r/Aquariums Aug 17 '22

55000L aquarium epoxycoated and ready for water DIY/Build

8.0k Upvotes

View all comments

Show parent comments

13

u/Rcandydraws Aug 17 '22

Wait who are we talking about what did I miss šŸ˜­

55

u/fishhook_flannelhoe Aug 17 '22

Iā€™m adding info to the stuff the other person commented.

This questionable dude is building a pretty massive tank. 15,000 gallons or something, just absolutely massive for a personal aquarium. The shape and access hole is just like this posts tank. Some people really didnā€™t like that the decor was fake so there was some hate there. If I remember right it looks like youā€™re under a pier or oil rig with the big poles.

But the major thing was that he was making it into a bonnethead? shark tank. I think that was the species. They are ā€œminiā€ hammerheads, but they still grow to 4 feet so too big for that tank. They are a migratory species so people are against keeping that species in a aquarium. The tank is also rectangular with corners and tight spots around the decor that the sharks could get stuck. So people were giving him advice on blocking the corners and switching to a smaller and non migrating shark species. The dude had a ā€œIā€™m to rich to careā€ attitude that rubbed most the wrong way. It turned into a sh*tshow

33

u/coeurdelejon Aug 17 '22

There's a dick that is building a massive tank but is filling it with a bunch of "fake" decorations and has plans to add an even bigger animal, a big endangered shark although I can't recall which species.

4

u/Pipelayer Aug 17 '22

Wait I thought he was putting a few bonnet heads? They typically reach like 3ā€™ long. I wouldnā€™t see too much of an issue there but I donā€™t know about the rest.

9

u/[deleted] Aug 18 '22

As someone already explained even bonentheads are too big for that tank and are a highly migratory species. Not to mention there was a lot of chance they'd get hurt.

7

u/the_timps Aug 18 '22

I wouldnā€™t see too much of an issue there

Seeing as in nature they'd roam over an area km long, and shark tank guy plans to have them in a tank with like like 7m as the longest straight run, it's going to be hell for them.

1

u/Nixie9 Aug 18 '22

A 22 foot length for a 3 foot shark is more than most aquarium fish get.

Most fish also do great distances in the wild, much bigger than we offer them in captivity.

They do this to access food sources most frequently so donā€™t need this in captivity.

1

u/HannibalK Aug 17 '22

Bamboo shark.

2

u/TerrorRed Aug 18 '22

u/ evolutionnext

1

u/Rcandydraws Aug 18 '22

Ah Iā€™ve seen that guys tank before. I had no idea he was stocking it like that