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Rays are river fish, they like a bit of current . It's missing here.
I think a natural setting mixed with minimal electrical additions would be better.
Your high PH is probably due to the pond being new. The lime in the cement has not been covered by algae yet. Adding the bricks will increas the PH. 8.5 is already too dangerously high.
Lastly rays are high bioload fishes, when they hit 18 inches and above and if you are planning to keep more, the plants waste reduction may not be able to keep up.
I think a natural setting mixed with minimal electrical additions would be better.
Your high PH is probably due to the pond being new. The lime in the cement has not been covered by algae yet. Adding the bricks will increas the PH. 8.5 is already too dangerously high.
Lastly rays are high bioload fishes, when they hit 18 inches and above and if you are planning to keep more, the plants waste reduction may not be able to keep up.
killarbb;2405384; said:
bfhslilred93;2405446; said:
In sunny days its easy to see them. Other days its more complicated.
lincolngoh;2406065; said:
Youre right.
They really are river fish and having current was good. But they are fine.
lincolngoh;2406065; said:
Electrical additions for? Current? The system I have now helps on:
- Mechanical filtering
- Heating
- Oxigenating
and consequently in current. It can and will be better with some updates Im planning to do. But it works well.
lincolngoh;2406065; said:
Yes, that was my first concern: High PH. Due to cement. But Ive done some water changes and now is ok. Last time Ive measured it was between 7.8 and 8.0. Next weekend Im going to measure it if I dont forget.
The bricks are brick clays (I believe thats the name) so they dont change the PH. No problem with that.
lincolngoh;2406065; said:
The male is now 14 inches. I believe its possible to maintain 3 adult Motoro rays in that pond, only with plants and that system running. Well see if Im right.
Ive never owned a big, big ray, so I dont know how it will be, but I feel its possible. Im doing it step by step, slowly, for not making mistakes.
If you see what people wrote in first pages you will find things like this:
No offense, but not sure what looks worse, the ammonia burn on ray, or that pond!
Looks like the only thing that will do well in there are mosquito breeding
If the ammonia burn doesn't kill them,
the lack of oxygen at night will..
you MUST have some sort of oxygen..
By the way you may need some good filtration for that pond
you should use some filtration on the pond
Why do you think Ive putted that pic of the pond like that? Just to see how people was wrong. And Im proving they were. Sometimes images can be misleading. But we are always learning and we need people to prove that we can do things in different ways, using different methods, that can be right to.
Im not saying Im the owner of the truth. No, no. I need lot of inputs like yours to dont forget things. For example I have already forgotten the PH theme. I must test it. So i need all your inputs to don't forget and to focus in important things.
Proteus;2406089; said:
Thank You
