shark or ray for 360?

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Admittedly my tank is overstocked, it is a display tank in an aquarium shop. However, the maintenance being performed on this aquarium is maintaining proper water quality and I am in a position to move the smooth hound to a much larger aquarium when that time arrives. I don't at all agree that cortez or california or california horn shark need a larger aquarium, none of these get very large, especially the cortez. I do agree that it is somewhat of a compromise having the yellow ray and banded bamboo in with them since they would prefer a slightly warmer aquarium however I am maintaining the aquarium at a lower temp that both are fine with. This is not my first experiance with saltwater and sharks, I'm a 20 year veteran in saltwater and have owned an aquarium shop for about 10 years. My point was that these can be kept together sucsessfully and with that size of an aquarium, many of the suggestion made are decent ones.

Joel
 
Just because you have a lot of experience taking care of saltwater tanks doesn't mean you know about tank size requirements. Many people including myself when I started keeping fish kept them in way too small of tanks. Then I found out how harmful it can be and immediately gave my fish much bigger homes. Plus the change in water temperature can dramatically effect metabolism since the enzymes in their digestive system only work well at specific temperatures. So you can be killing a fish slowly by actually starving it to death no matter how much you feed it.
 
And add to that - the most commonly available book on Aquarium Sharks & Rays (namely "Aquarium Sharks & Rays" by Scott Michael) tends to seriously underestimate the minimum size tank of most sharks & rays in his book.
 
Get a horned shark, they can live in 300g tank for life.. Best to keep alone, but possibly add something else... Let us know.
 
krj-1168;2341258; said:
And add to that - the most commonly available book on Aquarium Sharks & Rays (namely "Aquarium Sharks & Rays" by Scott Michael) tends to seriously underestimate the minimum size tank of most sharks & rays in his book.
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so that book isnt worth much really besides feeding and care info then? ill have to look into that.
Malawi-;2341269; said:
Get a horned shark, they can live in 300g tank for life.. Best to keep alone, but possibly add something else... Let us know.
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have any info on this shark.

id like to get one that i dont have to worry about upgrading to a giant tank in the future for, i thought the catsharks were of ok size to live in that tank.

a reef of 360 gallons would be way too much to take on, and way too expensive, just judging by what ive seen of larger salt tanks.
 
SM's book is good for a cup holder.


As for a 'horn shark'.... depends on what species. Several 'horn sharks' can get well over 3 feet.
 
id love to get a port jackson shark, but way too big for what im getting. still open to all species of sharks :p i really dont consider a fish unless i can provide it a permanent home right away.
 
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