most shark like fish???

[thebigmg]

hi

im new to the forum. i recently upgraded my reef setup and now have an extra 90 gallon tank laying around. i really want to put something in it that looks like a shark. the closest i have seen is a columbian shark?? is there anything else that looks like a real shark?? bala's look to skinny to me to be a shark and the columbians have the catfish whiskers :(

any thing else out there???



thanks for any help.

[ChilDawg]

I wouldn't recommend Columbian sharks as their ultimate size is a little too much for a 90, anyway.

What type of shark are you looking to approximate in look? I think that you'd do best examining the Epalzeorhyncos spp. (formerly known as Labeo), but I could be wrong.

[thebigmg]

hmmm i did a search here and at fishbase.org and didnt come up with much. there was one called a redtail shark minnow but it didnt resemble a shark much. im looking for something that looks like jaws :) something silverish in color with an enlarged dorsal fin. basically i like the way bala's look but all the ones ive seen look too skinny and wimpy to be a shark.

any suggestions??? mabye i just need a bala shark that is very very plump

[ChilDawg]

The Redtails and Rainbow Sharks were what I was suggesting, but I'll have to think about the conundrum that you've posed.

[Slappy*McFish]

There aren't any other fish in the aquarium trade that look "shark-like" other than what was posted already. Talk to the man upstairs..maybe he will "create" one just for you.

[demon_surfer]

I saw one tha tlooked almost exactly like a great white shark..I think it was called a baby whale or something like that though. They are very mean though and known for burrowing into other fish and eating them.

[ChilDawg]

Baby whales are known for what???

I'd never heard of anything of the sort...just that they're electrical fish much like the elephant noses.

[demon_surfer]

maybe im thinking of something else...i could have sworn i heard that somewhere. :confused:

eh your probably right =P

[ChilDawg]

Are you thinking of Vandellia cirrhosis, the candiru?

[demon_surfer]

no the fish i mean actually looks alot like a shark, it is a regal blue color with a white belly, it has a round nose and has fins and a general body shape like a great white, i was trying to find a picture of it but i cant. None of the picks of baby whales are anything like this one i remeber.

[tricksterpup]

Hmmm..
The only fish that is Shark like is a shark and a 90 is way to small for a fish like that. To properly keep a fish that big you would have to get some thing that is much larger. I wouldnt even put a smaller shark in any thing less than a 180.
If you want to deal with a predator and since you are running salt water, i would probably run with a lion fish tank. :)

jim