The 6 that were moved by Oliver Lucanus in 2000 lived in the tank until 2004 when I had the wipe-out that killed about half of the big fish in the tank. They had grown to 36" in 2004 and were super impressive in swimming and acting like real sharks. Not like anything you see in smaller tanks.laura65536;1327505; said:
The wipe out I have described in detail in the past. Basically it just wiped- out some species and did not effect others much.
I Talked with a curator of a California public aquaria who had a similar thing happen to his Amazon tank. He attributed it to a large red tail dying but got stuck in a piece of driftwood so that none of the staff saw it till it was too late, and by then all of the other fish got ill and as they started dying the tank turned milky and he lost every fish in it.
My tank is about 30,000 gallons larger than his so that and the fact that I noticed it sooner, resulting in quicker water changes is possibly why half of my big boys survived.
The sharks you see in the current pics where removed this summer from the 52k and placed outside in one of my outdoor ponds. In the fall they were moved to a 580 while I tried to find a home for them. They were 18" to 23" tl.
I found a hobbyist who had a 1,000 gallon indoor pond who wanted them and I gave them to him in November.
I really loved them but they had a different personality from my big 6 in that they attacked my pimas when eating................so they had to go.
