My planted tank is looking good!

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stingraysrule
 
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My planted tank is looking good!

by stingraysrule

This is my first plated tank and I think it is doing pretty good. IMO. ;)
It is a 75G with Coralife HQI lighting 150W x 2 = too much light... :(
My otto cats clean house, so it is all good.
I have 3 fluval filters running........
1 405, and 2 205s.
2 Hagen C02s.
Heavy stock of fish dwarf puffers, danios, glassfish, with a stingray that I have had for about a year in a half.
The plants are about 5 weeks in.
So far so good.
I am waiting for my stingray to $hit the bed.
Everybody keeps telling me it is gonna happen.
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jdak702
 
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by jdak702

I don't know much about planted or fresh at all but the one thing that grabs my eye in the freshy world is a planted tank. I like the grasses and stuff but you probably want to keep some room on the sandbed for the stingray huh..


Peterkarig3210
 
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by Peterkarig3210

Looks great! I do agree that the ray would need a lot of open sand to be happy.

I'd either take the ray back or open the sand part a lot more. I think these fresh water rays get about 6 inches at least.


stingraysrule
 
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by stingraysrule

i am careful where I put the plants.
It is hard to see but the tank is wide and there is only one row of plants so he goes along the front and the back. Rays go back and fourth, and when he wants to go anyplace he just tears my plants up to get there.

I know the tank is too small but the fish store sells them by the dozens to people, I am sure with smaller tanks then mine, so I am afraid he would go to another small tank. I did not know my tank was too small.
I asked the guy in the store and he said it was fine. My bad.

He really needs to go into a 125G.
Till then, maybe he can live in your 125G with the gar. ;)


Peterkarig3210
 
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by Peterkarig3210

100 gallon. I'm moving and taking them with me across the country. The logistics are going to be a trip, sloshing and all. The 100 gallon will only be temporary till I can build a bigger tank. Just to be clear, I'm not moving the 100 gallon with the fish in it. They'll be in a large tub.

See how it goes I guess. You have what you have. If they get real big maybe then you can buy a bigger tank.


jdak702
 
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by jdak702

Many lfs are just trying to make a sale. I did my homework on a dogface and when i went to buy it, the store told me it passed. In reality, i'm sure they killed it. They told me they had a S&S puffer and had all the same requirements. They even called it a stars and stripes dogface. Got home and found out it grows much larger than a dogface and had 200 gal requirements. Needless to say i now boycott them and about every other lfs except one that is a SW only warehouse. The rest around me are puppy mill associated too.


josmoloco
 
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by josmoloco

Hmmmm.......my 125g was way too small for any rays I know of....they are only 18 inches wide.....


this would be a little better.... 125 Wide 72 x 24 x 17 Tall


stingraysrule
 
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by stingraysrule

update on tank.
I added a few different plants and took a few slow growers out.
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stingraysrule
 
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by stingraysrule

New pics
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jdak702
 
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by jdak702

What kind of halides are those?

My planted tank is looking good!

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