well dropping a few hundred on a shark is some thing you should have planned out i have made the mistake of getting fish that would fit later and will not do that ever again especially for a 6 foot plus shark
smooth hound tank
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This thread is diving me nuts. Common names are way general with doggie. I am currently setting up a 2k gallon pond. Where are you planning to collect or buy the dog for should be the real question.
The species around me do not get to 6 feet! Leah has caught several smooth hounds in NJ that would qualify for state records. Non of them were close to 6 feet!
10 foot x 6 foot footprint wouldn't be all that bad for a smooth hound if the tank is oval. might be a little tight for a large adult but for the most part it should do pretty well. As most captive smooth hounds I ever see are only around 30" or so. Of course a 12' round pond would be better but it could be done in this size tank. If you guys really want me to get into foot prints, swim glide patterns and how these pups normally develop in the home aquarium I will.
How would you change your thoughts if they were looking into a banded houndshark instead of a smoothhound?
I forgot to post this link earlier. http://nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/Narragansett/sharks/smdog.html these are the ones I am familiar with. there are so many species with similar names it's a pain. If I am thinking of the same fish you are calling a banded houndshark they seem to range about the same size as the fish this link references.
I hear you on the common names. I was referring to Triakis scyllium as the banded houndshark - aka japanese leopard. They are smaller than the Califonia leopard, Triakis semifasciata, with a size closer to the gray smoothhound, Mustelus californicus. There isn't much info on the banded houndsharks as there is for smoothhounds, and I think Turbo may have kept them in the past. I can assume everything is similar, but it's always nice to get personal insight as well.
