Show your Setups!
- Thread starter blakeoe
- Start date
wow I see why noone wants to show off thier setups jason was nice enough to post some pics and he gets flamed,Even though noone else posted thier stuff,Jason nice setup if it works for you go with what you know,I have hobs on my shark tank(he got stuck once but now he can't fit behind anything)
Right Bill, I have a Lotus Note to myself that says that very thing. 
Oh, and since this is his thread
Hi Blake
[welcome]
Oh, and since this is his thread
Hi Blake
[welcome]
Titan*69
New member
The important thing here is his fish are healthy, and he stated he will provide a 400GL system for it's inhabitants. Constructive critisism for Jasonanatal would be too put a background on his tank in order to hide alot of the wires from the HOB equiptment. Looks good! But I doubt anyone else will contribute to this thread for the fear of being flamed. Bills reef I was just stating my opinion with no derogatory content in my statement, As I come correct!
Titan, your post had absolutley no value other than calling people idiots. That is without a doubt inflamatory and far from helpfull. Constructive criticism it certainly good, name calling is not. If you feel the need to discuss this futher, than PM me.
:mad2: :blown: :furious:
Isn't this the Aggression Forum?
Isn't this the Aggression Forum?
BJJ
New member
Jasonanatal,
First off nice setup. IMO your set should be fine for a Bamboo shark for the first little while. However, you might want to plan for a few changes down the road. Acording to Micheal Scotts "Sharks and Rays" a 180 will be fine for an adult bamboo.
Here are some things to consider in the future.
1. As mentioned the equipment along the back of the tank will become a problem as the shark grows larger. These sharks like to swim not only along the sand but and up along the glass. If you have a lot of intakes outlets power heads ect attached to the back glass, there is risk of the shark becomming trapped or caught up in between the glass and intake tubes or what ever. Also their eyesight is very limited wich means that with their clumsy behavior they will repeativly bump into the equipment - causing either stress or injury. This happend to my first shark - found him dead wedged between my fluval inlet pipe and glass. Also as they grow they are VERY strong swimers, remember the shark is like one large muscle. It wont take much for him to disconnect hoses from powerheads, knock PH off the glass, they will even knock off your glass lids as they like to poke their head above the water.
2. Puffers will most likely take a pretty large chunk out of the shark. But then again some people have been lucky. I have a freind who bought a baby horn shark, threw it in with his adult puffer and within minutes the shark had a peanut size chuck taken from his nose.
3. The power bar you have sound like a high quality strip, but keep in mind the best server power strips were not designed for use around water. Its obvious your power strip will have no problem handling the power and protect from surges but you will have to protect it from moisture. The has been a few threads of people returning home from a vacation only to find out their power strip caused a fire. Saltcreep, saltwater in the powerstrips dont mix. See if you can change out your wall outlet to CGIF and install a grounding probe to ensure you are protected from powerheads causing ground faults - stray electricity.
4. Your substrate and aquascaping is good.
5. In the future it would be very benificial to emply a sump and move all the equipment into the sump. This way it minimises obstacles in the tank and increases water volume.
6. Future plans should include upgrading you skimmer to a larger higher capacity one. For now your fine.
7. Make sure there is NO METAL in the system.
8. Not sure what you total flow is but you want to make sure its fairly high. You want to prevent detris from acumilating at the bottom on the tank. Also after feeding I would always manually pick up the Shark Poop with tongs. this will help maintain water quality.
9. If you dont already have one get a cleaner wrass, they will help with parasites.
I think you off to a good start
Here are a few photos of my setup;
First off nice setup. IMO your set should be fine for a Bamboo shark for the first little while. However, you might want to plan for a few changes down the road. Acording to Micheal Scotts "Sharks and Rays" a 180 will be fine for an adult bamboo.
Here are some things to consider in the future.
1. As mentioned the equipment along the back of the tank will become a problem as the shark grows larger. These sharks like to swim not only along the sand but and up along the glass. If you have a lot of intakes outlets power heads ect attached to the back glass, there is risk of the shark becomming trapped or caught up in between the glass and intake tubes or what ever. Also their eyesight is very limited wich means that with their clumsy behavior they will repeativly bump into the equipment - causing either stress or injury. This happend to my first shark - found him dead wedged between my fluval inlet pipe and glass. Also as they grow they are VERY strong swimers, remember the shark is like one large muscle. It wont take much for him to disconnect hoses from powerheads, knock PH off the glass, they will even knock off your glass lids as they like to poke their head above the water.
2. Puffers will most likely take a pretty large chunk out of the shark. But then again some people have been lucky. I have a freind who bought a baby horn shark, threw it in with his adult puffer and within minutes the shark had a peanut size chuck taken from his nose.
3. The power bar you have sound like a high quality strip, but keep in mind the best server power strips were not designed for use around water. Its obvious your power strip will have no problem handling the power and protect from surges but you will have to protect it from moisture. The has been a few threads of people returning home from a vacation only to find out their power strip caused a fire. Saltcreep, saltwater in the powerstrips dont mix. See if you can change out your wall outlet to CGIF and install a grounding probe to ensure you are protected from powerheads causing ground faults - stray electricity.
4. Your substrate and aquascaping is good.
5. In the future it would be very benificial to emply a sump and move all the equipment into the sump. This way it minimises obstacles in the tank and increases water volume.
6. Future plans should include upgrading you skimmer to a larger higher capacity one. For now your fine.
7. Make sure there is NO METAL in the system.
8. Not sure what you total flow is but you want to make sure its fairly high. You want to prevent detris from acumilating at the bottom on the tank. Also after feeding I would always manually pick up the Shark Poop with tongs. this will help maintain water quality.
9. If you dont already have one get a cleaner wrass, they will help with parasites.
I think you off to a good start
Here are a few photos of my setup;
Oh boy, I can't WAIT to show my tank. Jason, your tank is great! I like hang on the back equipment also.
I have a lot of fish in a 135 that is guaranteed to set off the "overstocked" alarm!
But here is my list:
11-12" yellowtail coris
8" niger trigger
6.5" banana wrasse
5.5"blueline trigger
4"lyretail hogfish
4" narrowline puffer
2.5" lei trigger
2.5" clown trigger
Filtration:
2 x Emp 400
1 Eheim 2229
2 x 200 gallon skimmer with 850 gps pump
1 9 watt turbotwist with 200 gph
3 x 270 gps powerheads
I have a lot of fish in a 135 that is guaranteed to set off the "overstocked" alarm!
But here is my list:
11-12" yellowtail coris
8" niger trigger
6.5" banana wrasse
5.5"blueline trigger
4"lyretail hogfish
4" narrowline puffer
2.5" lei trigger
2.5" clown trigger
Filtration:
2 x Emp 400
1 Eheim 2229
2 x 200 gallon skimmer with 850 gps pump
1 9 watt turbotwist with 200 gph
3 x 270 gps powerheads
