This is in no way specific to Stingrays.
This is the only display tank on the system, an Oceanic 210 (7 x 2 x 2), it is factory drilled with overflows in each corner. By the end of the summer I am going to plumb a pond into the system as well.
Water leaves the tank and goes down to my basement:
Under tank in cabinet, drain and feed lines visible
Going along the wall and through the floor
Coming out in the ceiling of the basement
The tank on LEFT is where all drain water goes first, it has lava rock in it and I am starting to increase the crayfish population in it as well for mechanical break down of waste as well as breeding as food items for stingrays. There is a thin layer of crushed coral to buffer the water. This is also where the heaters currently are.
Water exits the CRAY tank into Sump 1 where it may passively travel to Sump 2 or it is extracted via pump and mechanically filtered and then dumped into the bio tower.
Sump 1:
Sump2:
Mechanical + Bio Filter:
From Sump 2 water is either returned to the tank (95%) or diverted to the Plant Sump (5%) which drains directly to Sump 1.
Permanent residents:
Temporary Turtle - Just babysitting him:
The large Cylinder is my water hardener. My water is very soft due to a shallow well, subsequently it also comes out of the tap at a pH of 4. Water is passed through the Hardener and stored for in the garbage pail to gas off and age allowing the pH to equalize. This takes a max of 10 hrs, maybe less, that is the shortest time period that I have tested. For water changes I just open a valve to allow a pre-determined amount of water leave Sump 1 and 2 and go directly to my House sump pump to be pumped to my lawn. Then I pump water from the garbage can (aged) directly into Sump 1.
Thanks for watching!
This is the only display tank on the system, an Oceanic 210 (7 x 2 x 2), it is factory drilled with overflows in each corner. By the end of the summer I am going to plumb a pond into the system as well.
Water leaves the tank and goes down to my basement:
Under tank in cabinet, drain and feed lines visible
Going along the wall and through the floor
Coming out in the ceiling of the basement
The tank on LEFT is where all drain water goes first, it has lava rock in it and I am starting to increase the crayfish population in it as well for mechanical break down of waste as well as breeding as food items for stingrays. There is a thin layer of crushed coral to buffer the water. This is also where the heaters currently are.
Water exits the CRAY tank into Sump 1 where it may passively travel to Sump 2 or it is extracted via pump and mechanically filtered and then dumped into the bio tower.
Sump 1:
Sump2:
Mechanical + Bio Filter:
From Sump 2 water is either returned to the tank (95%) or diverted to the Plant Sump (5%) which drains directly to Sump 1.
Permanent residents:
Temporary Turtle - Just babysitting him:
The large Cylinder is my water hardener. My water is very soft due to a shallow well, subsequently it also comes out of the tap at a pH of 4. Water is passed through the Hardener and stored for in the garbage pail to gas off and age allowing the pH to equalize. This takes a max of 10 hrs, maybe less, that is the shortest time period that I have tested. For water changes I just open a valve to allow a pre-determined amount of water leave Sump 1 and 2 and go directly to my House sump pump to be pumped to my lawn. Then I pump water from the garbage can (aged) directly into Sump 1.
Thanks for watching!
Crazyy Nicee and loving that cat
