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| I have a good feeling I already know what the answer is but I'm going to ask anyway! I have the "opportunity" to take a bamboo shark off of someones hands who doesn't have room for it anymore (its only about a foot now.) I have a 250 gallon round culturing vessel that I could put him in. Would the shark be too much of a nuisance, knocking all of my corals over? Would he cause too much strain on a systems filtration (deep sand bed and approprietelly sized skimmer) designed for growing corals? Will this tank even be big enough? In another post you had mentioned large carnivores make good culture pool fish as they create waste which turns into coral food, If all else works out this may be an interesting fish to do just that with! I know its probably a bad idea but it would be neet to keep one of these unique creatures and this might be a good opportunity to do it! Thanks for any input, Kyle
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I recommend keeping large fishes in coral culturing pools very often. Having a large grouper, eel or lionfish is an easy and great way to provide nitrogen for (feeding) corals. I like such large fishes because they are hardy and do not require frequent feeding.
That said... a bamboo shark is a benthic creature and will indeed disturb corals terribly no matter how high you place the corals. These sharks are known to navigate themselves out of water at low tide between pools to feed on crustaceans!
No shark, my friend 
.Anthony Calfo
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| Thanks that's what I figured but I had to ask!
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No worries... and don't rule out keeping the sharks in a dedicated system. They are magnificent to keep and one of the few elasmobranchs that are suitable for captivity.
.Anthony Calfo
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