus
COMMON NAME - Spotted Wobbegong (Common Wobbegong)
SIZE - 10.4 ft. (3.2m)
RANGE - Western Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 1,000 US Gal. (3785 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Meaty foods, fresh shrimp, scallops, marine fish flesh. Feed to satiation 2 times a week. Feeding of large prey items may cause bloating and flotation of the specimen
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 1
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Not Recommended
CAPTIVE CARE - Ambush predator, inactive during the day, a voracious feeder, more than one in the same system can be kept, will consume other sharks, may consume own species. A stable cave or sheltering ledge is required where it can hide.
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