Iodine Supplement for Bamboo Sharks

Taaron · #1 12-07-2011, 05:54 AM

Yeah i agree with you guys on the size maybe i'll have to make a room sized tank. I like the idea of an indoor pond but i wanna be able to really see them. I appreciate your concern for the sharks. I also thank you for not flaming me over this. Thats why most of the time I don't say anything about them, but things that I don't understand is like the tassled wobbegong at a LFS here in Calgary, where are you going to put a 10 foot shark? Or an open water shark like the black tip at another LFS on display. I do understand these guys get big and i will take every measure that i can to give these guys a full and healthy life. A healthy one lives around 25 years so i'm in for the long stretch. All I do with my spare time is look up/ read about how i can improve my care for them. I will get some pictures for you maybe this weekend my camera has dead batteries and there none around the house.

Funky_Fish14 · #2 12-07-2011, 08:46 AM

Pictures will be sweet! Glad to hear you are considering bigger!

Stores are stupid... simply put... they bring in tons of stuff that is completely unreasonable all the time. Its most unfortunate...

You could do a 'raised' pond, and install viewing panels in the sides. That would be pretty awesome.

Taaron · #3 12-07-2011, 10:15 AM

Pond may be easier to do and probably alot less expensive, i guess some research is in order. I'll have to look around at materials and all that stuff we will see have to see but i know my next purchase will be a 300 gallon for now and by then i should have some sort of a plan.

Myka · #4 12-07-2011, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Taaron

Pond may be easier to do and probably alot less expensive, i guess some research is in order. I'll have to look around at materials and all that stuff we will see have to see but i know my next purchase will be a 300 gallon for now and by then I should have some sort of a plan.

Check out the forums at www.monsterfishkeepers.com. They have some really great ideas for some really big tanks/ponds as well as filtration. A lot of their big ponds are concrete or plywood with a sealer put over top, and then glass viewing panels. At least with these sharks you don't need much height, so you can use with thinner glass and it won't put you broke!

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Originally Posted by paddyob

Or you get the classic person who says they know what they need and never upgrade to it.

Yeah, sadly that seems the norm. Once people start looking into the cost of that big upgrade they never get around to doing it, and then the fish die and "problem solved". I would LOVE to see these sharks get big and have a big pond to swim around in...I'm fascinated by big ponds/tanks of fish.

Funky_Fish14 · #5 12-07-2011, 04:09 PM

"Zavlar" by Liquidrubber is something you could try. I have a 1 gallon pail of it. Its a rubberized coating.. the stuff is crazy (and fish safe). I literally made a 6" 'box' out of printing paper and scotch tape... coated the inside with several layers of zavlar till it was sealed, filled it with water and it actually held. Ofcourse the sides deflected so the shape was like a circle, but it completely held water. Anyways... you can find threads about it on MFK (which Myka linked). I know its a ways out, but just something to keep in mind.

*Zavlar can be ordered in through home-hardware... though I had a hard time finding a store that was willing to order.