Predator tank

[bronzewhaler22]

Building like a 950g tank what do you think to go in it preffering predator species snappers, sharks, stingrays etc.

 

[Timfish]

I guess my first thought seeing your thread is are you ready to keep this system going for the decades the fish you've listed will live? Because unlike the majority of tangs or angels kept by aquarists rehoming them will be pretty difficult. Zoos or public aquariums are very unlikely to want them.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

agreed, you could do stuff like puffers triggers and things but not like a blacktop shark or a big snapper

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Plus 99% of them are banned from Australia

 

[bronzewhaler22]

hey guys i have time to keep them for as long as they live and what species are banned from australia?? probably orderer my fish from queensland

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Almost every single large or predatory fish is banned in Australia

 

[NoahLikesFish]

You are going to have to get Australian native predators most likely

 

[NoahLikesFish]

You could do like barramundi and stuff

 

[bronzewhaler22]

In saltwater????

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Yeah there’s a saltwater barramundi right

 

[bronzewhaler22]

i know most american stuff like arrowanas and stuff but not saltwater?

 

[bronzewhaler22]

not a big fan of saltwater barra

 

[NoahLikesFish]

No American predatory saltwater fish I believe are banned too

 

[NoahLikesFish]

https://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Documents/biosecurity/noxious_fish_list.pdf most predatory fish don’t get imported either I’d assume

 

[bronzewhaler22]

if i can get them out of Queensland because they are collected on the Great barrier reef from like majestic aquariums or something. I know they have had red emperor before

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Oh ok mabye u should get a permit and make a barrier reef biotope?

 

[bronzewhaler22]

?

 

[bronzewhaler22]

im in wa

 

[bronzewhaler22]

i can order online from there

 

[NoahLikesFish]

You could collect from a local reef? I don’t know much about Australian restrictions except they are very very liberal about it and if it can breed easily and damage the ecosystem usually it’s banned