Submitted by TwinFinTriggerFish t3_ytaixv in RhodeIsland
I have a chance coming up to buy a couple of sharks and an octopus. For pets not for eating. I have the experience and I have all the knowledge, space, tanks, etc. What I'm curious to is a lot of states say owning a true shark is illegal. Before I go out of state to commit, is it actually legal to own a shark or octopus here in ri
Wow. How are you keeping them? In a swimming pool? How big are these things. Do they fight eachother?
Two separate 300 gallon tanks at the moment
I don’t know but this documentary about a pet octopus is amazing:
And here I am thinking it was weird that my neighbors had chickens
Yeah but mine won't wake you up or damage your yard.
I’m curious, what’s the reasoning for wanting sharks in the first place? I presume you won’t be swimming with them.
I'm a surfer and a diver. These were not mine to begin with but a friend of mines in Deerfield MA. He needs to re-home them, I've had large fish before never a shark but I've had other large fish so I have the tanks. And no pet store or adoption is going to. It's as much a mercy as a passion
You must pay a fortune in salt mixes for water changes
Salt conditioner. Yeah it can get pricy
Biomes in RI will be the place to rehome sharks
I went today. That's a negative. Not these they wont
Wow. I'm surprised to hear that!
It's not like I won't keep them. I quite enjoy them, however I was just curious to the legality. When I went to biomes it was nice but these have issues with playing nice with others. So they have to be kept separate and alone. They can't be in communal tanks
The shark is a cat shark
koidrieyez t1_iw3sbdg wrote
List of Fish:
be kept without an exotic animal possession permit except endangered
species. The Division of Fish and Wildlife may have additional regulations
if the species of fish is considered to be native or nuisance.
a. Grass Carp or White Amur (Ctenopharyngdon idella),
b. Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus),
c. Walking Catfish (Clarias spp. and all members of the family
Clariidae),
d. Snakeheads (Channidae and Parachannidae),
e. Black Carp (Mylopharyngodaon piceus),
f. Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus),
g. Tubenose Goby (Proterhinus marmoratus),
h. Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus).
Looks like you're good to go.