Gannet Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 im sure every one in the life has wanted a shark tank so i thrgt i would ask the questions... what size tank v size of shark can we have in lil ole NZ? how legal is it? what to feed them? what types of sharks? where to get them? filteration? ok have i missed any thing? this is just soming thing that was sitting in the back of my mind... ...and before i get my head blowing to smitharines NO im not looking at geting sharks any time soon lol. just an intresting topic!!!!! P.s. NO ARGUMENTS!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 I can see myself quite happily housing a Great White myself... ho hum :lol: :lol: Only a shame I have a shark phobia... of which I am working on :roll: I am sure the National Aquarium would have some great info on requirements... however the money involved etc would be through the roof I would imagine, and not to mention space.. merely impossible unless you are someone like Donald Trump with heaps of pingas :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted February 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 i saw 3 sharks in a dvd hosted by paul tabot on one of his dvds wated to no the practilty of it. is it best to just get small ones grow them up and then release etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 I could only imagine the size grow out tank you would need to grow them up, and not to mention a huge chiller unit to keep it cold enough for them to survive... Are there any known private shark tanks in NZ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 and another good thing about a shark tank is that you can throw in little Sh%#s that tag your fence :lol: "No, sorry officer I have not seen little Johnny!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 LMAO :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Gannet I saw a shark for sale in a pet shop when I was in Australia, it was a pretty sad sight, the shark obviously designed for open water, rather cruel IMO. I could not see it living that long once sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted February 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 thats realy sad... i googled it and it seems common in the usa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 well course it is those US loosers never do anything right!!! (as a broad broad generalisation).... Not looking at anyone in particular- except bush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Nothing wrong with Bush---he has God (gold,oil and drugs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevan Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Just reminds me when I was in Tasmania 1970 had baby crocodides for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0pius Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 There is a really good book about sharks the guys in the fish only and aggressive tanks forum on reef central will tell you. As far as I am aware though you are not allow to keep the sharks but I geuss if you were to try a dog shark (I think they max out at 3 feet) or something similar would be practical but a huge tank excellent filtration and a whole lot of knowledge are a must before trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamestothemax Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 yeah i saw a shark egg for sale in australia just last week. you just buy the egg ready to hatch and have a baby shark swimmign around in the tank. they were only tiny sharks but still. they had a similar set up at underwater world on the sunshine coast while i was there. they had a little under water light set up behind the egg so you could see teh baby shark wrigglign behind it. it was a decent size egg like the size of a tennis ball if not slightly bigger. they also had moray eels for sale a lot over there. this is probably a bit of a marine noob question and sorry for thread hijack but can you get those in NZ. they had all sorts of snow flake and zebra stripe ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 you can sometimes buy live sharks from the live fish shop at the auck fish market downtown. Ive seen them have carpet sharks at about a ft long, not very hygenic tanks down there though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted February 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 wow that would be kool. how big do they get? and what size tank would you need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikan Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 Someone has already pointed out that you would need a big tank, big chiller and good filtration. A carpet shark or benthic species would be suitable, but i would think carefully about this project. Probably cheaper to buy a concession to a aquarium in the long run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 yep i completely agree, sharks must be the messiest beasties about. There is alot of info out there though. try http://www.masla.com/shark/shark.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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