Keeping and Swimming With Sharks?
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Impressive. I don't know much about saltwater, so my advice is worth less than nothing. As far as any sharks that are "harmelss" tho, I'm sure there are some less dabgerous than others, but my buddy worked at a LFS for a while and got part of his palm bitten off by a "harmless" shark while trying to feed it. Any shark with size enough for what you probably want (with classic shark shape) isn't going to be a total wuss. Just be careful and post pics.
well i think i see a few fundamental flaws in your stock. one being that in the long run eventually i think those occelaris clowns and mandarins will probably get caught and eaten by some much larger preds and thus i would avoid adding them.iHammer;4374470; said:
also while i don't know much about sponges i'm pretty sure they are a favorite food of angels and thus may be depleted quite quickly as well
i see the shrimp (brine/glass) in your cleanup crew being ate up very quickly so i wouldn't really waste the time with them unless you intend on supplying them as food for the others. i don't think they'd last long to do much cleaning except for the cleaner shrimps who the fish might let be.
and even with that large of an ecosystem and such i think in the long run you're still going to have to feed foods for all the fish rather than just the shark to help prevent turf wars breaking out over food and to keep the predators from hunting their tankmates
finally, good luck. i know i'm surely not dareing (or rich) enough to try something like this as all out chaos could end up breaking out or it could work out beautifully. if you're actually going to go through with this i would get into contact with some zoo's for tips rather than relying on forum information
I am using the Shrimps as the base of the ecosystem (and the plankton). Not clean up crew. I want there to be enough of them so that they can breed at a faster rate than they can be eaten. I thought 1200 would be enough and I would add them a few months before the rest so that they can start breeding and get a proper structure in the gene pool. And I didn't think that the Angelfish would eat the sponges at such a fast rate that they would be wiped out. I want the Sponges there so that the angels can eat them. But how many do I need for them to breed faster than they can be eaten?
And I will not be adding Mandarin Fish, but I was quite sure that the Clownfish would be safe since there will also be anemone. And why would any fish bother starting turf wars with a shark? No one has answered my question yet :S Which one of these fish will be capable of being eaten by the shark?
And I will not be adding Mandarin Fish, but I was quite sure that the Clownfish would be safe since there will also be anemone. And why would any fish bother starting turf wars with a shark? No one has answered my question yet :S Which one of these fish will be capable of being eaten by the shark?
You are never going to get those things to breed fast enough to support everything else in that tank. I had a 55g reef that had 140# or LR (yes, it was mainly LR) that had been in tank for years...and I kept a very small six line wrasse, yellowtail damsel, and a lawnmower blenny in there without feeding... or at least not very often. So...this is never going to work out the way you want it to.
Also +1 to the sponges being destroyed. Sponges are a complete animal...and although they can rebound from being eaten down, they will not be able to in a closed system where it is continuous, and will more than likely not reproduce for you.
Also +1 to the sponges being destroyed. Sponges are a complete animal...and although they can rebound from being eaten down, they will not be able to in a closed system where it is continuous, and will more than likely not reproduce for you.
And any "aquarium" shark that you can buy is not going to attack you unless you are an idiot. The guy that got his hand bit should have been thinking about what would happen when the shark went for the food...IN HIS HAND! 
I totally agree with you. Why the hell would you hand feed a shark?FLESHY;4378461; said:And any "aquarium" shark that you can buy is not going to attack you unless you are an idiot. The guy that got his hand bit should have been thinking about what would happen when the shark went for the food...IN HIS HAND!
And how many Brine/Glass Shrimps will I need to support the whole ecosystem?
I will also not add Sponges.
