The best question is, why are you worried about my salt? And why would you make a statement and not elaborate, so that you could enlighten us?
New Shark Pool
- Thread starter capo larzo
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Heres some crappy pics again, all from the camera phone. You can see the ball valves and the ghetto intake cage i made. Plus you can also see i stirred up the water yet again, added 150-200 gallons of water, some of my "crappy" salt, some buffer.
And a round of applause for my first flood! Because i raised the water level, i assume, the flow rate changed, which in turn means one of the barrels overflowed. Luckily i caught it about 10 seconds after it started, but i still got everything soaked, because it happened twice! YAY!
Anyway, hopefully some better pictures of the fish to come, the grouper decided he likes a spot in the crease in the liner, so we wont be seeing him for a while.
By raising the water level, and lowering the filter returns, i cut down on some of the surface agitation, which in turn allows me to see much more clearly, to the bottom and the fish. Thats pretty important in a pond, as compared to in a tank where you need surface agitation. Its a trade off i guess.
And a round of applause for my first flood! Because i raised the water level, i assume, the flow rate changed, which in turn means one of the barrels overflowed. Luckily i caught it about 10 seconds after it started, but i still got everything soaked, because it happened twice! YAY!
Anyway, hopefully some better pictures of the fish to come, the grouper decided he likes a spot in the crease in the liner, so we wont be seeing him for a while.
By raising the water level, and lowering the filter returns, i cut down on some of the surface agitation, which in turn allows me to see much more clearly, to the bottom and the fish. Thats pretty important in a pond, as compared to in a tank where you need surface agitation. Its a trade off i guess.
NO NURSE SHARKS PLEASE! They get 14' and grow like mad. There are too many in the pet trade without homes as it is.
That link has a bunch of wrong info, and seems like a shady place. I don't think I'd buy a shark from them. Very few people/places are able to send a shark very far (at least in the US). There are plenty of good solid shark suppliers in the US.
Port Jacksons tend to like cooler water, but still will get 5 or 6 feet long. Nice speices though. I love the pattern. The Fiddler rays share that pattern, but also get very large. There are some in my shark album. They do well as bigger ones, but they are hard to move at that size. The small ones are easier to ship, but usually die off quickly in captivity. They are hard to get onto food at first.
I'd stick with the original plan for animals. If you want to use this as a grow out pool, get your big system up and running prior to bringing in animals to grow out.
That link has a bunch of wrong info, and seems like a shady place. I don't think I'd buy a shark from them. Very few people/places are able to send a shark very far (at least in the US). There are plenty of good solid shark suppliers in the US.
Port Jacksons tend to like cooler water, but still will get 5 or 6 feet long. Nice speices though. I love the pattern. The Fiddler rays share that pattern, but also get very large. There are some in my shark album. They do well as bigger ones, but they are hard to move at that size. The small ones are easier to ship, but usually die off quickly in captivity. They are hard to get onto food at first.
I'd stick with the original plan for animals. If you want to use this as a grow out pool, get your big system up and running prior to bringing in animals to grow out.
HAHA thank you, i knew that, but whoever that was had me curious, was trying to get a response. The nurse sharks are cool, and when they get that big you just bring them to the ocean and send them on their way. HAHA JK. Youd need a freight truck and a 4000 gallon vat just to get a 10' nurse from your house to the ocean. Anyway.
Need to know, would adjusting the water depth, and not doing anything to the ball valves, result in a change in water flow through the filter? Im curious now as to what caused the overflow. Was it something malfunctioning, or was it resistance from lowering the returns? Could it have been just adding 200 gallons to the pool? It went from draining completely, very limited contact time, to overflowing? Strange?? Help please. I actually had to turn down the ball valve thats before the Y leading to both barrels, which im not thrilled about, because now theres backflow and pressure on the joints.
Opinions please before im swimming in my basement.
Need to know, would adjusting the water depth, and not doing anything to the ball valves, result in a change in water flow through the filter? Im curious now as to what caused the overflow. Was it something malfunctioning, or was it resistance from lowering the returns? Could it have been just adding 200 gallons to the pool? It went from draining completely, very limited contact time, to overflowing? Strange?? Help please. I actually had to turn down the ball valve thats before the Y leading to both barrels, which im not thrilled about, because now theres backflow and pressure on the joints.
Opinions please before im swimming in my basement.
I wasn't trying to offend anyone. It was my understanding most of the larger aquariums used Tropic Marin for salt. Its just my personal opinion that you get what you pay for. I used Red Sea and then switched to Tropic Marin after my older brother enlightened me. Instant Ocean is as cheap as it gets. An investment like a shark tank to me would be a good reason to use the more expensive salt.
Tropic Marin mixes the clearest of all the salts as well and has more trace elements. Just an all together better way to go. But then again I like my fish to be taken care of the best I can as a responsible hobbyist.
It is a nice setup and personally i've never heard of nor seen a nurse shark bigger than 8 feet.
Tropic Marin mixes the clearest of all the salts as well and has more trace elements. Just an all together better way to go. But then again I like my fish to be taken care of the best I can as a responsible hobbyist.
It is a nice setup and personally i've never heard of nor seen a nurse shark bigger than 8 feet.
ment for this look on ebay 
black tip sharks or other sold only to usa
black tip sharks or other sold only to usacapo larzo;3285394; said:
