Shark that's look real??

[Crazylogix]

There is the Blue Dolphin Catfish.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.seriouslyfish.com/images/cetopsis_coecutiens_1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.seriouslyfish.com/profile.php%3Fgenus%3DCetopsis%26species%3Dcoecutiens%26id%3D929&usg=__uPQSekqDCioDhss6AC7gmxpN6FM=&h=300&w=450&sz=15&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=Air20WsPKba3QM:&tbnh=85&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dblue%2Bwhale%2Bcatfish%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-USfficial%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1

There are also three species of freshwater river shark. All endangered, though.

Nice, how long do they can reach? and wich are the 3 other species?

 

[colinrobinson]

the first one is a black tip reef and the second im unsure of but both are totally out of the question for a 65 gal(all sharks are)

 

[Crazylogix]

the first one is a black tip reef and the second im unsure of but both are totally out of the question for a 65 gal(all sharks are)

I know its a prety small tank, do the black tip reef live in freshwater? and how many gallon do i need?

 

[sostoudt]

im afraid a bala shark, red fin shark or some type of catfish is the closest you will get.

a white sturgeon would look close i would think(also would need a lake to live in)

if its the blue color you want, there was some kinda predator fish in one of the chiclid lakes showed on planet earth fresh water.

 

[colinrobinson]

the are pure salt and you would need thousands of gallons

 

[colinrobinson]

i think the smallest tank for some species of shark is about 500 gallons and thats for the smallest ones that are inactive

 

[sostoudt]

I know its a prety small tank, do the black tip reef live in freshwater? and how many gallon do i need?

i would assume any animal with reef in its name doesnt live in fresh lol.

saltwater sharks are mildily difficult to keep and really need a system created with them specifically in mind. personally i think they dont belong in anything but a stock tank, or custom tank very low wide of the couple hundred gallon variety

 

[sostoudt]

here i found one that can exist in your tank

 

[Acura_RSX]

Hey .. Funny, I think i posted this exact thread back when I first started fish keeping. i didn't want fish .. I wanted sharks. Freshwater sharks. especially after hearing there were such thing as sharks for aquariums that don't grow too big. After ALOT of searching and research etc. I found out .. out of luck bro. I've looked at every single shark you can keep in 100 gal or less tank I'm pretty sure and trust me. you're not going to find what you're looking for. I've had bala (silver) sharks .. look like capelin. Redtail black sharks .. rainbow sharks, pretty much everything and nothing has looked like a real shark for freshwater. However, there is one upside you might like. Iridescent sharks .. I had two in a 50 gallon a long time ago and they swam and looked a lot like real sharks! Trust me .. they are the closest you will get. The downside is eventually they will grow to 24"s maybeeee more. They will last a good while in a 65 gallon but eventually you will have to upgrade you're tank. Either way .. hit up youtube and check out irridescent or paroon sharks .. I think it will catch you're attention. If not, you're out of luck. nothing really looks closer to a wild saltwater shark. Any questions feel free to pm (By the way i ended up turning my attention after from sharks to other aggresive mean fish such as oscar's, snakeheads, arowana .. that kind of thing)

- Mitch

 

[colinrobinson]