stuccodude
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do they require the same filtration as a reef tank, sump, skimmer etc, thanks
? about shark tank
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kau_cinta_ku
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yes they will require very good filtration, as they are messy eaters and prone to parisites more so than alot of other fish. and i wouldn't reccomend a shark unless you have a tank that is at least 3' wide and that is only for the smaller ones, banded cat sharks.
acpoweradapter
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What are you talkin about? A lot of people keep sharks.
Just go to the Fish only forum and you will find out alot more than in here.
Scoobaman17
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You need the funds and space and research to keep a shark healthy. It can be done but shouldn't.
RyanMcLaughlin
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I would say sharks requier better filtration than reef tanks. They are very big and very dirty. I agree sharks can be kept in captivity but shouldnt unless it is an aquarium where it can have a tank thousands of gallons big.
stuccodude
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thanks, my brother has a 300 gallon tank i could get but i dont have the time and funds to support another tank that would require as much or more then my current reef tank. theres a pet extreme by my house that has a 3-4 foot black tip shark in a 1500 - 2000 gallon tank and what else is in the tank but some blue damsels
Scoobaman17
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I have swam with black tips twice that size in the wild. Black tips, white tips, leopards, these all get well over 6 feet.
the electrical noise in you re home with interfere with the sharks ability to navigate. it will eventually lose its ability due to the electrical noise and start running into rocks, corners of tanks and injure itself. Unless you can isolate the electrical noise and have a huge cyclindrical tank you cannot successfully keep a shark in captivity for long.
a very smart aquarist made this point to me once and it stuck
strive vs survive
i really wish people would respect the animals they keep and treat them as such.
these animals are better left in the ocean.
Scoobaman17
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Wow I don't think I could have heard it better, makes perfect sense. Good going george81 you hit it fair and square.
ABATTLEDONKEY
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EVERYTHING is better left in the ocean. and birds are better left in the trees. we are all tearing fish from thier natural habitat, and none of us are doing them huge favors except keeping them from becoming dinner. sharks have been kept in captivity for a while now and is being done in small aquariums, and very large proffesional aquariums. they have been kept in tese tanks for very long periods of time, and given good water conditions, they thrive. this nonesense about electrial distubance with thier nav capability sounds like hippie hog wash(not trying to discredit you mind ya), and sounds more like a desperate move for an argument(not spawning from you george) than a lagitiment case. first off, nav isnt sight or smell. why would they run into things if they can still see and sense? also, i have yet to hear a real case where this acctually happened, and was pin pointed to that very reason. and lastly i would like to hear how that physically makes sense.
im sorry but i just dont buy into it. i agree that one must have mucho exp. and time and money to attept to hold captive a shark. he must also pay great attention to thier needs, and realize that a shark has to natural preditor, and does not handle being told what his boundries are. but to say that they should NEVER be held captive is like saying a mustang should never be broken. some people can do it, others cant.
base line is, concern for animals is one thing, but geeze, with all the hippie talk here it sounds like Berekley got online.
-Paul
im sorry but i just dont buy into it. i agree that one must have mucho exp. and time and money to attept to hold captive a shark. he must also pay great attention to thier needs, and realize that a shark has to natural preditor, and does not handle being told what his boundries are. but to say that they should NEVER be held captive is like saying a mustang should never be broken. some people can do it, others cant.
base line is, concern for animals is one thing, but geeze, with all the hippie talk here it sounds like Berekley got online.
-Paul
Lotus99
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Perhaps you should read up on it before you dismiss it as hogwash. This looks like as good a place as any to start: http://www.sharksavers.org/content/view/82/80/
If you click on some of the sources at the bottom, you can read up on the physiology.
You can read about the physiology all you want, but many species of sharks live well in aquaria of many sizes, from 300 gallon reef tanks to many thousand gallon public aquarium displays. If these sharks were somehow rendered damaged by electrical activity, there'd be evidence in spades. Confused sharks in your publid aquariums would bump willy nilly into things.
They don't. Evidence suggests that this concern isn't worth bothering over.
acpoweradapter
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I don't agree with what you are sayin George81. If you read what Lotus 99 posted then you will see that sharks use the sensors to navigate the magnetic fields and tho catch prey by sensing its movements. But in a tank, it does not need to navigate the earth, only a few square yards maybe. And most won't find it very hard to find food, especially when many people that keep the bamboo and coral sharks, which is what most people will keep so I assume we are talking about that, will train it to eat out of their hand so they can rely on their vision and smell to find food. So if you have a tank of a couple hundred gallons or more, I don't see why you can't have a shark.
ABATTLEDONKEY
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that diddnt help one bit..... in fact, there was nothing at all that i could find that described how it physically worked. or better yet, how your Elec. wires in your house disturb it.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4582.htm
but hey, it was on the internet! it must be true!!:rollface:
either way, this entire discussion is an opinional one, i say we call it quits and move on.
-Paul
Scoobaman17
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You guys need to chill before this gets ugly. I think the basic idea here is that animals that "need" or "should have" unlimited amount of room shouldn't be kept in tanks. You can't put a naso tang in a 25 gallon, but you can in a 200. Same goes for the sharks. Don't give a three foot kid a closet to live his life in. Same thing goes for a shark, the smallest shark gets around 3 feet or more "bamboo" so anything less that an 8 foot long 5 foot wide tank would be torture.
There are plenty other species of predator fish that are just as neat like lions and scorpion/leaf/frog fish. These require nothing compared to the shark. Even eels are somewhat easier.
There are plenty other species of predator fish that are just as neat like lions and scorpion/leaf/frog fish. These require nothing compared to the shark. Even eels are somewhat easier.
aquaholic85
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Put an above ground pool in yuor basement..reinforce the sides and call it a day... dolphins in parks dont lose there senses...birds in cages can still fly...
jus if you plan to keep such creature do your home work, have huge budget and yea more home work....
others here keep thousand dollar fish ifnot more expensive but they can care for it properly...so if you can do same with shark go ahead....everyone here thinks every fish they have are captive bred but they are not. so for those who think sharks should stay in ocean..maybe you shoul worry bout your own fish
jus if you plan to keep such creature do your home work, have huge budget and yea more home work....
others here keep thousand dollar fish ifnot more expensive but they can care for it properly...so if you can do same with shark go ahead....everyone here thinks every fish they have are captive bred but they are not. so for those who think sharks should stay in ocean..maybe you shoul worry bout your own fish
spaceshark
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Shark diver.....
Shark diver.....
Do yourself a favor - get a great video camera and check out these creatures in the wild. You'll have an unforgettable experience that will change your life - and it will probably cost you less in the long run. Plus - once you see them in the wild - you won't want to put them in a tank. Here's me and a 14-foot Tiger Shark named Emma.
www.captainjon.com
Shark diver.....
Do yourself a favor - get a great video camera and check out these creatures in the wild. You'll have an unforgettable experience that will change your life - and it will probably cost you less in the long run. Plus - once you see them in the wild - you won't want to put them in a tank. Here's me and a 14-foot Tiger Shark named Emma.
www.captainjon.com
