festaedan
potamotrygon fan
yup
Dan's 300 gallon starfire stingray tank
F8LBITE
Members
those monsters look good in there. hows the new guy doing?
CichlidAddict
Members
They look great. Those are my dream tanks. How do you do water change and how long it takes?
festaedan
potamotrygon fan
Thanks!
It was a rough start but he ate his first shrimp today. He isnt bothering the rays which I am very happy about.
Thanks! I siphon the water into a 30 gallon bucket and then pour it out on the porch. The water runs through the slats down into the ground. Once I have emptied it to were I want, I wheel the bucket to the sink and fill her up. Then I pump the water back to the tank with a 800 gph pump.
It takes about 3 hours for a 50% change. I normally only have time for a 30% water change a week, but I have an awesome filtration system and with only 3 fish, it works for now.
Thanks! I'm saving my money for a third ray so, unfortunately, i have to pass. I know someone who is saving for a multi hundred dollar fish shouldnt go and buy a big gar, but Its hard to find big tropical gars for sale. Plus, the price was amazing.
festaedan
potamotrygon fan
Ray #3!
Ever since I got into rays I have always wanted a leopoldi but they have always been way out of my price range. My dad (thanks dad if you're reading this!) and I picked her up in NJ on our way back from dropping off my grandma at my aunts house. Round trip was 12 hours, but it was so worth it! She is a 3 year old female potamotrygon leopoldi. Hopefully her and my marble motoro will produce some nice little hybrids soon!
Ever since I got into rays I have always wanted a leopoldi but they have always been way out of my price range. My dad (thanks dad if you're reading this!) and I picked her up in NJ on our way back from dropping off my grandma at my aunts house. Round trip was 12 hours, but it was so worth it! She is a 3 year old female potamotrygon leopoldi. Hopefully her and my marble motoro will produce some nice little hybrids soon!
FishEggs
Well-Known Member
Nice trip! Looks like a shadow for one of the other rays.
CichlidDan
Members
Awesome ray! Leopoldi rays are my favorite
blkmjk
Members
Nice sting ray! Always a fan of black rays myself.
Drew
Drew
Gyarados
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Ever considered adding Ceramic tiles to the aquarium floor?
Something like these? http://www.homedepot.com/p/TrafficM...and-Wall-Tile-17-44-sq-ft-case-ULMK/204834499
They'd really make that black Leo pop.
Something like these? http://www.homedepot.com/p/TrafficM...and-Wall-Tile-17-44-sq-ft-case-ULMK/204834499
They'd really make that black Leo pop.
festaedan
potamotrygon fan
Thanks!
Mine aswell, I like them even better than the fancy black diamonds
Thanks
Thanks, black rays have always been my favorite. I'm still in shock I finally got one!
I actually had ceramic tiles in my 120 and i must've gotted the wrong kind because it killed my arowana, 5 year old chocolate cichlid, and allot of fish I really loved. This was back before I thought about the fish's life after it outgrows my largest tank at the time. I just wouldnt want to run the slightest risk with my 3 favorite (and by far most expensive) fish.
Hopefully i can get a nice white sand bottom to contrast with the leo. My marble's pattern has gotten worse since I moved him to a barebottom tank so I think it'll benefit both rays. The hybrid has looked the same on barebottom and sand but I'm sure It'll contrast with her as well.
festaedan
potamotrygon fan
FishEggs
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we haven't had an update on this thread in a long time. How are the rays doing? get any new little hybrids from them?
CSnyder00
Bearded Wonder
I agree!
festaedan
potamotrygon fan
No babies, yet! Roxy, the female, is still a bit young and Ray isnt the most persistent male. Marble motoros are some of the fastest rays to mature, it only takes them 2-3 years. I've had ray for going on 3 years and we suspect that he is about 3 at the moment so he's defenitely ready. We've had Roxy for almost 2 years (in the next month) and she was only a few months old when we got her. She also doesnt have that adult ray body type. Its hard to explain but most big rays of the "chunkier varieties" (leopoldi, bd, motoros, pearls, marbles, bosemani, etc.) get very stocky and thick when they are adults. As pups they all have a skinnier leaner look over all. My old leo, Rachel had that body type and Ray defenitely had it. Roxy, however, isnt quite there yet. Withinn the next year I suspect she'll be able to bear pups. Her growth isnt slowing down and shes starting to become wider than ray. Her appetite has only gotten bigger and shes eating more and more daily. She still acts like a pup and is by far the more social ray between the pair. At this patern she should have a little growth spurt soon and then she should be ready. Ray has only atempted to breed with her a handfull of times, that I've seen so the odds of her having pups now is very unlikely. Looking back at this thread, its crazy how long its been since the last update. Early 2016 I added sand and rocks to the tank to make it look more like the amazon. The pothos roots have gotten long and unruly. The little fish (3-12") that have lived with them in the past year and my big silver aro have enjoyed hiding in the roots. About two months ago i cut them back to give the growing arowana more swimming room and they all look much happier and the tank looks huge again. The current stock is the two rays (male marble motoro and female hybrid, both at least a foot long not including tail), a 2' or so silver aro, 3 hoplarchus psittacum (6-10"), 3 huge wild caught angels (10" tall), 2 festivums (maybe 5"), 2 pearsi cichlids (around 4"), 1 leporinus steyermarki (6" and very active), 1 barramundi (6", quickly becoming my favorite non stingray), an ornate pim (4-5"), and a wild caugh oscar who is currently chilling in the quarantine tank because of some fungal issues (5"). Its almost impossible to tell sizes through the glass and its really not worth the trouble of chasing my prised fish around a 300 gallon tank and measuring them out of the water just to make sure I'm not exaggerating one way or another. The tank is surrounded my windows so any pics I take now would just be my reflection.
AquaStudent
Members
Thanks for the update Dan! Sounds like things are going swimmingly. Get those windows covered up tonight and take a photo!
festaedan
potamotrygon fan
Thanks!
Honestly, I cant tell a difference between this glass and my other glass when full. When the tank was empty I could tell but if its a huge price difference, just get regular glass. They only had starfire 300s so I went with that one. No complaints, but not mindblowing
