Banded Shark in 70gal?

[PicassoTrigger]

tanks been established a few years now, its a 70gal sea star with 60lbs live rock, fluval 404 cannister, 2 fluval 802 powerheads, rio 600 powerhead, bakpak 2r skimmer (with rio 800), and about 120 lbs live rock. Take occupants are 1 5" blue tang, 1 4.5" niger trigger, 1 4" picasso trigger, 1 5" volitan lion fish, and 2 medium size hermit crabs.

Will my tank accomodate 1 more occupant, a 5" banded shark? naturally the people at the LF store tell me so but they'll tell you anything to make a sale, i dont want to overcrowd my tank despite the fact my water parameters are excellent. Does this type of shark grow quite large?

 

[jwtrojan44]

I'd say even without the shark, your tank is more than maxed out. When all those fish statrt putting some size on, you'll likely have some serious turf wars going on. I'm not really into sharks but have seen enough of them at the lfs and have a few friends who keep them. I don't think you'd want one in the same tank as a trigger. Triggers often attack them and chew on their cartiledge. I believe that most if not all SW sharks require at least 180 or larger tanks, and this is just the smaller species. They also need a lot of open spaces and your size tank coupled with all that live rock is not going to allow for that. Personally, I think it would be a bad move. You've got a packed house already.

 

[Mouse]

Your lack of spatial awareness worrys me considerably, do you find you bump your head allot, have trouble parking, cant quite get your hand in your pocket first attempt. Either that or you just hate fish.

 

[Anemone]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Mouse:
<strong>Your lack of spatial awareness worrys me considerably, do you find you bump your head allot, have trouble parking, cant quite get your hand in your pocket first attempt. Either that or you just hate fish.

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Aw Mouse, he's new. Just tell him, no, don't do it.

Kevin

 

[Anonymous]

As you have seen, it is a bad idea. Your tank is already full and triggers like the small sharks.

 

[Jimbo3006]

a banded reef shark will come out of the egg about 4-6" and then grow another 12" in the first year. tank size will not alter the sharks growth, afaik the shark will keep growing till it dies because of the lack of oxygen due to un-capable filtration and available swimming space (correct me if im wrong ppl) also your lion fish, will grow up to 12" so really unless you got like a 400 gal tank i wouldnt even suggest to keep them 2 let alone the rest of the tank inhabitants. also how do you manage to keep triggers in with live rock? heh i think you need to re-consider your choice of lfs

 

[dendronepthya]

Tank size is an obvious problem, but it won't be the immediate problem. I am willing to bet that if you put that banded shark in your tank, it would be dead by morning. Trigger and sharks DO NOT MIX. The triggers will make short work out of it.