Banded shark

seanic aquarium

New Member
Pardon my ignorance, but I need to know if a banded shark is reef safe. In my store I have 120 gallon coral tanks set up full of live rock and coral. No fish, no crabs, shrimps, starfish just corals. Just to generate some excitement in the store, and have something a little different, I was going to get some shark eggs, and allow people to watch them develop and hatch. Is this type of fish suitable for such a application. Bye the way I am not worried about excess nutrients if he is a big messy eater, these tanks are very well filtered combining about 600 gallons of water.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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novice150

Member
You seem to have all your bases covered by not having any inverts, and great filtration. You wont have to worry about the sharks eating or messing with the corals, but they may knock them over and irritate them. I would say as long as you keep an eye on water quality, and don't keep the sharks in the tank for too long (growth of the sharks) then you should be fine.
 

jim27

Member
I say go for it as long as there isn't too much rock to get in the way of the sharks swimming, the rock structures in the reef are stable(sharks dig under rocks), and you have a home for it when it gets bigger. Good luck.
 
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