I am new to shark keeping. I have a fish room now that I breed discus in, I know two different worlds.. It is 26 feet by 17 feet. I am looking to get in to rays and sharks I have about a 8ft by 6 ft space. What I am thinking of doing is either salt water or fresh water rays. If I do saltwater I would love to do rays and sharks. My problem is should I build a plywood tank if so 8 by 6 by 2 or is it ok to have a pond. If pond I could prolly do 8ft by 6 feet by 3 feet. I know it is more space for the pond . I like to view the sharks and rays though. What would the shark experts say her. Is it possible to keep a smooth hound.. If you had this space how would you set it up. what would be required to have for something along the lines of doing this. any good reads on what I should be looking into I like sharks that swim a lot and no much nocturnal. Any information would help thanks you shark freaks
Shark room
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The only saltwater shark specie that would live in a pond or ply wood build with the dimensions stated for life would recommend Marbled Catshark. Also called Coral Catshark. Maybe a Horn Shark specie.
What size tank or pond would I need for other sharks other then them. With a pond is it easy to view the sharks and rays. That is my biggest problem is I would not be able to see them like I would like. Any ideas of a good pond build? I can really bring anything in the house I have to build because I only have about 30 inches to get through the doors.
Some people use intex swimming pools for shark species larger than the Marbled Catshark and that move consistently. I suggest you go the Freshwater Ray route would be great for a tank build with the dimensions above.
If you use the search function there is a thread that has recommend tank/commercial aquarium size for majority of available shark species.
If you somehow converted that entire room to an aquarium/pond your window would open up quite a bit.
8x6 in the grand scale isn't very big considering the swimming patterns and flow requirements most shark species require.
Even smoothhounds/ dogfish require almost 5k gallon tank size.
8x6 if you wanted sharks you could go with most of the bamboo or coral cats, if you did some digging you could find some skates or bat rays that would do well for a long time. Some juvenile white tips would work for a while, dwarf nurse shark, horn sharks, bonnet heads if you can find them. ONLY temporary though. Forever I wouldn't even look at sharks.
If you somehow converted that entire room to an aquarium/pond your window would open up quite a bit.
8x6 in the grand scale isn't very big considering the swimming patterns and flow requirements most shark species require.
Even smoothhounds/ dogfish require almost 5k gallon tank size.
8x6 if you wanted sharks you could go with most of the bamboo or coral cats, if you did some digging you could find some skates or bat rays that would do well for a long time. Some juvenile white tips would work for a while, dwarf nurse shark, horn sharks, bonnet heads if you can find them. ONLY temporary though. Forever I wouldn't even look at sharks.