Newbie interested in shark(s) for private enjoyment.

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Zoodiver;4359357; said:
A 24' round pool will be fine for something like black tip reef, white tip reef, bonnetheads, sharpnose, smoothounds or the smaller species like them.

Sandfilters will work fine for large scale shark set ups. I highly suggest them. I'll toss out that you might want to look into using city water to backwash them with, so you don't lose your salt water when cleaning them.

Another thing I'll suggest is a BIG biotower of some kind to help off gas any excess CO2. Usually big (or several) pt skimmers will do this, but sometimes it's cheaper/easier to use a degas tower. It will also help keep your water quality in check.
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1) Which of those species are the ones that have around a 3-4' mature length? I found a supplier for eggs, or would it be better to start off with younglings?

2) Thanks for that, I was thinking sand filters would work, but didn't know if it'd trap(and thus remove) too much salt from the water flow.

3) Yeah, I've got one of those bio-domes for a FW pond. It's shaped like a camping tent and is full of these lil black balls(similarly shaped to wiffle balls); is that ok to use, or should I get something that's already prepped(with bacteria) for SW use. I know I'll be using a decent bit of live rock, mostly around the edges, so as to not hurt the underbellies.
 
Smoothhounds wouls be aplace to start. You best bet won't be eggs. Look for animals that are already eating in a tank. Once you get good with those, going to non-eating animals will be easier tp handle.

Sand filters won't pull salt out of solution. I use them on any bigger system I make.

As long as you have the surface area, you'll be good. You'll be able to seed it yourself as the system starts up. No need to buy stuff special for that.
 
I had a comment on the location of the pond, you said it was in a lower area then the surrounding land?

Well in my experience with stock tanks, and ranch ponds is that lots of water, ground minerals and other crap wash into the ponds/ tanks during heavy rains.

Just take this into consideration
 
Oh yeah, that's something I hadn't thought about, thanx for pointing that out. A drainage system is in order, I might tap into the pond drainage system using a 'T', so i won't have to run 2 drains.

Also, when it comes to the smoothheads, would they be ok to use with other fish? I was thinking of getting 1-2 largehead hairtails, but don't want those fish to become food. Hairtails mostly just feed off plankton and leftover flesh/food from sharks eating....I figured they'd help keep the bigger pieces cleaned up, and the live rocks and biodome would take care of the microscopic leftovers. I needa do some looking and see if the water temps match for the smoothheads and hairtails before I order anything. If you don't know what kinda fish it is, just lookup 'Largehead Hairtail'.
 
Now needa find someone who lives on/near the texas gulf waters who'd be willing to go grab some Atlantic Cutlassfish as they're called from the coastal bait shops. The small live ones are used as bait for Kingfish, and are supposed to be in good stock all along the coast....think prices are around $2-$6/each. If anyone lives near the coast, or knows of any good bait shops that deal with that kind of bait, could I get contact info from you for the places? Thanks in advance. :)
 
Been looking at a couple online suppliers for the sharks, one has 3 species that I'm interested in, but the website doesn't show any pricing atall. Could someone give me an idea of the average cost of the following? s/h charges dont have to be calculated in, i can figure them up later.

Atlantic Sharpnose
Blacknose
Mini-Bull
those seem to be all in the 3-6' range, anyone have experience in those? and are they compatible with the bottom-dwelling sharks like smooth-hounds and dogsharks? Also, what are the prices of smooth-hounds and dogsharks? Thanks.

Been looking at sharksupply.com and liveaquaria.com, any other places people have experience with?
 
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