Hey All,
Been trolling the site for awhile and I've come up wth an idea I'd like some input on (good, bad or indifferent) ...
I have an old-style 110 gl that I would like to use to house 4 Reticulated Stingray pups. I know that that's barely adequate for the task, but it only has to hold them for a year or so. I plan to build or buy a larger show tank for them. Now, my idea is this...
I've been reading on here that many people have had success with riparium/refugiums as plant filters, so I thought why not set a series of them up to handle the heavy load from the rays? The tank will sit on the bottom shelf of a wrought-iron stand I have, so there is no room for a hidden sump or algae scrubber below. A Riparium/plant filter sounds like a good solution. It also has the added benefit of places to keep dwarf cichlids, dwarf plecos, shrimps, anything small, as well as being nice to look at in and of itself
You can get the basic set-up from the illustration. My questions are these:
Will something of this sort do the job of keeping the water crisp and clean enough for the rays?
And if so how much turnover do you think it will need to satisfy both the rays and the plants, etc.?
Been trolling the site for awhile and I've come up wth an idea I'd like some input on (good, bad or indifferent) ...
I have an old-style 110 gl that I would like to use to house 4 Reticulated Stingray pups. I know that that's barely adequate for the task, but it only has to hold them for a year or so. I plan to build or buy a larger show tank for them. Now, my idea is this...
I've been reading on here that many people have had success with riparium/refugiums as plant filters, so I thought why not set a series of them up to handle the heavy load from the rays? The tank will sit on the bottom shelf of a wrought-iron stand I have, so there is no room for a hidden sump or algae scrubber below. A Riparium/plant filter sounds like a good solution. It also has the added benefit of places to keep dwarf cichlids, dwarf plecos, shrimps, anything small, as well as being nice to look at in and of itself
You can get the basic set-up from the illustration. My questions are these:
Will something of this sort do the job of keeping the water crisp and clean enough for the rays?
And if so how much turnover do you think it will need to satisfy both the rays and the plants, etc.?
