LFS selling black tipped reef shark??

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listen if anyone has a private tank with a blacktip in it the NEEDS to be posted asap cause thats pretty cool... my uncle had a nurse in a 220 until it could no longer make the turn (very cruel i know) i figured the only ppl that have them usually just do that, he also had 2 rtc's and a silver arrow in a 65 until the nearly busted out of the tank then he just gets rid of them i hate to see that and i know its being done all to commonly.
 
When I bougth my 80 gallon tank, the lady told me she had a 22 inch CK in it. And that it was just big enough for it......... Dump b****.
 
Aquarium Concepts in Dublin, CA has 2 females for sale (~3 ft. each, about $2000 each.) in a 2,500 cylinder reef tank. You can see it on the yelp.com page:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/aquarium-concepts-dublin?rpp=40&sort_by=date_desc

I get pretty mad when I see these for sale, because they're never captive-bred, and they're never given the space to navigate or hunt properly. There are also a lot of large freshwater fish that are similarly restricted, but most of those are captive-bred and don't cover nearly the amount of space that a reef shark travels in a day. It's just wrong.
 
i totally agree with you but if size is the problem we all have seen there are fw fish that get larger than some sharks. The poeple who sell should be check to make sure the tank is suitable for the fish itself plus tankmates.
 
Unless you have a tank that is at least a 100' long, by 20' wide (preferably much larger) and at least 10' deep, you should not house any shark species, with the exception of bamboo sharks, epaulette sharks, and whobegongs. Even nurse sharks do not rest on the bottom often, they all really need to be able to swim. Some are more active, some just kinda cruise, but they all need a tremendous amount of room. You cannot compare these to rtc, tsn, or airapaima because all of those do not move as much as even the slowest shark species.
There is actually a shark species that would make a great aquarium shark. That is the lamplight shark. The problem is that they are only found at tremendous depths, making collection problematical. But, they only get to 6" long, the smallest shark species in the world.
 
My uncle had 2 sharks in a small in-ground pool when I was little. They where about 4 ft long from what I remember to bad he had to get rid of them due to some dumb kids pool hopping one night and ignoring the big sign that said “THIS IS NOT A SWIMMING POOL LIVE SHARKS KEEP OUT”. Now he keeps a mountain lion
 
cincity;3790000; said:
My uncle had 2 sharks in a small in-ground pool when I was little. They where about 4 ft long from what I remember to bad he had to get rid of them due to some dumb kids pool hopping one night and ignoring the big sign that said “THIS IS NOT A SWIMMING POOL LIVE SHARKS KEEP OUT”. Now he keeps a mountain lion
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hahahahaha wow yea i see he went the "safer" route
 
yeah HUMONGOUS cus if not the sharksll get claustraphobic and bang on the sides of the tank until it dies.
 
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