Hi All,
Well as some of you have saw in previous posts of mine I have been considering stingrays for a while but before giving into the urge to get them want to make sure I know what I am getting into.
When we moved into our house we built out large saltwater reef tank into the wall and did a dedicated fish room built to handle and control the moisture associated with the different tank setups in the room. Currently around 800 gallons and it evaporates roughly 10-12 gallons of water a day. We obviously did not want condensation/mold issues in the house and we were successful. Problem with this is now considering a large ray tank there is no way to get it into this same room, nor do I really want it there either.
This brings me to my main question. How much evaporation do you guys get per day in your 200-300 gallon ray and freshwater tanks? I get tons on my saltwater setups because I use fans as my main means of cooling the metal halide lighting. Obviously this would not be the case with rays and also talking a much lower turn over rate in a ray tank then a my reef setups as well.
Next question. I have been searching for pictures of ray tank setups and have seen alot of nice setups but looking for something different. I really like epicentyr's bar he built and this is one idea I am tossing around. Does anyone have pictures of setups that are both viewable from the front/sides and top? I do not think I want to do a pond as it really would not go with the rest of the basement so thinking more a closed/removable top.
Thanks! Scott
Well as some of you have saw in previous posts of mine I have been considering stingrays for a while but before giving into the urge to get them want to make sure I know what I am getting into.
When we moved into our house we built out large saltwater reef tank into the wall and did a dedicated fish room built to handle and control the moisture associated with the different tank setups in the room. Currently around 800 gallons and it evaporates roughly 10-12 gallons of water a day. We obviously did not want condensation/mold issues in the house and we were successful. Problem with this is now considering a large ray tank there is no way to get it into this same room, nor do I really want it there either.
This brings me to my main question. How much evaporation do you guys get per day in your 200-300 gallon ray and freshwater tanks? I get tons on my saltwater setups because I use fans as my main means of cooling the metal halide lighting. Obviously this would not be the case with rays and also talking a much lower turn over rate in a ray tank then a my reef setups as well.
Next question. I have been searching for pictures of ray tank setups and have seen alot of nice setups but looking for something different. I really like epicentyr's bar he built and this is one idea I am tossing around. Does anyone have pictures of setups that are both viewable from the front/sides and top? I do not think I want to do a pond as it really would not go with the rest of the basement so thinking more a closed/removable top.
Thanks! Scott
