Indoor stingray pond

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JASamper

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Basically I've been in the hobby long enough that I want to try something harder, something exotic. I've been thinking of either housing a cortez/california juvenile Stingray depending on which my lfs can find for me. I plan on housing this ray inside my 120 (4x2x2) till he reaches a size in which I can deem him fit to move him to a larger tank.

Now here comes the fun part, building the indoor pond, I've been thinking dimension wise something around 7.5'x4'x18". I plan on making it an elevated indoor pond so I can fit a decent sized sump tank under it packed with live rock. I know that some for sharks it is best to keep an oval shaped tank and am curious if this is necessary for all saltwater rays and if my dimensions would be suitable for one possibly two adult rays. Thanks
 
Sounds like an awesome project. Hopefully Zoodiver will see this thread and chime in. Or you could PM him. I'm sure he could address all of your questions/concerns.
Looking forward to pics of the build!


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I would not use live rock for filtration its expensive and there are more effective options IME, bio balls or similar media I have kept rays and sharks in square tanks with no problems but the general consensus is your ORV sharks,require large oval tanks. If you don't go oval then square is preferred to rectangle, larger swimming area/footprint, IMO
 
With rays, almost any shape will work as long as they have room.

I agree on the filtration. Live rock won't be doing much. With rays (and sharks) the main thing I worry about it up sizing the mechanical filtration to prevent the waste from even starting to break down and feed the nitrogen cycle. Big bio is need, but there are cheaper and move effective ways of doing it rather than rock. Bioballs or something similar with water falling over them in a bio-tower type set up will also help keep your oxygen levels up in the tank, and help off gas the CO2 to keep your pH stable.
 
Zoodiver said:
With rays, almost any shape will work as long as they have room.

I agree on the filtration. Live rock won't be doing much. With rays (and sharks) the main thing I worry about it up sizing the mechanical filtration to prevent the waste from even starting to break down and feed the nitrogen cycle. Big bio is need, but there are cheaper and move effective ways of doing it rather than rock. Bioballs or something similar with water falling over them in a bio-tower type set up will also help keep your oxygen levels up in the tank, and help off gas the CO2 to keep your pH stable.
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Got it, would a 40 gallon breeder tank suffice for the sump tank or should I go a lot bigger?
 
JASamper said:
Got it, would a 40 gallon breeder tank suffice for the sump tank or should I go a lot bigger?
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Sump volume depends on what you have room for. I usually just make sure that it's big enough to not flood if I lose power and the tank drains down to the overflow level.
 
For filtration I woud go for a fluidized sand bed filter and a good skimmer. The live rock woud just take to mutch space :)
 
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