lionfish12
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how many gallons do you need to have a tiger shark? number?
Tiger Shark
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wakeskater
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1,000,000g
probably about a swimming pool size,olympic size that is.
gasguzzler
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Ive seen a lot of websites offering up coral catsharks as "tiger sharks". If this is the case, I would say 70-100 gallons would suffice. I wish everyone would start talking in scientific names. A true tiger shark is Galeocerdo cuvier, and the coral catshark is Atelomycterus marmoratus.
lionfish12
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can i put one in my 40 gallon for a year? just joken...
lionfish28
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i hope your jokin.......wait.......your not jokin
gasguzzler
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All you need to do is ask the place thats selling it for the scientific name because that is probably how they order it to begin with. Also, a true Tiger would go for about $3,000 for my guess, and a coral cat is $75 on the average.
lionfish12
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i got one and he is friends with my clown, yellow tang, blue hippo tang, and grouper.. they get along great!
scubasteve
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Lionfish, how big is your tank, and how big is your shark now? Personally i don't think these should be sold at all by pet stores, as most people don't have a setup that will allow for the massive size most of these sharks reach. I wouldn't even consider one for my 300 gallon. Not to mention they prefer a mostly open tank to swim in. They look inviting when they're very young and still small, but most people don't realize most of the sharks can reach 4 ft in lenght! I've heard horror stories of people keeping these in tanks for years where they get so big they can barely turn around. I would like to see more pics of your setup and shark Lion.
lionfish12
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hes 12 foot now
lionfish12
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i dont have a tiger shark.. the thing about he was friends with my clown and tangs sould of gave it away.
scubasteve
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I wasn't paying attn to the "tiger" part. I doubt anyone is successfully raising a true tiger shark. I was just intrigued by your pic. Is that from your tank or just pic you had?