Your Rays and Filters

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BlackKnife86

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I probably could have posted this in the setup and filtration forum but I only want ray owners responding. First off I've done my research on rays so i know what im getting myself into. Right now I'm in the process of hunting down the right filter for my tank that will be housing two 6+ inches marble motoros. I have a 150 gal (Dont worry once they get to big for the tank they'll be moved to a bigger tank) with sand substrate and a AC110 and AC70. The guy selling me the motoros uses wet dry for his motoros, and his buddy uses a fx5 for his rays. I've been told go with eheims, xp4, and fx5. So with everyone telling me go with 3 different filters I've done my research and Im having a hard time making up my mind. I guess if I had to buy a filter right now I'd go with a fx5 only because of the cost/gallons $300 and its good up to 400 gallons. Id like to know what filters you guys go with and what you would recomend.

Sorry for the noval.:popcorn:

Thanks for you input:D
 
I use the fx5
 
I've recently sold most of my fish but right now I have a pair of motoros (9" and 5") in a 150 bare bottom with 2 dats and a dorado, but before I sold my fish I had 6 motoros, 8 dorados, a leichardti, 2 dats in the 150 with no problem. Set up is wet/dry, and a xp4 thats connected to a Gamma 25 watt UV before returning to tank. It works great and haven't had a any problems. I would recommend going with a wet/dry. I haven't had any experience with Eheims or Fx5.
 
calisucks;1029617; said:
I've recently sold most of my fish but right now I have a pair of motoros (9" and 5") in a 150 bare bottom with 2 dats and a dorado, but before I sold my fish I had 6 motoros, 8 dorados, a leichardti, 2 dats in the 150 with no problem. Set up is wet/dry, and a xp4 thats connected to a Gamma 25 watt UV before returning to tank. It works great and haven't had a any problems. I would recommend going with a wet/dry. I haven't had any experience with Eheims or Fx5.
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I dont know much about w/d filters..... If you dont mind could you explain why you would recomend w/d
 
Wet/dry. They offer superb gas exchange, allow you to put heaters in the sump to keep the rays from burning themselves, easier to clean (I don't care what any canister fanboy says, wet/dry filters ARE easier to clean), and they're much more flexible. You can add pumps, adjust flow rate, add heaters, UV, etc.

IMO for rays there is no other way to do it. Others will work, but IME wet/dry filters make your life easier.

Oh yea, you can build them for much less than a canister;)
 
rallysman;1030666; said:
Wet/dry. They offer superb gas exchange, allow you to put heaters in the sump to keep the rays from burning themselves, easier to clean (I don't care what any canister fanboy says, wet/dry filters ARE easier to clean), and they're much more flexible. You can add pumps, adjust flow rate, add heaters, UV, etc.

IMO for rays there is no other way to do it. Others will work, but IME wet/dry filters make your life easier.

Oh yea, you can build them for much less than a canister;)
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I think he just about summed it up...
 
This is what I have on my 180 with overflows..

50g Sump, with an undergravel filter bed laced with Ceramic Bio-rings. The powerheads powering the undergravel filters is sent through a Fluidized bed. The 'splash' down from overflow flows over an acrylic filter box with a pre-filter and baffles full of ceramic bio-media. Every other inch of water space covered with Sponge media, and Chopped Plastic Straws/Cheerleader Pom Pom media.

My 375 runs 2 giant ehaim canisters stacked with bio-media, and I just clean the giant sponge pre-filters inside of overflow boxes.
 
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