The New Shark Tank

[krj-1168]

While a 360 gallon is a nice tank. It's still not suited for housing a active swimming shark.

It's much better for keeping juvenile benthic sharks (like bamboos, coral cats, or Horn sharks) or small round stingrays in.

 

[Pazzoman]

....360 you can get away with a nice predator tank!...

I think a blue dot stingray would be nice in thier along with other fish like lion fish. If you are really into sharks that are constantly active, save money for a 1,000 gallon tank at least. This is good for multiple benthic sharks and rays...then again it comes down to space also.

 

[billbobthegreat]

you could build a fibreglass pond with filtration for the same money you will spend on a custom order tank go for 10 foot diamiter at least

 

[Egon]

I am in the process of having a designer construct a new aquarium so that I can purchase two sharks. The Aquarium will be 8ft long x 3ft wide x 2ft tall. 360 gallons total. I plan on putting a couple of smoothhounds or bonnetheads in this tank. I am pumped cant wait till it comes in. I have placed floor supports due to the fact that it will weigh about 4k lbs. and will be on my main floor. I am also intrested in leopard sharks wich are hard to get. If anyone knows where I can get one let me know.

If you have the room go bigger. Sheets of acrylic come in 4'X8' sizes. So you can have a 8' X 4' wide X 2' tall tank for the same cost, might even be cheaper because it's less cutting for the builder.

Cell cast acrylic also come in 10'X5' sheet sizes This will be more, of course, but a nice 10'X5'X2' tank would be..........sick!

 

[Jonboy]

WOW!!!!

What i would give to be able to keep a shark in a tank, you guys are very very lucky to have this as an option

 

[Jonboy]

Whats the biggest shark you could keep in captivity?

 

[Jabba954]

What's your budget? A couple of massive public aquariums keep whale sharks.

 

[Zoodiver]

Biggest I'd keep would be a tiger or a big hammer. I'm not a fan of filter feeding sharks.

 

[krj-1168]

Whats the biggest shark you could keep in captivity?

That's really should be a seperate question.

Me personally - Even if I had the finances to keep a larger shark - I still doubt I would keep any shark that is larger or heavier than a full grown Nurse Shark. After all a shark that is 10-12 ft long and weighs more than 400 lbs is a very big fish.

 

[turbo253]

Biggest I'd keep would be a tiger or a big hammer. I'm not a fan of filter feeding sharks.

WHAT? No big female bull?