Tank Size For Shark,ray,and Lion

mn1467

mn1467

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I plan on getting a coral cat shark, cali ray, and Lionfish. I will be putting them in a 6'x2'x3' tank in the wall setup.
Is this tank big enough???
I heard the coral cat shark grow only about 2 feet long not sure how large a cali ray gets. I know the lion will be fine just worried about the shark and ray
by the way a 6'x2x3' tank is about 250 gallons if that helps a little more I am just worried about the foot print for the shark
 
fishy411

fishy411

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i think that should work but wait until someone who knows more replies. Have u looked into keeping sharks. I hope u know the responsibility it takes (and the $$). Just dont have many rock structures and it should be OK
 
mn1467

mn1467

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Thanks I know it is alot of responsibility I Know I can handle it I am doing alot of research on the subject. The most info I will get is from these threads on SWF.com that I read only problem the AGGRESIVE FISH FORUM is seldom read often
 
fishy411

fishy411

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i think a dimension of 6 feet long by 3 feet wide would work better. None of those fish need more than 2 feet and width is much more important than height
 
sato

sato

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You are going to want little to no rockwork at all. Rays need as much space as they can get, even more then sharks. So they are going into a 125? I had a Banded Cat shark in a 125 for about a year and he seemed happy, he ate well and moved around alot, I had 2 small rock formations on either side of the tank.
You may end up having to move to a larger tank later on as he gets bigger because a 2-3' shark will have alot of trouble in a tank that size.
 
mn1467

mn1467

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Sato,
The Tank size is about 250 gallons 6x2x3 I was planning on putting LR in the corners back left and front right haven't decided yet.
 
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