Stingray with Black Arowana questions..

[AttackFish]

I'm buying a 180 gallon fishtank and was going to put some plants and drift wood in it with a black arowana.

So I was wondering, what type of ray would do well in this setting? would it be better do to a bare bottom tank with a piece of drift wood and a couple river rocks?

Also, the aro is only going to be living in the 180 for 2, 3 years maximum then it will be moved to a 300 gallon.

 

[rallysman]

I would forget most of the plants, but you don't have to go bare bottom. My 300 is sand with some big rocks and no plants. It has a black aro and 2 rays and they all love it.

 

[AttackFish]

Cool! Got any nice pics? What kind fo rays do you have? I was thinking of getting motoros, but what Im afraid of is the rays outgrowing the 180 far before the aro does.

 

[rallysman]

I have a retic. and a Peruvian flower variant (I call it a motoro usually)

I'll work on some updated pix tonight, but this is what it looks like for the most part (it's pretty bland)

 

[AttackFish]

Looks pretty good to me.

How bigs your aro? He looks nice!

So do you think I could get awa with keeping two motoro's and a black aro in a 180 for two years then moving them into a 300?

Also, just wondering what brand is your tank? I'm going to order a tank cause its cheaper then buying it from my LFS. I wanty a GlassCages but I have heard theyre prone to craking, and I have looked at the All-Glass and Oceanic tank websites and neither of them have 180 gallon tanks...

 

[rallysman]

I think with a black and 2 rays you'll be in good shape for 2 years.

My black is about 16".... I can try to get better pix of him too

My tank is a used POS acrylic..........when you buy new(or even used), buy glass.

If you're trying to get a big ray through the top of an acrylic tank you'll hate them too lol....

 

[AttackFish]

Please share some pics of the black! What size did you get him at? I was going to try and get mine at about 4-6" but i have heard theyre pretty hard to find that size, but i have heard 10'' is pretty common.


I really like the Glasscages aquariums because theyre good priced. Only thing Im afraid about is cracking....

Getting a ray through and acrylic looks like it would suck! I hate how they dont have tops like glass tanks do.

 

[kody1192]

i ordered a glass tank from glasscages had it probally almost a year set up but im not sure exactly..i like it its really thick and i havent had any problems with it so far i hope it doesnt crack

 

[AttackFish]

Well if you had it a Year I'd say youre doing alright. Someone told me that they have heard of Glasscages tanks breaking at arrival/set up. I think Im going to get it from Glasscages and just see what happens.

Come one Rally! Post those pics! Hahaha

 

[kody1192]

rally your blacks about the same size as mine...what size did you get him?? i got mine at about 8" i cant believe how much hes grown tell i look at pics of when i first got him