Leopard Shark
- Thread starter Deano1956
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I find it highly amusing none of you have anything to say about the 13 year old planning a 1800 gallon intex pool with only a 54g sump. and for it to be outside and this guy encouraging it.
TheCanuck;4337085; said:
And here we go again, I thought your done? Quote me where I will say that 54G sump is okay? Did I even finish telling him what to do to make it better? NO. And being outside, do you even know where exactly he lives? And how is the weather year long?...Hmm?
BIG_ONE;4337156; said:And here we go again, I thought your done? Quote me where I will say that 54G sump is okay? Did I even finish telling him what to do to make it better? NO. And being outside, do you even know where exactly he lives? And how is the weather year long?...Hmm?
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/fo...d.php?t=345868
The whole thread. Your also encouraging him to keep a leopard shark in that pool with such poor filtration and outside all year long.
These are the shark people, and i would actually like them to read the thread and hear their input, not yours. We already established the worth of your posts.
TheCanuck;4337170; said:
Still running around my question?...That doesn't quote anything. We all know exactly which thread is it, don't even need to post the thread because it doesn't proove anything out of it. And still I asked, did you know what kind of weather he has all year long?
Actually a pond that is 800-1,000 sq.ft.(which is just the footprint), and with a depth of at least 4 ft (deeper would better for a Zebra Shark) - would be roughly 24,000-30,000 gallons. Which is large enough to keep a single adult Nurse Shark in. Of course if the pool/pond/lagoon were deeper - the the volume would be increase. Naturally if you were to plan on keeping more than 1 shark - you would want to go with a larger pond/lagoon.
Another way to look at 800-1000 sq.ft. is basically about half the area of an average size home. Which is why this shark isn't really practical for the vast majority of private aquarists.
BTW a single adult Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasciata), would require a pond/lagoon that is only about 500 sq.ft.(footprint), and a volume of about 15,000 gallons.
