Keeping and Swimming With Sharks?

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anytime fleshy, haha. i unfortunately can't offer any advice on how to take this project on but i just wanted to make sure those that could give advice were doing so for what the OP has. the OP said that it was an indoor pool, so it's very possible that he has it but i'm also very interested to see this pool:drool:
 
I dont think that it has been built yet...then again, my thread interpreting skills have been sucessfully challenged by you good sir, so Im going to keep my mouth shut. Either way, I think we deserve some evidence at this point.
 
Zfishies;4398385; said:
wont he have natrual light? this is outside, right?

its an indoor pool, 10 meters by 10 meters and 4 meters deep at all parts (already cycled to remove chlorine and renovated to work as a pond)

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There are several fundamental flaws in a set up like this.

1) You're never going to be close to replication of a self sustained ecosystem.

2) The fish you are looking for will require a lot of time and care to maintain. You'll be looking at two or three people to keep this system as a full time job. Also, a 100,000 gallon tank will need somewhere between 800-1,000 fish to even start to look full.

3) Cleaning the tank (aside from filtration) will be a nightmare. Day light will give you nothing but problems - so being inside will help alot. Instead of being worried about adding light, I'd be worried about keeping it under shade to prohibit algae growth.

4) Some of those fish (the humphead wrasse in particular) are protected, so you probably would be getting them. Others need special attention, and will just get lost in a system this size.

5) As for the sharks - white tip reef would be a fine choice. Any shark can and will bite if given the chance. If you are smart and safe, you'll be fine. I've spent over 1,400 hours under water in close quarters with some very big, aggressive sharks and still have all my fingers.

6) You listed tank size, what about filtration for this thing?

My suggestion would be get this pool up and running emtpy of fish. A thin sand bed, not much live rock at all. Just let it run for two or three months. Let is mature. Then look at a handful of "keystone" animals to focus on - sharks, rays and big fish are great ways to go. Then look at adding smaller 'filler' fish. Those would be thinks like snapper, grunts, damsels.....things that will add life, but not take away from the 'oooh, ahhh' species in the set up. You won't ever be able to just have a self sustained set up, so be ready to feed it and clean it DAILY.



PS - I'll move this back to Gen Salt... I moved it before I read anything but the title.
 
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