Actually, bull sharks are closer to 27" at birth. In their 1st few years, their growth rate is about 9" per year. So, this supposed bull shark would be 45" if it's growing at a normal rate. While tight, the tank would be doable for the moment.
Questions about best tank setup for a bull shark
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Oddball;4317022; said:
A 45" bull in a 525 doable? If you say so.
I don't know for sure but I am willing to bet that if someone is going to get there hands on a 27" bull you are going to have to get in the water and deliver the pups. I would like to hear what zoo divers and shark dealers opinions are on this, since they have both had first hand experience in both keeping and collecting bull pups.
My 1st summer jobs was in working on charter boats out at Montauk Point, LI, NY. Whenever a pregnant shark was brought in, we slit her belly to retrieve the young before cleaning the shark for the customer. The young were placed in circulated live bait wells. If they were developed enough, the survivors were sold to live wholesalers when we docked in the evening. The underdeveloped fry were preserved in alcohol and given to kids to take to school.
Okay - I would hardly call - keeping a 45" requiem shark in a 525 gallon tank(no matter the actual dimensions) doable.
Even a 27" requiem shark shouldn't be even considered for a tank of that size. It's down right cruel.
At 45" a juvenile Bull shark would need a pond/tank with a footprint of at least 255 sq.ft(pond - 18ft in diameter). with a volume for more than 7,500 gallons. And even then - there's very little room to grow.
As has been said many times - an adult Bull Shark needs a large Public Aquarium (over 300,000 gallons) if you plan to keep one for life.
As for a juvenile Bull Shark should never be kept in a tank/pond/lagoon that isn't at least large enough to keep an adult Bonnethead (i.e. footprint of 500 sq.ft., and a volume of nearly 15,000 gallons). Even then the young bull will out grow such a tank/pond/lagoon in about 3-4 years.
Even a 27" requiem shark shouldn't be even considered for a tank of that size. It's down right cruel.
At 45" a juvenile Bull shark would need a pond/tank with a footprint of at least 255 sq.ft(pond - 18ft in diameter). with a volume for more than 7,500 gallons. And even then - there's very little room to grow.
As has been said many times - an adult Bull Shark needs a large Public Aquarium (over 300,000 gallons) if you plan to keep one for life.
As for a juvenile Bull Shark should never be kept in a tank/pond/lagoon that isn't at least large enough to keep an adult Bonnethead (i.e. footprint of 500 sq.ft., and a volume of nearly 15,000 gallons). Even then the young bull will out grow such a tank/pond/lagoon in about 3-4 years.
One sad thing if you have been on this forum long enough you see the same thing over and over is people trying to jam a shark or ray into a way to small of system.
By 'doable' I meant up to this point where he's building larger quarters for the animal and that it's conceivable that the shark survived this long in it's current tank. I never intimated that the tank was adequate.
Oddball;4318838; said:
Well said, lets not fall into the troll trap. Either this guy responds, or he doesn't.
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