1700 gallon Stingray River

[DiscusKev]

Unbelievable, I thought the title was a bluff LOL. Had to click to see if it was real!

Nice discus by the way, and I must agree with the rest, having a shoal of wild discus would be awesome, but off course with the increase of water depth.

That replica must took ages to do, considering the size of tha tank...This tank to an extent reminds me of Mr.amano altum angel tank.

all the best,

[kaceyo]

I had a paladarium in mind when I started back into aquariums. Then I decided to look and see what was new in discus, and the paladarium slipped from my mind. Yours is a dream setup and almost makes me wish I'd stuck to my original idea.

[rickztahone]

gorgeous set up! more shots please

[Disgirl]

That is some tank! I work in a large public aquarium and your tank rivals the very special tanks there! Well done!
Barb

[scottthomas]

That is the greatest home set up I have ever seen. More pictures please. I would go with a school of wilds and I dont see how it could be any better. Thanks so much for sharing.

[Ed13]

I loved this tank as a reef and I love it as it is now!
I really like Leopoldi ray that you showed in the other thread.

[Energy]

WOW! That's intense. Well done!

Thank you!

Wow. That is a dream tank. Do you have a build journal on any other sites?

I have a build site on the dendroboard under parts and construction. It starts from day one and describes the build in detail. 83 pages so far.

That's Amazon river in your house. How about some wild discus there.

I like the more colorful ones- must be something left over from my reefing days.

Very impressive set up. Hope the frogs don't get out. :-)

Only one has so far but the geckos and anoles are another thing.

No need to go the the aquarium anymore. That's impressive. WOW.

Robert

Thanks!

Fill that up and I'll bring my scuba gears.

I was inside it for most of the set-up as a reef and then again during the conversion.

Great setup. Any pics of the ray?

I'll get you some.

All I can say is WOW! Very impressive......

Thanks!

WOW!! I am speechless awesome tank setup. Would love to see the rays since I have one and my brother has 10 rays.

Pics are coming. what kind of rays do you have?

Amazing looking set up. Very nice work. I'd have such a hard time not filling the entire thing for more fish room.

Hahaha- Me to! I'm a fish head by heart-I have an alligator gar that is 27 years old! It's tough not to fill it up.

Wow, that's crazy. I can honestly say that I have never seen a tank set up like that. That thing is sweet.
MikeF

Thank you!!

That is truly amazing!

Thanks!

[Energy]

Unbelievable, I thought the title was a bluff LOL. Had to click to see if it was real!

Nice discus by the way, and I must agree with the rest, having a shoal of wild discus would be awesome, but off course with the increase of water depth.

That replica must took ages to do, considering the size of tha tank...This tank to an extent reminds me of Mr.amano altum angel tank.

all the best,

Thank you- it didn't take very long at all. Initial set-up took 4 months of designing,rearranging and redoing it and then I gutted it all! The current set-up was put in place in 8-10 days work time.

I had a paladarium in mind when I started back into aquariums. Then I decided to look and see what was new in discus, and the paladarium slipped from my mind. Yours is a dream setup and almost makes me wish I'd stuck to my original idea.

How big is yours? I opted for this to do something different.

gorgeous set up! more shots please

OK

That is some tank! I work in a large public aquarium and your tank rivals the very special tanks there! Well done!
Barb

Thank you!

That is the greatest home set up I have ever seen. More pictures please. I would go with a school of wilds and I dont see how it could be any better. Thanks so much for sharing.

I appreciate all the compliments.

I loved this tank as a reef and I love it as it is now!
I really like Leopoldi ray that you showed in the other thread.

I'll get another ray shot for you.

[Energy]

Male leo-about 10-12inches



Male Motoro about 6-7inches.

[dbfzurowski]

Holly $&@"
if you dont mind ima pm you w/ some ?

[April]

that is one cool tank.howlong is it and how wide?
thanks for showing it. love it. if i ever get sick of selling little tropicals..i should setup a long display like that in my shop. then id have to extend my lease..for a very long time. lol.
beautiful.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that is my ultimate dream tank. I'd make it a total biotope....with Heckels being the main attraction. Do you have any pictures of the build in work? Basically on how it started and how it developed. That would be something amazing to see, how it all came together.

Thanks for sharing the pix and amazing work!

Eddie

[scottishbloke]

That is one of the most incredible paludarium setups I have ever seen!! If I had such a setup, I would end up being unemployed with no friends, as all I would want to do was look at it all day and never leave the house, lol. The other members are right, you could charge admission to your house with a setup like that. I recently took my school kids to the Georgia Aquarium, and trust me your tank and fish look better than the discus tank they have IMO...

Great Work,

Colin
P.S. I'm sure even Mr. Amano himself would approve of your setup, they do have a category for paludariums in the ADA contests...

[kitykatfunkiehat]

Dude, I'd swim in that thing too. It looks bigger than my bedroom. Does that not just eat up your money? Or are you a secret billionaire obsessed with fish? Cause that's my future plan...

[Energy]

Holly $&@"
if you dont mind ima pm you w/ some ?

Go ahead and PM or post them here- I'm sure others have questions similiar to yours.

that is one cool tank.howlong is it and how wide?
thanks for showing it. love it. if i ever get sick of selling little tropicals..i should setup a long display like that in my shop. then id have to extend my lease..for a very long time. lol.
beautiful.

Thanks! The tank is 15'6" long 5' wide and 33" tall.

Yeah, that is my ultimate dream tank. I'd make it a total biotope....with Heckels being the main attraction. Do you have any pictures of the build in work? Basically on how it started and how it developed. That would be something amazing to see, how it all came together.

Thanks for sharing the pix and amazing work!

Eddie

I do and I will post some for you.

That is one of the most incredible paludarium setups I have ever seen!! If I had such a setup, I would end up being unemployed with no friends, as all I would want to do was look at it all day and never leave the house, lol. The other members are right, you could charge admission to your house with a setup like that. I recently took my school kids to the Georgia Aquarium, and trust me your tank and fish look better than the discus tank they have IMO...

Great Work,

Colin
P.S. I'm sure even Mr. Amano himself would approve of your setup, they do have a category for paludariums in the ADA contests...

Thanks for the compliments!
There is a section for paludariums? Do you have any info? I would love to see them.

Thanks

Dude, I'd swim in that thing too. It looks bigger than my bedroom. Does that not just eat up your money? Or are you a secret billionaire obsessed with fish? Cause that's my future plan...

I'm not rich by any means. I had to build my house and the tank just so I could afford it, but yes - I am obsessed.