Shark in a 92g corner tank???

[joej]

Is there a type of shark that would stay small enough to live in a 92 corner tank?


Thanks
Joe

 

[myreeef]

Catsharks
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sharks/world/carcharhiniformes.html

It says there are some dwarf species that don't get bigger than 1ft long! I do not know how well they will do in an aquarium though.

 

[myreeef]

Here is a better site about sharks for aquariums:

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/sharks_rays/sharks_rays.htm

They recommend a minimum of 180 gal tank for "the smaller less active of the species"

 

[joej]

Is this the same species as the bamboo sharks for sale in LSF. Most of the bamboo sharks I have seen for sale were already nearly a foot long in LFS. What is the care level required? I took a look at the picture and the catshark is one intresting looking shark

 

[myreeef]

I read more about the catshark... I guessing that it will not do well in an aquarium. They seem to be a very deep water species. Read up more about them.

 

[K9coral]

They do fine in an aquarium, just keep your water in check.

 

[GSchiemer]

The cat sharks and bamboo sharks quickly reach a few feet in length, so I would say they are not appropriate for your 92 corner aquarium. In fact, there are no real sharks that are appropriate for that aquarium in the long run. You need at least a 6 foot 135 gallon aquarium.

Greg

 

[Anonymous]

AGREED! A 92 gallon corner tank is not even remotely close to being an appropriate tank. Even the smaller sedentary cat sharks need space. As Greg mentioned the get a few feet in length, and they do swim around quite a bit at night.
They need a tank at least 6' in length as mentioned above, but I would go a step further and say it also should be at least 24" wide. This would be a 180.

Jim

 

[Anonymous]

For shark, minimium tank size is 600 gal to 1200 gal, depends on the species. Eventually, they will outgrown the tank, and you may have difficulty finding organization/aquarium that have the resource to take them from you when that happens.

 

[K9coral]

Thats when you take a vacation and bring them back to the ocean :wink: .

 

[dizzy]

Thats when you take a vacation and bring them back to the ocean :wink: .

You be the guy who released the voliton lions.

 

[GSchiemer]

AGREED! A 92 gallon corner tank is not even remotely close to being an appropriate tank. Even the smaller sedentary cat sharks need space. As Greg mentioned the get a few feet in length, and they do swim around quite a bit at night.
They need a tank at least 6' in length as mentioned above, but I would go a step further and say it also should be at least 24" wide. This would be a 180.

Jim

I agree with Jim. My suggestion of a 135 was based on a recommendation by Scott Michael in his Aquarium Sharks and Rays book. A 180, at the very minimum, would be the way to go. Cat and bamboo sharks are very strong and active swimmers at feeding time. I kept a brown bamboo for a while, and even at 15 inches, it was a handful. At feeding time it would bite anything that looked edible, and even things that weren't, so forget about keeping it with smaller fish as it grows.

Greg

 

[K9coral]

No, I release them into the tub!!!!

 

[GSchiemer]

AGREED! A 92 gallon corner tank is not even remotely close to being an appropriate tank. Even the smaller sedentary cat sharks need space. As Greg mentioned the get a few feet in length, and they do swim around quite a bit at night.
They need a tank at least 6' in length as mentioned above, but I would go a step further and say it also should be at least 24" wide. This would be a 180.

Jim

I agree with Jim. My suggestion of a 135 was based on a recommendation by Scott Michael in his Aquarium Sharks and Rays book. A 180, at the very minimum, would be the way to go. Cat and bamboo sharks are very strong and active swimmers at feeding time. I kept a brown bamboo for a while, and even at 15 inches, it was a handful. At feeding time it would bite anything that looked edible, and even things that weren't, so forget about keeping it with smaller fish as it grows.

Greg