Shark Tank-

[fishkiller]

ok, here is the deal. lfs has a small banded cat.. about 6 inches. He is in a 12x24 lfs tank. I want to take him outta there and put him in mine temporarily, until I find him a better home. Nobody is going to buy this thing around here- small town-2 lfs's. It's been there a while. So I have a 110. 3 ft tall, 4 ft long, 18 inches deep. I know this is not much room for him, but it is better than where he is right now. I know I need kinda fine soft sandfor him. What else will I need? I've never kept a shark before. Thanx!

 

[bdhough]

If you do buy him try and berate the person who ordered him and put him in the tank so maybe they won't do it again.....
Frikin buy a cat or dog and just shoot it next time Y put a shark in that tank. They HAVE to know he won't be comfortable in it. And i know it wasn't cheap to get him.... Sorry this hobby is turning me into a fish activist.... To many dumb decisions out there.
BTW i think araganite may be to coarse for sharks. YOu need the really fine sand. I could be wrong though. There are shark experts better than me out there.

 

[ocellaris_keeper]

You need real fine sand or the shark will scratch it's underside and would most likely get infected and die.
I would go to another town and find a LFS that sells fine sand in bags and purchase about 4" worth.
you also cannot have anything else in the tank to safely house the shark in something that small. I would suggest you get a Wet/Dry filter and protien skimmer rated at 3 times your tank size.

 

[cincyreefer]

Unfortunately i don't recommend buying the fish to save it... Chances are the LFS will figure that since they sold that one they will get another and try to sell that also.