mossman

So I'm debating seting up a spare 180G. Thinking of having it lightly planted and a simple setup. 2 FX-5s for filtration. I want to stay away from the aggressive fish and am looking for a peaceful community tank, with schooling fish. Most of my experience has been on the saltwater side so i'm not to familar with whole freshwater community fish. Anybody have suggestions for a stocking list? (I'm thinking alot of tetras...) Thanks

Thanks for the temp info, never kept any of my tanks aruond that high always usually 78-79. Anybody using R/O water? Plus anybody using a sump if you wouldn't mind taking a quick picture it'd be quite helpful. Or any sump designs for that matter. As i got no clue for a freshwater sump thats to include bioballs etc.

Great advice so far, I got plenty of questions so keep it coming! Pagani- you keep your tank at 86F seems a little high, any particular reason for keeping it this high? As far as ray selection and tank footprint, I might have to settle for something a little smaller and wont be able to do 8ft, I know for sure I wont be looking into breeding or housing more than a trio/pair at max in a years time, and prob going with a hardier and easier to come by species for now. Dont plan on adding another massive fish such as an arrowana or anything. So it'll prob be the 1-2 stingrays in the tank only. So a sump is a must as I can see, which shouldn't be to bad, I'm going to need some advice for a freshwater sump as I believe its going to differ quite a bit from the salt water side. I got a few spare pumps lying around and will be able to push at least 600gph through the returns, and for as far as flow through the tank I have a vortech mp40 and a few K2-K3 which I believe could get the job done. Understand the filter sock portion of the sump.. have it run wet/dry after that with a massive amount of bioballs? then to a return section which can house the pump and heaters. Anything i'm missing, as the sump is the main thing i'm struggling with not to familar with the whole wet/dry as bioballs are unholy in salwater lol Skynoch you mentioned a drip system? Also does anybody use R/O DI water on there systems? I have a current R/O system just wondering if it'd be any use for me still. I'd love to buy a ray off a fellow member rather than a chain store, hopefully Scott still has some for sale when I got everything up and running.

Might as well start off with a little introduction, new to these forums, strictly been on reef forums only glad to see a local active forum. Well, currently I have a full blown reef setup which I’m contemplating taking down and switching sides and taking a dive into freshwater. I've been doing quite a bit of research and alot of it seems dated so I was hoping to get an opinion of a few experienced ray keepers. I've maintained a full blown SPS reef for over 2 years so I’m quite adapt to marine husbandry, water chemistry etc. and I’m looking forward to the challenge of stingrays. I’m currently looking at only housing one ray for now and maybe in the future a pair at max, species isn’t decided but more than likely a hardier smaller species. A custom tank will be built for the footprint I am undecided but I’m thinking along the lines of either 4’ x 4’ or 5’ x 3’ maybe even push it to 6’ x 4’. My question is how are current ray keepers running their tanks? With high end canister filters or are you implementing a sump? I’m no stranger to a complex sump and that’s the way I’m leaning towards but if canisters can get the job done then why not. Also what kind of flow are you pushing through your tanks, just enough for no dead spots or do you got a wave going through the tank. Also any stores in particular to deal with for sting rays. Any suggestions for rays for a beginner, tips, comments, and criticisms are all welcome. I would love it if anybody in Calgary wouldn’t mind showing me there ray setup Thanks,

Wicked pom pom cant wait to get one

Real nice pics,

Hate em