Donnacha Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 Just wondering......if I was to catch a baby bull shark out of the river.....would it be possible to keep it in a tank? what size tank would you recommend? Is it legal? Is it true that sharks need to be moving for their gills to work and if so would a powerhead in an esky work?? Not sure if I am just dreaming but I have caught some sharks that are around the 40cm mark that would be SOOOOOOO cool in an aquarium but I dont want to kill the poor thing by trying and I dont want to break the law. IDEAS?????? oh and how long before my Barra's (35cm) become food?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycindahead Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 I have seen sharks in a tank, hold on, that was underwater world, or was it sea world?, as for the barra, was it for the shark? If not, it will NEVER be ready to eat, those chemicals you put in your tank will stay in the fish. Your call, good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damo83 Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 Sorry but you're dreaming... Bull Sharks can grow to over 3m and even at 40cm I imagine they would need quite a bit of swimming room to remain in optimum health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishHeadSoup Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 wow this is a gee up right :boggle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycindahead Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 wow this is a gee up right :boggle: We can only hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim72 Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 thats one tank that would never get cleaned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangrovedave Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 thats one tank that would never get cleaned just breed and throw in 100's of baby B/N thats what im planning on doing to my jack tank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim72 Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 Yeah they are expendable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgc Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 any questions regarding this ring this guy was in his shop 6 months ago and he had a mad setup with a shark(cant remember the type) in it had feeding time at 12 everyday for the customers... but went back in a month ago and the shark has smashed the tank up and flooded his whole store shorted out all his electrics blowing up pretty much everything... but i think his seting it up again with much thicker glass id say but i was happy cuz my new setup im geting for basicaly the freight... any questions im sure thed love to help you out... nice people chris THE FISH CAGE AQUARIUM Unit 6, 4 George Hunter Drive, Narellan, NSW 2567 Telephone: Tel/Fax : (02) 4647 8777 Website: http://www.thefishcage.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pisces Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 Yes it is legal , Keeping a small bullshark in even in a 8x2x2 is not practicle ( long term ) . I used to work and dive as a commercial diver for Beven Grieve up and till 1996 . Back then I used to catch and keep fully grown grey nurse ( fully protected now days ) , reef nurse and wobbygongs . They were kept in very large kids swimming pools with very large trickle filters made from 60 litre plastic garbage bins . As greater experience this was I have changed my views these days and wouldn't do it again . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 I have kept Port Jackson sharks in a tank that was 10x2x3 high you can keep some sharks but remember bull sharks grow 8-10 feet in length you would need a pool (concret) and its ileagal to keep most sharks as they are protected by Aust Laws. Try talking to Sea world marine section and I would suggest not to do it uless you have a alot of money to waste when I had 3 port jackson sharks it was costing me $80.oo a week to feed them and keep tank maintence up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbeer Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 They have to be hand fed - and that only lasts for a couple of days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishHeadSoup Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 They have to be hand fed - and that only lasts for a couple of days yeh unless u can convince someone else to use their hands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 would be awesome to have a shark like that in a tank but yeh as already said its impossible.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulH Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Sea World has a Bull shark in there shark bay enclosure so maybe a 30 meter by 20 meter by 3 meter tank will do the trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volkslid Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Dont know if anybody remembers the adrenilin bar in brissy a few years ago, but they had a circular tank in the middle with 2 small 1 mtre black tip reef sharks in it, It looked awesome & instead of watching the wallaby test match on the big screen I spent all night just wathing these 2 sharks swim around. It is possible but the cost is huge & bull sharks although may be easy to get do grow quite quickly & if you were prepared to out load a shit load of cash to get it set up the sharks would quickly out grow it & it would all become a waste. good luck, just keep it as a dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton31 Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 a bull shark good luck if u decide to keep one ...been watch foxtel on these guys man they are agressive ...i think a bully would swimm straight threw ure avarage tank....u mite have to spend thousands and thousands just for a huge swimming pool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 a bull shark good luck if u decide to keep one ...been watch foxtel on these guys man they are agressive ...i think a bully would swimm straight threw ure avarage tank....u mite have to spend thousands and thousands just for a huge swimming pool i think you stop calling it a swimming pool the day you throw a shark in it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycindahead Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 I don't know about that, it could help your dream to qualify for the olympic swim team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 I don't know about that, it could help your dream to qualify for the olympic swim team lol or ur nightmare of being eaten by shark.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shon982 Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 What if you used a pool as a pond? then you could keep a bull shark in it couldn't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton31 Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 a concrete pool yeah prob could ...it will bit ya plastic,,rubber pool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim72 Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 If you were to feed it live food...then what would you feed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton31 Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 big mullets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim72 Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 but not small kittens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
