Posted by Buddy on February 26, 2003 at 20:38:42:
In Reply to: setting up a shark tank posted by mudslide on February 26, 2003 at 14:02:52:
:I just wanted to know exactly what I need to set up a shark tank. I was thinking either a leopard or black tip. Any help would be greatly appeciated
I know sharks are very interesting, but you need to know what it is you really want to do here. First of all, a leopard shark grows to 6' and the black tip grows to 10'. So if one wanted to maintain a shark tank system, it would have to be hugh, i`m not talking a tank sytem a few hundred gallons, i`m talking a system that`s thousands of gallons. Now the leopard shark swims slow when calm, but a black tip shark needs much swimming space. Perhaps you will think in another species to put together your dream, not unless you have the money to do such a system, and if i was to do a shark tank for a black tip, it be no smaller then 20,000 gallons, and no less in depth then 8'.
But then there is another problem that comes to mind, that is the reef shark is known to jump out the water over corals, not to my understand, if it does this in the wild, it just might do this in a tank with live rocks. But i do think you should look into another type of marine species to start this hobby.
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