250gal!!!

[mr.smiley]

I have a 60gal and will be buying a 250gal in december. Could i but a shark egg in the 60? I have a visijet protein skimmer,emporer400. When i get the bigger tank i will turn the 60 gal to a sump.
does this sound good

 

[fmarini]

sounds great....
a bigger tank will be realy useful when that sharks get 2ft long. That said, ensure when you do grow the tank that you get appropiate sized equipment. Thats visi-jet skimmer is pretty much useless now, and you will want a much larger more robust skimmer for the big tank. Water quality is key for a fish only tank

 

[mr.smiley]

ok.

 

[flatzboy]

Wait till yo get the 250g. tank up and cycle, I don't think you have enough filtration on your 60g for a shark or any other big fish.

 

[gasguzzler]

I would definately wait until the larger tank is up and cycling. I dont know how many times Ive read posts about something going wrong and now the person is trying to dump a fish.

 

[mr.smiley]

plus i do a 5gal water change each week. AND MY WATER IS ALWAYS HEALTHY!YAY:joy: . Nitrates never go above 10

 

[flatzboy]

I just don't think its a wise choice.

 

[mr.smiley]

when would be the best time to purchase the shark? When it hatches? Or should i just buy the egg?

 

[mr.smiley]

Originally posted by Mr.Smiley
I have a 60gal and will be buying a 250gal in december. Could i but a shark egg in the 60? I have a visijet protein skimmer,emporer400. When i get the bigger tank i will turn the 60 gal to a sump.
does this sound good
My bad. I have a sealone protein skimmer. I had a visi jet skimmer and its on my desk but it broke. *looks at the broken pieces*

 

[gasguzzler]

I would definately buy the egg. Its half the cost and reward is twice as good as buying it born. Ive done two of them.

 

[flatzboy]

Originally posted by Mr.Smiley
when would be the best time to purchase the shark? When it hatches? Or should i just buy the egg?
I would wait until your 240g. is all setup and cycled then buy a egg. My neighbor has a 500g. shark pond and he also prefers to buy them in eggs because its more exciting.

 

[mr.smiley]

Originally posted by gasguzzler
I would definately buy the egg. Its half the cost and reward is twice as good as buying it born. Ive done two of them.
One thing i forgot to tell you.......i have a puffer very small puffer

 

[mr.smiley]

blue dot puff

 

[flatzboy]

I am pretty sure puffers will nip at a sharks fins so I would definately not get a shark egg or shark because of that.

 

[irenicus]

You're going to want to keep your shark egg isolated from any type of nippers... a blue dot would fit that category.
Can you put an enclosure of sorts in to protect the egg?

 

[mr.smiley]

the shark hatched yesturday and iam picking it up sat. its 5in
They have a small "sea of cortez stingray" in my LFS. The ray wouldn't do good in my 60gal until i get the bigger tank....right?

 

[gasguzzler]

My rays never bothered my eggs. A 60 is too small even for temp housing.