Originally posted by jwishy
fshhub I have read that you recommend 180 gallon tanks to keep sharks.
Great job buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great advice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just another reason not to take anything you say seriously.
why don't you elaborate a little more
like the thread asked for the minimum
I noted that a 180 is the least i would consider and taht is for the smallest of the species only. and this is after others said 125 or 80 or something.
180 is the least, for a 2 ft species. this I can back up and not only will I stand behind that one, I will also note that teh marine biologist who helped me get started and A fellow hobyist and shark keeper, who has kept more sharks than sea world. he has tanks ranging in size up to 19,000 (YES 19,000) gallon tanks, and is buildin a 30+,000 gallon he pretty much only has sharks. They all agree that they could be kept in smaller han I reccomended, so go ahead and find some credible resources to quote. You will really lie the taste of shoe leather better with some whipped cream. So, by far if anything, I was being conservative. But, had you known 1/2 what we are seeing, you would have known that epaulettes and banded cat sharks can be kept in fairly small aquariums. I am sure we all realize that there are many species of sharks, and some are no bigger than my hand. Being conservative, actually is good advice, so THANK YOU for the reassurance and PRAISE.
now, back to ther thread, fw dips also kill BACTERIA, PODS AND ALGAE. and I wish, in my 75 gallon, i had a pice of rock that is merely 1 lb!lmfao!!!!SURE, i AM GONNA DIP A $200 ROCK INTO FRESHWATER, OR EVEN A $50
aND, IT IS BEGINING TO LOOK LIKE i KNOW why you are so adimant. And offer such poor advice. I see the source here, are you the jsut an owner or just a bagger? in either case, I see. In fact, one more post like I have been reading, and I would swear that I kn0w your true identity, you act just like another outdated lfs owner I get into this stuff with all the time. And I cannot post here what I call him or think of him eitheer. But outdated, and wrong fist pretty good too.
As for why do your customers keep returning? Well, apparently they dont' know that the reason they need more is b/c of the fact that their corals should have outlived them and should, so they have mroe room for new again. most people who dont know better think keeping a fish or months or a coral for even a yr is a good thing and assume they need to get new every so often. The only reason my one lfs gets returns, is bc I and a few others get people into this hobby. We do not go in for fish, but to bring in new customers. Yes, I did find a lfs I like, jsut bc he listens to me and learned. and because he will follow my instructions on my orders(like to not even open, call me i wil pick it up and acclimate it myself). Even fish, we have a very low mortality rate. Very low. Once stocked, my tanks go for yrs without having to buy new fishes. EXCEPT for a power outage at work(i could not get them to hook up a generator) I have lost so many fish in all the tanks I mentioned(except for the ones at the lfs, whose is also low for a lfs) That I know I could count them on one hand.
I know beginning hobbyists and those who do not know will assume that if a fish lives for 3 months, they did good. This is NOT the case.
ps, I dont give a hoot, if your respond that you have had a lfs and many cusotmers for 85 yrs!!! That does not mean squat! to me, my grand dad has also been able to perform bodily functions for longer, but hey that does not mean he knows what a sphincter is.
