Sharks

[Zack]

I was jsut wondering if anyone on this board has or had sharks?

[matrixnyc]

I had a Bamboo (Banded) Cat Shark. Was probably one of the best fish I ever owned.

http://www.ffexpress.com/images/fish/sharks/10901.jpg

[Dustin]

That is my favorite fish of all time but I am going to get a reef tank so therefore a shark is totally out of the question... Great fish tho!

[Zack]

WHAT ABOUT LIKE REEF SHRK HOW WAS THAT SHRK WHAST DID IT EAT? HOW BIG THE TANK?

[fishfreek]

IMHO a shark should not be kept in a tank any smaller than 500 gal and even then it should be custom built do its maybe 18" high and very long and very wide.

Most sharks can get easily 2' + in lengh

[steve1s]

IMHO a shark should not be kept in a tank any smaller than 500 gal and even then it should be custom built do its maybe 18" high and very long and very wide.

Most sharks can get easily 2' + in lengh

I highly agree, but would like to state it one step further.

Any animal that gets that big is best left in the ocean, not an aquarium.

Cheers
Steve

[Zack]

I see where you guys are going but seteve what about really big tanks?

[steve1s]

Well for the sake of discussion let's go with the 500g. I have actually seen a full grown one in a tank that size and it still looked cramped. There where a few other fish minimal substrate and no rock. It looked akin to putting a full grown Imperator Angel in a 55g.

Personally if I were to ever endevour a 500 g it would not be for FO. That baby would be a full blown reef.

But realisticly, how many of us average joe's could afford that kind of set up?

Cheers
Steve

[Zack]

good point that would be a lot of money

[Blodlizrd]

It sure would be pretty though... maybe we can convince that guy that won the Powerball to build a big ol' reef like that. That is as long as we can go and look at it anytime we want to! :mrgreen:

[stang69]

At the shop I work at we have a black tip and a nurs in a 10x4x2 ft tank and they are very comfortable. The Black tip is about 20 inches long and we have had him for about 3 months now very good fish eats like a pig and seem to be very happy. If you'd like to see it go to www.thesharkreef.net. Oh BTW he has about 150 to 200 lbs of LR in the tank and 400 lbs of substrate.

Jeff

[Johnny]

Stang, What do they plan to do with the black tip when he outgrows the tank? He may be happy now but will surely outgrow a tank this size.

[Fiji Live Rock]

Stang,

Do they know that, that species will out grow ANY home tank?! Custom or not...you would need a MINIMUM of a 10,000 GAL tank to hold that Shark once fully grown!

That shark will easily reach 6-8' with out a problem.

Not only the size...but think of the cost to FEED IT and all the money in electric bills from all the filtration systems + Lighting sytems, and all the other costs.

A fish like that needs to stay in the wild or in a Zoo Aquarium! :|

[BigFish]

There is a reason sharks are illegal in az, it is not good to keep them in captivity but if you want too I strongly urge you to rethink it, come on people a 2' long in a tank you can fit in your house(for normal people that is imposible) now I know you alot of you say that 500 is big enough but how many people actually can afford a $2000 + tank plus a stand not many and then all the filters and lighting not to mention all the food a shark would eat most of us would have to get a second job or neglect the animal, anybody that trys to put one in a 55g is stupid. come on I had a 55g my biggest fish was mabe 3in long. Now im not saying you cant have a fish bigger than 3in in a 55g im just saying why would you want to have one that is 24in it is imposible for it to even look cool in your house when a fish cant even turn around. how can you think it would be cool for a fish to be in pain if you do tell me I would love to share a few words with you :lol: :twisted: :evil: (that is if you think it would be cool for a fish to be in pain.) please dont buy a 2ft long shark plz it is very mean there are smaller sharks out there people (not that they are a much better choice for your tank) there are alot of cool fish like puffers and triggers that can be just as fun as sharks

[BigFish]

stang,

why do you have bolth the sharks in the same tank that does not look like 200 pounds of live rock. plus dont they attack each other? or fight over food? and will you ever even make a profit on a shark like that if they eat as much as you say they do will your price go up? youll never sell it for much of a profit? unless you got it for free or are selling it for a heck of alot of money.

[aimeovaldi]

Met a guy about a month ago that was sold a nurse shark, the books say it will be born at 10+ inches and grow 7+ inches per year and app 7 lbs per year and it is recommended that it be housed in a tank no smaller than 4800 gallons. He returned the shark to the selling LFS. He had it housed in a 180 gallon. Most sharks grow rapidly in captivity and soon will outgrow a tank that isn't owned by BILL GATES. LOL

[herpaquarium]

there are plenty of sharks suitable for a 220 or even a 180, the lethargic cat, epaulette, snd wobbegong skarks are great for 180s or 220s. now don't start on me about cramping the sharks, because epaulettes have BRED in 180s, so they must have been fine. with wobbies, beware as the tassled and spotted both exceed 6' and you would want a ward's, which is 3' and lethargic enough to live in a 130 for its entire life, the tassled can live in a 360, and they are hardy(shark-wise), calm, lazy sharks. my friend presently has a partial reef with a ward's wobbie and a banded cat, along with other fish.