BONNETHEAD SHARK

[alteredego]

I'M SETTING UP FOR A SHARK TANK. ANYONE HAVE AN IDEA WHERE I COULD FIND A DECENT PRICE ON A BONNETHEAD SHARK?

[::pete::]

At the coast just git yer pole and some bait ;)

[cpreefguy]

Yeah git er done

[lachrimae]

Here you go:

http://www.sharksondemand.com/bonnethead.html

I'd be interested in knowing what kind of tank will you be keeping this in?

Mark

[don-n-sa]

maybe he is buying Gator's tank...although that still wouldn't be big enough

[captexas]

If you have already done a ton of research and are still serious about caring for such a large animal, try contacting some of the people on Reef Central in the aggressive/predetor tank forum and perhaps they can send you in the right direction. Good luck to you and the animal if you buy one.

[GaryP]

Reminds me of Tim's nurse shark that he had in his back yard.

[alteredego]

I will be attempting to stack a 240 gal with a 100gal sump over a 125 reef. I've had a shark housed in my reef tank for the last 6 months. it was the coolest fish in there. i had it trained it to swim up in my hand to eat. then i found out the hard way that they are jumpers, very sad. i've been reserching the bonnethead shark and found that the size makes them perfect tank sharks, big tanks. i will be building a custom tank so it will have room to swim, of coarse it will have to have a bigger tank within a couple of years.

[Marlin]

With the prices they charge for the sharks, I'm getting my fishing rod ready and go out to the beach and get rich!!

[Ross]

You could catch a small shark and save a couple thousand dollars.

[jap1]

Heck yeah! On those so called "deep sea" fishing trips around Corpus, little sharks are caught all the time. I've seen 'em caught off the piers too.

[GaryP]

I've caught 10-20 sharks a day on the offshore trips out of Port A. Mostly sharp nosed sharks about 2-3 ft. long. They were all females and had apparently congregated to drop their pups. We cut them open and let the pups swim off after we caught them.

[alteredego]

NEXT TIME YOU GET ONE I'LL BUY IT FROM YA. I MAY JUST GET A SHARP NOSE AFTER ALL. I HAVE NEVER BE ABLE TO LAND A SHARK AT PORT A. I HERE THEY GET THE BONNETHEADS EVEN, I'M JUST ONE OF THOSE BAD FISHERMEN. I EVEN THOUGHT IF THE SHARK CAN LIVE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, IT SHOULD BE NO REAL TASK TO KEEP HIM IN A MUCH CLEANER TANK. I CAN ONLY KEEP A SMALL PUP, THE TANK I SHOULD HAVE IN FEB WILL BE 72L X 36W X 24 TALL I THINK ITS A 249GAL. W/ 100 GAL SUMP. THAT SHOULD KEEP IT HAPPY UNTIL I CAN MAKE THE SPACE FOR A 500+ GAL.
IF ANYONE CATCHES ONE PLEASE LET ME KNOW I WILL BE GALD TO PAY.

[Ross]

Its really pretty easy. Use a steel leader and a circle hook and just put a big chunk of fish or whatever on and chunk it out as far as you can.

[alteredego]

now that i found some prices on bonnetheads i need to either catch one or switch to a atlantic sharp nose.
i found a tank for just over $1300 i just need a 100 gal for the sump and see if i can get one of those giant skimmers that pete makes. i hear these sharks are very nasty eaters.
i've thought its time to kick one of the cars out of the garage and set the tanks back in a bit, and get this, a nice 6 foot wide fresh water waterfall positioned right under the tanks giving an illlusion that the tanks are broken.

[Ram_Puppy]

you could get a stock tank like they use to water cattle as your sump. probably cheaper than a tank or sump. (if your using your garage.) heck, you could keep a shark in one, just make sure it doesn't have algecide impregnation!