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Setting up a bigger tank for my ray now that I'm sure she's healthy. I've had her for a few weeks and she's eating frozen krill. She prolly has about a 5 inch disc or so. Anyway I'm moving her to a longer but shorter tank. Before I move her I'd like to put some pool filter sand in the bottom and add some live plants yes I know they have a big potential of being uprooted. In order to combat this I was wondering if I could set some smooth round pavers up a few inches from the back of the tank to plant some stuff in without it getting uprooted.

Has anyone ever tried this? Has anyone found that rays will dig into small spaces if they have large open spaces to hide themselves in?
 
your better off just forgetting about the plants... if u try to fasten them down, the ray will just try harder to pull them up like a game lol

i did fake plants held down w suction cups, but they chew them to shreds and get caught in the filters
 
vamptrev;4386371; said:
your better off just forgetting about the plants... if u try to fasten them down, the ray will just try harder to pull them up like a game lol

i did fake plants held down w suction cups, but they chew them to shreds and get caught in the filters
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x2, they'll uproot everything and everything.
 
Yes shorter height

I was thinking if I kept it close to the wall of the tank that my ray might not be able to get under it to uproot it? Also it would probably not be able to move something of that size/weight?
 
I can honestly say my next tank will be bare bottom. I love the look of the black sand I have in the tank now but it is a nightmare to clean,keep out of the filters,and keep it level

I feel like my water quality would be better with a bare bottom and it drives me crazy :(
 
now see i'm just the opposite to me I hate the look of BB tanks because I feel they never look clean. As a result I pretty much use exclusivly sand. The trick is to vaccum very lightly with your syphon you will lose a little bit of sand each time but it will take a long time before the sand lost is even noticeable.
 
My opinion is that if you wanna keep fish, any fish, as well as rays, you have taken a choice to keep a litle piece of nature in your home, and how natural is it for a ray to not be able to hide under sand, search for food in the sand and so on? I see my Rays Searching in the sand for food all the time, hides when i come a little sudden. I love it!
 
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