800gallon shark pond

[sharkguy1]

Right now im making a 800 gallon shark pond and its almost done. Would a atlantic sharpnose sark do good in the pond? Right now i got a leopard and smouthhound that are going to be in it with some bottom sharks. Also Im thinking about getting a bat ray would the ray do good in a pond? Thanks

 

[wocka]

when can i see the feeding show??! thats gonna be soo awesome.. make it outline ur property so if anyone tries sneaking in they fall into the pit of DOOM

 

[gibbus]

The bat ray would out grow the pond. They need something in the terms of 5,000 gallons + Do you have any pictures of the pond?

 

[hurricanes944]

wow i must see those pictures ive been wanting to make a shark pond in my back yard for years. i keep telling my mom we need to change the pool into a shark pond, but she or some reason wont say yes

 

[sharkguy1]

Heres a pic of it right now, the pink is styrofoam. Im going to get the liner in a day or so. Then I have to drill it and do the pluming for the filter. The dimensions are 8X5X3.

 

[mattiej]

The sharpnose will not survive in that tank. They, like most open water sharks, do not do well with corners and will wind up damaging their snouts. I wouldn't recommend anything less than 1000 gallons for these guys as they are very active and swim constantly.

 

[wocka]

is that the size of a jacuzzi?

 

[sharkguy1]

alright, not its much larger gallon wise, but dimension wise larger somewhat.

 

[pufferman]

Still, your pond wouldn't be big enough to keep sharpnose happy. They can grow up to 4 ft. When sharks are kept in a cramped environment, you know what happens: they jump out! For any open-water shark, you should look at 2000-3000 gallons as a bare minimum. But, there are many other relatively inactive sharks out there that you can comfortably keep in your pond, though.

 

[condork12]

funny thing im doing this too i strted like a month ago and am almost finished all i need to do is set up final filtration setup

 

[condork12]

i will have a fb900 fluidized bed filter, an aquac ev2500 skimmer, and a 100 galon sump filed with mangroves
i will have leopards smoothhounds and cats