AWESOME stingray habitat help!

[abortedsoul]

look up naja grass, it grows almost exponentially, i put about a softball sized clump into my 180 and had about 8 cubic feet a few months later.

8 cubic feet! that is such good news. I'm going to start looking around for Naja grass! Thanks for your help. One question- does it need substrate?

 

[abortedsoul]

Anubias are pretty hardy as well and less demanding than others... not to mention they help lower the nitrates in one's tank.

Anubias = Nitrate slayer. Sweet! Keep it comin' guys, and this tank will end up fantastic!

 

[abortedsoul]

Something with a over and under flow, 1/2 the top cordened off for floating water plants, a slump, a side view glass/acrylic, a current section, and a quiet resting section and a bubble section preferbly with sand.

i'll be building a 8ft by 4ft by 3ft FGT with a 4ft x 3ft x 4ft(height) slum with those specs once my year end bonus comes in.

The idea of the water plants area being sectioned off inside the stingray tank seems like a smart concept, but I don't want it to look redundant with the huge 300 gallon plant bin nearby. Maybe I could put a different, exotic and pleasing-to-look-at plant in there! If I section off part of the tank, though, it will be hard to get access to the rays, won't it?

I loved the idea of a quiet resting section; maybe have some larger, smooth river rock to give them a sense of shelter.

Bubbles! I think a small area to play in would be awesome. I just don't want so much going on that it stresses them out; anyone have any experience with putting in a bubble area for their rays?

 

[FishDog]

Just glad to see you are planning in advance instead of buying the rays and then deciding what to do with the tank setup.

 

[abortedsoul]

Just glad to see you are planning in advance instead of buying the rays and then deciding what to do with the tank setup.

Nobody wants to be stuck with a tank setup that they had to throw together last-minute; especially not a water system that is 600+ gallons!

I know some others have some good ideas rolling around in their head, just begging to be posted here! (Miles, I know in that crazy, ray-loving head of yours there is something brewing...)

 

[Nic]

hyacynth anacharis... water lettuce

 

[stingray man]

hyacynth anacharis... water lettuce

My sister had two plants of that and over the summer if covered her whole 600 gallon pond and need to be cut in half twice!!

 

[Nic]

thats why its a good plant... needs lots of light though

 

[abortedsoul]

hyacynth anacharis... water lettuce

Water lettuce! Awesome; I might try adding a small amount of many plants to the 300 gallon sump! It would be my own personal Darwinian experiment with water plants- whichever grows fastest in the environment provided gets to keep the space it occupies! Sweet!

 

[abortedsoul]

thats why its a good plant... needs lots of light though

I'm going to leave the bay windows and side window open for it; how much light would I have to artificially provide?