Pear and Marble M. Questions
- Thread starter Vincent Guerrero
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So after looking at your build, and researching a bit, I think I would do 1 of the following 2:
Material = Plywood w/ Glass
Tank Height = 24"
Tank Width = 36"
Tank Length = 72 "
Plywood w/ Glass Thickness = 3/4"
Approximate Gallons = 269
or
Tank Information:
Material = Plywood w/ Glass
Tank Height = 24"
Tank Width = 36"
Tank Length = 60 "
Plywood w/ Glass Thickness = 3/4"
Approximate Gallons = 224
Since the house is still under construction, and I have the measurements of the office but haven't really seen it. I'm just not sure if 1 brace will be enough for this.
Seriously mate don’t go to all that trouble to build a 60” tank. Keeping rays is so addictive and once you’re hooked on them you’re always thinking of a bigger tank. I started with a 60” because it was the biggest I could fit in my room at the time. Bought a pearl and after less than 12 months i was knocking a wall down in my house so I could build a 96”x36” into it.... this has been running for about 6 months now and I’m already thinking how I can go bigger!! Make your tank as big as absolutely possible because they cost a lot of money and if you don’t you’ll just end up building another!
Thanks ray I think youre right. How many rays/fish did you have in the 60" and how many you have now in the 96?
Make that 60" tank.....but use it as a filter for a much larger Ray tank lol.
If 72" is as big as you can go, do that. Bigger is definitely better. Try to go as wide as possible too. 36" is great, but if you can go a little wider it would be even better. For your glass and plywood thickness you will only need 1/2" glass for a 24" tall tank. 3/4" hardwood plywood is what you need for the tank itself. Be sure to use strips of plywood screwed to the back of the tank to prevent any bowing. For 72" I'd use at least 2 top braces.
I originally had it as a discus tank with a group of big discus, then fell in love with stingrays but only had one male pearl. When he got to about 10” disc I upgraded and added a 5” bd. They’ve got plenty of room at the minute and still got 7 big discus in there but looking for a couple of female pearls to add in. Although I’m well aware that when they’re all adults I’ll need to go bigger... probably convert garage into I fish room and Build a couple of big plywood tanks.
Nice! Everyone around here has a similar story where they were keeping a different fish then fell in love with rays and starting building big tanks! Now I'm here feeling weird cause I want to start big and with rays.
Would you have a pic/thread of your tank? would I was thinking about keeping discus with rays but then I figured I'd do a big tank with big fish and keep the discuss in the living room in a 65-90G tank.
When you say your wanting to start with rays. Have you kept fish before? Rays aren’t the easiest fish to start with... not saying you can’t but make sure you learn a lot about keeping them first and be prepared that they are going to take up an awful lot of your time. Doing big water changes every week and maintenance on a ‘big’ tank is very time consuming.
As for my tank, not got any posts but I’ll try and get a good pic for you when lights come on... I had a love for discus and because I had already had them I kept them in there to see how they get on. There are a lot of people on here who wouldn’t advise keeping discus with rays though. My discus are big n my rays are small (at the moment). They’re doing great together right now but I don’t know how long it will last.
