Great White in Captivity

[jayclarke]

Found these pics of the 1st Great White Shark 2b kept in Captivity and survive. Nobody has ever got one of these truly MONSTER fish to eat b4. They have had 2release her back in2 the wild because she started eating her tank mates! Enjoy

 

[rottbo]

how big of a tank do i have to build to get one of those!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[sandtiger]

They had intentions of letting her go long before she ate her tankmates. The tank I believe was about a million gallons and located at the Monteray Bay Aquarium in California. Take a look at her nose in the first picture though, she obviously was not doing all that well in captivity. IMO, it's one of those fish that should remain free.

 

[frasse]

It would be fun too have a small shark in a tank

 

[ewurm]

That's great.

 

[Recycling Works]

gonna take the rocks, driftwood and plants out of my 55 and get me great white!

 

[Stang1]

I the fish still on display if so, it's worth a trip out west

 

[blacktip]

My kids and I used to watch it on their web cam every day. It actually did quite well in captivity, I believe it doubled its weight in the few months they had it on display.

They did always plan on releasing it as a full grown great white would need something more like the Atlanta Aquarium's 8 million gallon tank as a bare minimum. However, they decided to release it when they did since it had been attacking and eating the other sharks in the exhibit.

 

[Stang1]

I retract my prior post

 

[blacktip]

Here's a link to more information about this shark and its time in captivity.