Trying it again

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capo larzo;4059929; said:
just to clear up my last post, im not 100% positive about the shrimp thing, that was something i was told by someone i consider a reliable source, but you really never know. Trace iodine addition to the water couldnt hurt at small doses.

As far as stocking your pond, i would think 6 would be more than comfortable. You have plenty of room, i would think you might be able to put even more than 6. It really depends on your filtration and water quality i guess.,
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Yea I would like to improve my filtration some since I only have a 75 gallon sump, a decent skimmer that soon i will be putting a bigger injector on it, so maybe a stock tank with some kind of media or another 75 gallon sump? My return pump pushes 4200 gph so I think that is good enough there. Is a pool sand filter the better way to go?
 
a powerful skimmer, a high turnover rate and lots of bio-media is what its all about. The bigger the better. Sand filters work great for bio too, i think bead filters are the way to go though, easier to clean and they clog less.
 
A bead filter? The problem i have is that I cant have anything thats taller than 18 or 19" because my drains are of course running down hill so that they will syphon and thats the height they end at back at my sump to drain properly. Is live rock a worthy media for a ray pond? I have the bottom of my sump full of it. I might have to learn to male a bigger acrylic sump to fit back there and what about a denitrater full of bio balls is that a piece of equipment that i should have? That should easy to make.
 
Beads are just a new style of media for sandfilters. They don't channel as quickly as sand, so you get more surface area out of them longer.

About the iodine, it's in the shrimp. Don't worry about it too much. If you ever start to see goiters forming on them, you can correct it with Mazuri's Shark and Ray vitamin tabs.

Oh, and they need to eat it, so adding it to the water does nothing.
 
I feed them whole shrimp (shelled) 2-3 times a week. It's neat seeing all the rays huddleing together and following each other around like dogs. The new male doesnt bury himself like the females do just beds down right next to them. I'm going to try to get a video later today.
 
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