1700 gallon Stingray River

[ZX10R]

Between me and my brother we have

1 Hystrix
2 Marbled Motoro
2 Flower
2 Jaguars
1 Castexi
1 Can't remember what the last one is called

Here is a link to some pics of my brothers rays

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?t=79211

[discusjoe27]

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh WOW! I want I want I want. "i'm kicking and screaming like a little kid"

[csarkar001]

Your wife must be VERY understanding.

if i tried this it would be:

[rickztahone]

here's the link to the build. impressive to say the least

you have to become a member to see pics however

[darkknight87]

HORY CRAP!!!!!
That is amazing.
That is exactly the kind of system I would want.
Except id love to find a species of turtle that wouldnt boother the discus, so I could have them too.
Thats..
just
Phenominal..r.eally amazing.
I want one.

[YSS]

Wow! That reef tank was amazing. How some people do this hobby is just SIMPLY amazing.

[lpiasente]

FANTASTIC ...drool drool drool

[mjs020294]

It is amazing but I would have thought 12 inches depth is insufficient for discus.

[Darrell Ward]

It is amazing but I would have thought 12 inches depth is insufficient for discus.

It is. That is why the poster has been getting unexplained scrapes on the fish described on another post. That tank really needs to be filled up, at least halfway.

[discusmurderer]

I've got a question. What do you feed the frogs? Do you catch flies out in the yard?

[Eddie]

I've got a question. What do you feed the frogs? Do you catch flies out in the yard?

LOL

[lonetraveler]

WOW!! I bet when you speak people listen!!...lol

[DiscusKeeper403]

Is it hard to heat such a big tank? Do you use regular heaters?

[Energy]

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh WOW! I want I want I want. "i'm kicking and screaming like a little kid"

Come on over-I'll share.

Your wife must be VERY understanding.

if i tried this it would be:

I told her it was this or a race car. So I got what I actually wanted.

here's the link to the build. impressive to say the least

you have to become a member to see pics however

Thanks- I'll try to keep posting some pics here if people are interested.

HORY CRAP!!!!!
That is amazing.
That is exactly the kind of system I would want.
Except id love to find a species of turtle that wouldnt boother the discus, so I could have them too.
Thats..
just
Phenominal..r.eally amazing.
I want one.

A fly ash river turtle would be fine with larger fish. They are an amazing animal as well. They look like a cross between a pig, and an ocean turtle but live in freshwater.

Wow! That reef tank was amazing. How some people do this hobby is just SIMPLY amazing.

Thanks- some of the reefs at Reef central are simply stunning.

FANTASTIC ...drool drool drool

Thanks- need a napkin?

I've got a question. What do you feed the frogs? Do you catch flies out in the yard?

Good Question- I cultivate flightless fruit flies and raise natural "flying" fruit flies in the former overflows of the system. I place a calcium powder over the flight less ones and dump in periodically and the flying variety I occasionally vacuum up and place in the tank but mostly let them naturally migrate in.

WOW!! I bet when you speak people listen!!...lol

If only that worked with my family.

Is it hard to heat such a big tank? Do you use regular heaters?

I have 4 different heaters on two different controllers. I keep the water at about 82.5 using around 800 watts.

[Energy]

It is amazing but I would have thought 12 inches depth is insufficient for discus.

It is. That is why the poster has been getting unexplained scrapes on the fish described on another post. That tank really needs to be filled up, at least halfway.

Well -Let's clarify this. I do believe that 12" inches is shallow for Discus so in turn I only keep about 9 in the system. These 9 fish have a clear run of 15 feet 6inches with a width of 5 feet to call their own. I have also seperated the system into different distinct areas. This creates 6 distinct zones of seperation with a visual barrier bewteen each area. Three of the areas are completely covered "cave" structures for utter seclusion any time a fish feels the need to "get away". Their is enough area in the tank that if all 9 fish wanted seperation they could each find a place to go without bother or even visual interaction from the others. Furthermore I rescaped the aquatic section to represent a "shallow" riverbank similiar to that you would find the Discus living in the wild.

I will be the first to admit that it is not perfect -hence the extensive design work to make what I have as best as I could for the health of the inhabitants and overall system.

My concern in the other post was not from multiple scrapes but the possibility of a bacterial infection that may be "unique" but still common to discus.