Barracuda
- Thread starter wcolwell88
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Thanks for the opinions.
I'm not interested in buying one, just curious about the details. Also, just for the record, I'm pretty sure I have enough room in this house for a tank big enough to put him in, but I wouldn't waste the money or the space just to keep a Barracuda. The house is about 9800 Square Feet not including the garages. I would like to eventually get a large tank for a shark but not until I am pretty confident that I can take good care of it. For now, I am working on sitting up a 29 gal. FOWLR in my bedroom. That will probably be my only saltwater tank for awhile. Maybe get a bigger one once I have more experience and more space. Thanks again for the info on the barracuda.
I'm not interested in buying one, just curious about the details. Also, just for the record, I'm pretty sure I have enough room in this house for a tank big enough to put him in, but I wouldn't waste the money or the space just to keep a Barracuda. The house is about 9800 Square Feet not including the garages. I would like to eventually get a large tank for a shark but not until I am pretty confident that I can take good care of it. For now, I am working on sitting up a 29 gal. FOWLR in my bedroom. That will probably be my only saltwater tank for awhile. Maybe get a bigger one once I have more experience and more space. Thanks again for the info on the barracuda.
Kudos to you for asking before you get one of either. The shark will need more than a big tank, some say they eat as much as they do and that they make a mess not only eating but around the tank due to slapping the water around.
If you love the marine world, it's something you just have to do. I've snorkeled in Cancun, St. Johns and St. Thomas. You forget about all of the dangers as soon as you adjust to breathing under water. My dream is to scuba with the rays in the Grand Caymans. ( and a nice trip to the Greaf Barrier Reef!!!!!)
This is how I guess it to be. We only vacation to Avon, NC so not really scuba/snorkeling area, but if I ever vacation elsewhere I'll get SCUBA certified so I can do that. I'm sure it's an amazing experience. Heck, i'd hop in my own tank if I had one large enough lol.
i'd say you would need a 1000-2000 (if not larger) gallon tank for one as a full adult, preferably with no decorations at all to simulate their pelagic habitat and completely round to allow it to swim continously and to stop it from harming itself by crashing into the glass, peferably with a diameter of at least 20 feet. these fish can swim VERY fast, and once it got large enough you'd probably need to feed it whole fillets of fish, IF you managed to train it to accept dead food..... definetly a fish best left in the wild unless you are crazy rich with a craqzy huge house and passion of crazy, possibly fatally dangerous fish.
My dad had one follow him diving one time. I only got a glimpse of one when my wife and I were diving, did see the mother of all porcupine fish though. Can't wait to go diving in the ocean again. The only thing that scared me underwater was a sponge (we were diving a shiwreck and when I swam down below the deck there was a hand thing sticking out. Scared the daylights out of me at first). Until we get back to the ocean its great lake wreak diving (and 30 degree water temp) for the wife and I.
