OK... Black Tip Sharks

[doahh]

and fifteen thousand gallons of water.
yes I said 15,000 gallons. I'm planning on doing this when I buy a house in 10 years. How long could I keep the black tip shark before handing it over to the Monterey bay aquarium?

 

[reef noob]

will monteray bay take it?

also i need the tank dimensions

 

[doahh]

10 ft by 10 ft by 20 feet... I will have 10 foot ceilings so it will be the whole aquarium feel and it's long not high

 

[doahh]

Any one know where I can get a chunk of live rock that big?
I think I'll need a license for this XD
No worries about leakage because it'll be over 1.5 foot thick cement

 

[quakstar]

The ocean

 

[doahh]

I'll have to get some ocean biologist job and claim I need to "Observe" the rock under "Lab" conditions

 

[sharkboy13]

u r crazy, ur gonna need a huge skimmer, 15K-30lbs of lr. thats gotta be a fortune, i hope ur a rich man

 

[earlybird]

Black tips are sissy's get a bull shark

 

[surfinusa]

Originally Posted by Sharkboy13
i hope ur a rich man
me too

 

[slowburn22]

Not to crush on your fantasy but you may want to take a basic math class before you try shark keeping. 10x10x20 is a TALL tank, not long. Measurments read as follows: length x width x height. This tank would not work with 10 foot ceilings. Out.......

 

[psusocr1]

this tank would cost around 100-200 grand+ then about 10-20 grand a year to maintain

 

[doahh]

Originally Posted by slowburn22
Not to crush on your fantasy but you may want to take a basic math class before you try shark keeping. 10x10x20 is a TALL tank, not long. Measurments read as follows: length x width x height. This tank would not work with 10 foot ceilings. Out.......
You don't have to be a smart alec about it... =/
I think I'll scale way down and make an 1800 g 5x10x5 tank instead.
Large Freshwater fish Here I come!

 

[nigerbang]

:notsure: :notsure:

 

[mike22cha]

Freshwater? :notsure: Not a lot of big fresh water fish that I know of unless you do a huge catfish or some basses. You can still have a huge reef, which would probably cost around the same for all that live rock, or some smaller sharks and some rays.

 

[fishgeek01]

I love these dream big one day threads, I have about 15 of them started...lol I wish you well on your endevor

 

[doahh]

I could make a skimmer using a 35 gallon garbage can as the reaction chamber and make a gigantic needelwheel

 

[ophiura]

Originally Posted by MIKE22cha
Freshwater? :notsure: Not a lot of big fresh water fish that I know of unless you do a huge catfish or some basses.

Actually there are some lovely large freshwater fish - esp south American - arowana, pacu, cichlids...

 

[surfinusa]

or do a giant planted tank with like a 1000 neon tetras, lots of glowlight tetras, discus and plecos are a must

 

[michaeltx]

plecos would eat the plants though I made that mistake LOL
I had 1 in a 100 gallon planted and it ate everything in a matter of days.
Mike

 

[autofreak44]

why not just drain out your swimming pool, and add salt :thinking: :thinking: