Brand new project in mind

[Wiggles92]

Wow wiggles. Excellent read. Did u write that up yourself? Now correct me if I'm wrong guys but from what I gathered after skimming through that species profile that wiggles directed me to, it looks to me like if I up the tank size a lil bit I could house these sharks. Now I also understand they all can't go together due to temperature difference. But here's my list I came up with. Arabian and grey bamboo, marble, coral, Bali, chain, cloudy, and gulf cats, dark shyshark, puffadder, speckled and triton bay epaulette??

No, I didn't write those myself. That's easily the best forum for finding out excellent information on sharks & rays, though.

I would avoid anything that's going to require a chiller since that's going to be pretty costly to purchase & run while also limiting your options for tankmates. As such, I would avoid the chain catshark, cloudy catshark, Gulf catshark, dark shyshark, and puffadder shyshark due their need for cool/cold water temperatures. As for your other options, I'm partial to the coral catshark due to their coloration; they're also supposed to be very hardy & easy to obtain. Keep in mind that adult males of some species may be territorial with other males regardless of species.

[bbenjamin21]

Yea i think ive decided on a 8' long by 4' wide by 30 inches tall rectangled tank. Ive been qouted on both rectangled and double bull nosed tanks. The rectangled tank is going to cost 4-5k less depending on where i end up purchasing it from. But knowing that rounded tanks are better for sharks, i will be looking into some type of inserts for the corners to make them rounded inside. If i cannot find anything stock made, or see what the company i purcase the tank from can do if not ill fab something up myself.

As for species that will be in the tank. Im going to go with grey bamboos and havent decided on the type but epaulettes, and coral or marble cats. I wont be doing all species and dont know how many of each but definetly grey bamboos. Also definetly 1 or 2 cortez rays.