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Probably a couple of years max......the tank length is fine, the front-to-back is probably not though........

What is your aquascaping? Do you have alot of live rock? Rays need ALOT of open area to be happy.....also they need some sand to bury in.....be sure to use the smallest grain.....do NOT use crushed coral, it's too big and too sharp, the ray will get infected from the cuts..... Any puffers...

The best thing IMO to entice a shark to eat is squid....be sure to cut it into small bite-sized pieces, grab it with some tongs and wave it in front of them gently....don't hit them with it though.....be sure not to wash the squid either, sharks have an extremely good sense of smell......the...

AquaKnight, I'm thinking you'd have new roommates Grouperlover, Truthfully I've never added it up.....and if I ever did, my wife would probably kill me if she knew Alot of my equipment was bought used.... Tank - custom made by Aquariums For You....it cost about $2800 Stand - concrete blocks...

AquaKnight, Well that sounds good.....but your priorities all all wrong...should be "fish tank first", all others second Thanks for the shark info crimzy! Grouperlover Are you asking me the setup costs or AquaKnight?

AquaKnight, Man that sounds like a great setup!!!! How far along in this plan are you? Crimzy, Interesting.....I would have thought it would get stung by accident eventually.......a shark has some pretty tough skin though.... How active was your eppie? I've thought about adding one......

Yeah....the Sohal was about 4"....the Dussimeiri was about 7"......not too happy to lose them.......

I have heard about problems with sharks accidentally bumping into a lionfish and getting stung, so I have never chanced it.......glad you had good luck with yours though.......do you still have the shark? What kind? You know, I've had several Sohals and have never had a problem with any of...

Can't help but notice that your tank is very lightly stocked. Is this by design or are you going to be adding more livestock? If so, what do you plan to add? Yeah, unfortunately it is light right now.......I am battling a bad case of ich......I've lost a couple of tangs this week, a Sohal and a...

Thanks all..... My eel is pretty aggressive at feeding time....not so much when it's not lunchtime.......he HAS eaten a few of my smaller fish though, particularly any sand-sifting goby... AquaKnight, The dimensions are 8' long, 2' top to bottom, and 4' front to back.....the front-to-back depth...

kjr_trig, Thanks......the eel is actually a jeweled eel.....he's the oldest tank inhabitant (and also the meanest!)

alexmir, Well it's actually not a fish-only tank, or it's not supposed to be.....there are a few corals in it, just not very many.....I had an accident with my kalkwasser reactor and it killed off several of the corals. I have halides for a couple of the corals, because I have kept clams, and...

Here are a few pics of my tank with shots of my horn shark and eel.....these pics are taken with just the VHO's, no MH.....

I bought my horn shark to cull out the pesky kids in the neighborhood

Yeah, it took 4 of us guys to move my acrylic tank in.....8'x4'x2'......

Thanks T316, now I'll have nightmares for weeks about hairy scratches. Thanks for the visual!

T316, You have problems with algae?

Acrylic has nearly the same index of refraction as water, so the colors that you see are very accurate. Glass, even Starfire, cannot say the same. I've never seen any glass tank that did not give a very slight green tint. Acrylic is 17 times stronger than glass. It also has better thermal...

Glass can actually have a slight bow also, not as much as acrylic though.....the only time bowing is a problem is when the sides are too thin or the span is just too long (for glass or acrylic). This debate has gone on since the beginning of aquariums and will probably be going on long after...

I have a 480gal tank with a 23" horn shark and a 10" ray, and even I wonder sometimes if I have enough room.