Post your shark tank pics here

[lessans]

I don't have one but my friend is starting a 200 gal tank for 1 shark. I forgot which species of shark it is. My lfs sells them for $200 a pop. My friend got the tank for FREE...no joke.

[flyingace2005]

No pics yet but i have a 200gal 8'X4'X1' in my garage to be set up when I move.

[lessans]

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[BJJ]

247 gal

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/1/35561day-front-corner.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/1/35561kitchen.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/1/35561shark-1.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/1/35561shark-0.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/1/35561Filtration.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/1/35561sleeping_shark.jpg http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/1/35561from-kitchen.jpg

[lessans]

BJJ, I really like your tank, what other inhabitants do you have in that tank?

[toonces]

oh man, that is so cool.

[BJJ]

hi Lessans,

2 horn sharks
1 lunar wrass
1 cleaner wrass
and a hole sh*t load of snails & hermit crabs

I hand feed (with tonges) the sharks about twice a week. Diet consist of a different meat group each time, for example. krill one night, squid the next, then silversides and so on.. Food is mixed with vitamin supplements. The other fish in the tank eat the left over free floating peices left behind.

An hour after feeding I will use the tongs to remove the shark poop - with horn sharks it easy, they leave a marble sized cabbage roll that is easily removed - but you have to be quick as the scent off the tongs excites the sharks and if your not quick to remove the poop, the shark will nip at it and spit it out making a worse mess.

simply put - feed a variety of fatty meating foods with a good vitamin supplemet, feed by hand then remove poop shortly after before it breaks apart.

I keep my temp at about 73 degrees as these sharks are more sub tropical.

Make sure you have a huge skimmer, large water turnover rate and lots of water movement inside the tank. Sharks also need very fine gravle - especially the baby sharks as they are prone to skin irretations from course substrate.

No metal in system EXCEPT for (IMO a must have for sharks) a grounding probe. Stray voltages in an aquarium is especially bad for sharks.

People tend to think sharks are hardy... IMO there not as they are very sensitive to fluctuations in water quality. I recomend a water top-off system to maintain a to reduce increasing specific gravity due to evaporated water loss.

Sharks dont have scales, so there skin will absord medications such as copper - so most medications are deadly to sharks.

Hope this was usefull....

[EdKruzel]

Absolutely a beautiful system.

As large as it is, don't you believe it's a bit small for two adult Horn Sharks?
Average captive adults reach 22lbs and the recommended minimum container is 240gal per specimen.

The advice is very good on care requirements; I wouldn't recommend copper or most medications be used on any fish, but never with sharks.

Good Luck,
Ed

[Mikeeal]

BJJ, how do you keep your temp. at 73? Do you employ a chiller? BTW, awesome tank.

[Puffer Queen]

Flyingace2005,

Are you planning on putting a shark in your tank ?

Kelly

P.S. I have a 1000 gallon shark pond - check out the pics in the my photo gallery.

[flyingace2005]

Puffer Queen, I will probably put a cat shark or bamboo and maybe a smaller ray. Im not for sure yet though.

[flyingace2005]

PS sweet tank BJJ

[CrazyLionfish]

PufferQueen how much was the shark "pond". I've always wanted a tank like that and wondered how much cheaper a "pond" would be then a tank.

[Mikeeal]

BJJ, still curious on how you keep the temp. cool. Plus, I see you have some nice corraline growing on the rocks. What kind of supplements do you use to keep it growing? BTW, I saw a Horn Shark at my LFS the other day, and it was alot more mature. He (had claspers) wasn't all that much longer, just a whole lot wider and muscular.

[Puffer Queen]

Flyingace2005,

Please reconsider using your one foot high tank for sharks. I would not recommend this dimension for shark tanks. Besides having to have a tight lid on the tank all the time - feeding time could get tough as well....... there is not enough room for the shark.

Best of luck,
Kelly

[Puffer Queen]

Matt,

Anthony Calfo built my pond. He outlines the making of his 1000 gallon shark pond in this article. He also supplies a material list & costs in the article as well.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/cav1i1/pondDIYCalfo/diy-pond.htm


I elected to make my pond "fancier" than his & used ceramic decorative tile & custom colored grout to finish.....so the finishing touches cost more than the actual pond itself.

Hope this helps.

Kelly

[Mikeeal]

Puffer Queen, how did you get away with using a liner with sharks? How much evaporation do you get? Can you give a basic overview of your filtration? I figured it would be difficult to do any kind of overflow since the "tank/pond" is on the ground.

P.S. What kind of puffer is that in your avatar?

[Puffer Queen]

Mikeeal,

My pond was built using 45 mil (doubled). I have epaulette (hemiscyllium ocellatum) sharks in my pond & do not worry about them puncturing or tearing the liner.....where as Anthony has horn sharks (heterodontus francisci)...this could pose a threat especially during mating with their sharp horns:)

Anthony also suggest & uses roofing rubber from Firestone in bulk rolls - very cheap (a few hundred dollars per roll). Some folks can find used roofing rubber from roofs that are being replaced. Or the most expensive option is to buy aquarium store pond liner. This route is much more expensive though and often thinner.

You want double/triple layers of whatever to add up to at least 40-60 mil. I have a total of 90 mil.

Heat is not an issue for me as I have mine in the basement with a separate A/C unit & a utility fan. I like to keep the temp on the pond @ 72 - 74.

My sharks are thriving (the oldest being 10 years in my care) and are now producing eggs on a regular basis since April.

As far as filtration: 2 bio towers, 2 protein skimmers, a macroalgae refugium, a deep sand bucket used for denitrification and an ozonizer with controller & weekly carbon change. (ozone can break down pond liners).

The puffer in my avatar is an arothron nigropunctatus aka dalmation puffer. This morph is found in the Solomon Islands & is one of the more difficult puffers to acclimate & raise.

Hope this helps.

Kelly

P.S. I like your arothron reticularis or is it a hispidus ?

[Puffer Queen]

Mikeeal,

I forgot to address your evaporation question - the pond averages between 4-5 gallons per day.

Kelly

[BJJ]

"BJJ, how do you keep your temp. at 73? Do you employ a chiller? BTW, awesome tank."


No chiller, no heaters, Basically I have about 100 gals of my water in the basement, no lids on main tank or sump, that way you dont get much of a greenhouse effect occuring. My house has a/c so the basement is quite cool both in the summer and winter months.

I beleive on a large tank setup the best way to ensure a consistant/stable temp would be to use your ambient room temp to equalize with your tank - assuming other factors are considered such as direct sunlight, drafts, water volume. The last time I ever used a heater was about 20 years ago on my first 20Gal SW tank.

[Nocturnal]

Originally posted by BJJ
"BJJ, how do you keep your temp. at 73? Do you employ a chiller? BTW, awesome tank."


No chiller, no heaters, Basically I have about 100 gals of my water in the basement, no lids on main tank or sump, that way you dont get much of a greenhouse effect occuring. My house has a/c so the basement is quite cool both in the summer and winter months.

I beleive on a large tank setup the best way to ensure a consistant/stable temp would be to use your ambient room temp to equalize with your tank - assuming other factors are considered such as direct sunlight, drafts, water volume. The last time I ever used a heater was about 20 years ago on my first 20Gal SW tank.


I thought i was the only one who employed this method. Good to hear someone else doesn't use heaters. Gorgeous animals by the way!!

[Mikeeal]

Thanks for the reply BJJ. Am planning a smoothound pool in the years to come, and that is what I was planning as well, (cool the outside environment, not the water).

[Mad Scientist]

Originally posted by BJJ
"BJJ, how do you keep your temp. at 73? Do you employ a chiller? BTW, awesome tank."


No chiller, no heaters, Basically I have about 100 gals of my water in the basement, no lids on main tank or sump, that way you dont get much of a greenhouse effect occuring. My house has a/c so the basement is quite cool both in the summer and winter months.

I beleive on a large tank setup the best way to ensure a consistant/stable temp would be to use your ambient room temp to equalize with your tank - assuming other factors are considered such as direct sunlight, drafts, water volume. The last time I ever used a heater was about 20 years ago on my first 20Gal SW tank.

Great looking tank - thanks for sharing.

[majestic sea life]

BJJ,

WOW i love your tank. How do u keep it so clean lol.

[Mikeeal]

lessans, you should of named this thread, "BJJ, post your shark tank pics here"

Anyone else?

[CPT. MURPHY]

Very nice BJJ!

CPT.

[toonces]

i keep coming back to this tank.

i simply don't have the room to devote to a big tank like that right now. but, man, that is really a cool tank.

i keep thinking that i would really enjoy a tank like that. fairly simple, low bioload, and unusual. i need to give this some thought.

thanks for sharing!

[renichms]

Do the sharks bother the other fish or snails?

RN

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

tight shark tank.

[moogoomoogoo]

BJJ, great tank! I think however you should buy a second set of tongs for poop only. Come on, would you eat a tater tot with the same fork you used to clean dog poop off your shoe???:lol:

[lessans]

BJJ, have you thought of adding some species of ray in there?

[cmulawka]

any more tanks?????

[tigerarmy40]

c'mon! I know someone else wnats to share their shark tank!!!

[BJJ]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6390144#post6390144 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lessans
BJJ, have you thought of adding some species of ray in there?

No... Ray's need even more room (surface area) than sharks

[golden samuri]

anyone know if it is possible to put some kind of acrylic window in the indoor shark pond??? that would be sweet

[blfuller123]

BJJ, Is your tank a 6 or 8 foot tank? Also, what lighting are you using?

[BJJ]

6'-6" x 26" X 30" 250gal - The tank was custom made to these dimensions. The lighting "at the time of the photo" was 2 150W 10000K MH and 2 40W blue actinics - corallife I believe

[lessans]

There has to be more people out there with shark tanks. Come on people. If this is the only guy in the the Aggresive tank thread with a shark tank, that is a disappointment.

[psusocr]

my shark will be in my tank next monday and ill post up

[mitzel]

Yea Jcrim I hear you have a shark tank lets see some pictures . I know your lurking around here now.



I'm getting ready to build a tank in the next few months. its going to be 8'x4'x30" and it will house a pair of coral cats . I will post from purchase of materials to final fish additions.


:wildone:

[Lrgclasper]

BBJ, what are you plans for the future when your shark is 3 feet?

[jjcrim]

Hey... there's some familiar names around here. Here's mine:
http://jjcrim.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album01

BTW, I wish I knew how to put the pics on this screen. Any help will be appreciated.

[mitzel]

I've got to say I never get tired of your tank Jcrim.


:wildone:

[Metriod___Hunter]

sup jcrim!? Its cartman101 here.....

[jjcrim]

Hey cartman... good to "see" ya.

[CaptainBob]

Where can I find a horn Shark or Epaulette, or even port jacksons

[aquaman67]

CaptainBob
[welcome]

[Lord Voldemort]

Yo Jcrim, Mitzel, this is the NEW jr2857 don't like SWF anymore

[Lord Voldemort]

You can get em and liveaquaria.com

[Rgmason]

JR you dont know when to stop same **** different day..........

[landscapen]

i love the white shark tankl

[scottp]

swwet tank here is a pic of my bannded cat shark he is about 3months old now
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a343/nomadfkr/DSC00107.jpg

[Lrgclasper]

shark pics are in my gallery....

[Lord Voldemort]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6884590#post6884590 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by scottp
swwet tank here is a pic of my bannded cat shark he is about 3months old now
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a343/nomadfkr/DSC00107.jpg
I may not be a shark expert but I do study sharks a lot and your bamboo looks like it's on freshwater gravel or something. They preferably need sand or else its underside will be cut and cause disease. Nice shark though looks like it's in the changing stage :thumbsup:

[Lrgclasper]

Looks like crushed coral

[Lord Voldemort]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6933488#post6933488 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lrgclasper
Looks like crushed coral
Yeah it does highly recommend switching to sand ASAP or even a bare bottom tank would work nicely.

[raw88gt]

i had one on crushed coral for over a year and never had any problems this is from experence not reading.

[NorthFace]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6933464#post6933464 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lord Voldemort
I may not be a shark expert but I do study sharks a lot and your bamboo looks like it's on freshwater gravel or something. They preferably need sand or else its underside will be cut and cause disease. Nice shark though looks like it's in the changing stage :thumbsup:

HAHA! If you call constantly repeating what other people say studying...then yeah...you do a crap load of that.

To everyone else, here....this kid is 13 yrs old and likes to go around, giving definitive answers about situations he knows NOTHING about. Be extremely cautious, when taking advice from him. While it is honorable that he's trying to help...just make sure you get second opinions, if you're thinking of following his advice.

[schulace123]

why u guys always so mean to him, grow up! frigin 5 year olds

[Lrgclasper]

ya geeze poor kid. Besides, everything in here should be taken with a grain of salt.

[scottp]

Yep it is crushed coral,got a 40lb bag like 5yrs ago for like $10 been in there ever since,I looked at bruce's (my child named him) fins and belly everything looks good no cuts no scratches so it must not be that bad.since i hand feed him now i dont worry about him eating the CC so it works for me and thats all that matters,But i will keep it in mind
Lrgclasper your stuff looks very nice

[BJJ]

Another reason to switch to a fine sand is that these sharks scavenge by sucking sand in through their mouth and out their gille slits to filter out the food, the risk with coarse gravel is that larger peices may get lodged in their throat or the roughness may be too abrasive causing internal infections. If you had the opertunity it would be a good idea to at least put a nice layer of fine over your current substrate. Nice shark...

[DorsalFin]

BJJ,
What do you feed your horns?

[Lrgclasper]

great pics Dorsal Fin... how big are your horns?

[DorsalFin]

Not sure yet because they are not in my tank yet but they will be about 15" when i get them in maybe 5 weeks

[Lrgclasper]

wow you ordered them pretty big. Mine were about 10 inches when I got em. Now they are about 20 inches.

[DorsalFin]

O thats cool where did you order them from?