sharks in Australia golf course lake

[Zoodiver]

Cool story, but Bulls in FW isn't a new thing. Most bulls pup in fresh, and there are several isolated populations world wide.

As for the keeping them in FW, don't waste the time. Several of the bull shark keepers on MFK have discussed it and the volume you'd need to offset the biology of such a mass would make it more cost prohibitive than just running them in salt.

 

[Ash]

This isn't all that shocking or uncommon to me.

There is a lake in Nicaragua, fully freshwater that holds the first discovered full freshwater living bull sharks and they have been there for a very very long time, the lake has been isolated for a super long time as well so they are permanent residents. This is not the only case either.

 

[Darsie]

Those koalas are the ones that get you

Its the wombats you've got to watch out for. know a guy who got his calf muscle ripped off by 1 haha

 

[krzr3000]

They may not be completely fresh. Very close to the coast...nearby flowing water.

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[mqktandy]

This isn't all that shocking or uncommon to me.

There is a lake in Nicaragua, fully freshwater that holds the first discovered full freshwater living bull sharks and they have been there for a very very long time, the lake has been isolated for a super long time as well so they are permanent residents. This is not the only case either.

this is true. Actually saw some last year when I went out to isle de ometepe to climb the volcano conception. We were swimming a few hundred yards off shore (about 6ft deep) and the british chick i was with started screamin and swam towards shore. looked back out and saw a fin a good 100ft away and did the same. lol....minus the screaming part of course. Had NO idea that they were in there in the first place till we asked some locals later at the hostel.

 

[Younglin]

Nice. If more courses were like this ppl might actually watch the sport. No walking around you gotta swim threw the hazard

I'd watch that.

 

[gavigan1]

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[Younglin]

would make it more cost prohibitive than just running them in salt.

Why is that?

 

[Zoodiver]

Why is that?

In freshwater, they produce more waste... translated "ammonia". The increased amount of water volume you'd need to offset one adult bull shark in FW would be three times the price of keeping one in a smaller marine set up. (Not that a 'smaller' marine set up would be small by any means.)

 

[Younglin]

In freshwater, they produce more waste... translated "ammonia". The increased amount of water volume you'd need to offset one adult bull shark in FW would be three times the price of keeping one in a smaller marine set up. (Not that a 'smaller' marine set up would be small by any means.)

Or just have a really bad ass planted tank. The shark would leave the plants alone anyway. Of course on top of that I would have like a 500 gallon sump.