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| Posted | Need a small tank for marine set up |
| 23-05-2006 00:00 by hijacker |
Right as a few people know i am just starting out in the fish world. I am looking for a small tank a 1ft tank maybe. I wanna sting ray in it maybe two? anyone know who is selling small tanks ? |
| 23-05-2006 00:04 by Lexter |
not sure how big a Sting Ray is? But a 1 foot tank? Do you mean 4 foot? |
| 23-05-2006 00:07 by hijacker |
no its a 12" tank but i really want a sting ray |
| 23-05-2006 00:11 by craig |
a sting ray is not possible to live in a 12" tank no marine setup really should go in this size tank unless its a nano |
| 23-05-2006 00:11 by Lexter |
maybe others will advise, am pretty sure you will need a bigger tank for marine, from the threads i seen you need all kinds of gear, live rock, protein skimmers, the actual salt, halides, why dont you just get one those "finding nemo" type things??? But i think they need anoemones or what ever they are, look like octopus without the tentacles. Your bound to get the advice. |
| 23-05-2006 00:16 by hijacker |
hey i like nemo |
| 23-05-2006 00:28 by tommy |
defo need a bigger tank |
| 23-05-2006 00:35 by craig |
i agree need big tank a guy i knew kept some in a trigon 350 he owns a aquarium shop and the 350 wasnt big enough for them you need big tank for them as the disk on them grows big |
| 23-05-2006 00:41 by craig |
just read on a web site they need a 200gal aquarium that must be 2ft from front to back so your 12" tank wont do it 12" is how big there disk gets |
| 23-05-2006 09:42 by wayne |
hes having a bubble bath, 2 stingrays ,come on hijacker , you can just about keep 2 guppys in a 1 ft tank |
| 23-05-2006 10:41 by ROCKOO |
well said wayne. |
| 23-05-2006 10:48 by stevebrillo |
nice one wayne |
| 23-05-2006 11:47 by hijacker |
Do they not have dwarf sting rays? wayne you know i know nothing about fish and i am only learning. its all a big learning curve |
| 23-05-2006 11:50 by billysfc |
If you know nothing about fish, how do you know you want a sting ray ?? |
| 23-05-2006 11:57 by hijacker |
seen one on a website. it was that or a siamese fighter. or a mono? |
| 23-05-2006 12:10 by george |
lol yeah at leasdt 5 ft for rays. their also quite demanding as any marine is. |
| 23-05-2006 12:19 by hijacker |
so are we thinking this isn't a good plan for my first tank set up then?
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| 23-05-2006 12:37 by Rebecca Woodhall |
you will need the largest tank possible, dont forget they need room to move! |
| 23-05-2006 16:50 by giles |
if you get a 2ft tank what you going to put it that a great white |
| 23-05-2006 17:20 by paul stevens |
LOL ere hijacker why dont you get 6 guppies and put them in an egg cup never know that might breed better.  |
| 23-05-2006 17:58 by hijacker |
giles and p.s your moking offendeds me and i know great white only live in the sea! so i'd probably not get one of them. and guppies in a egg cup maybe! or a coffee mug! could be hi-jackers guild to guppy breeding. |
| 23-05-2006 18:09 by clownloachlady |
hijacker no point in a small tank... spend some more money and get something decent... remeber size MATTERS!!! |
| 23-05-2006 18:13 by hijacker |
Cll you always know how to make me feel good. |
| 23-05-2006 20:05 by telboy |
ehllo hijacker,ya shouldnt take things too personal check out the imoticons with the replys! anyway im no expert but if i were you i would be looking at a tank of a minimum size of 6x2x2 preferbaly bigger then ya got the cost of all the filters skimmers etc will work out very expensive mate! if ya not too clued up on fish keeping start out with summat easy,and then work ya way upto a marine take ya time itll save ya grief/money/and the wellbeing of ya fish...anyway goodluck mate  |
| 23-05-2006 20:44 by hijacker |
cheers telboy  will rethink now. thanks for advice matey |
| 23-05-2006 21:00 by telboy |
ya welcome mate |
| 24-05-2006 07:54 by billysfc |
How about this tank, you could probably get away with a nurse shark and a leopard moray if you can afford them, just make sure the skimmer's up to the job.
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| 24-05-2006 11:35 by Alan |
If you want to know about freshwater stingrays look at this link.
http://www.freshwaterstingray.nl/Frames%20Engels/English.html Forget marine rays you will not have a big enough tank ever. Unless you own a public aquarium. As far as nano reefs these are a doddle just follow the rules of marine keeping. You will need a small tank this is anything under 30 gallons I wouldn't go below ten gallons though. Lighting T5's should be sufficient. Desk fan for cooling Heater Live rock equal to 1 kilo for every 2 gallons capacity of the tank so a ten gallon tank would need 5 kilos of live rock. Skimmer an air driven one should suffice or alternatively the tunze nano would be good. Then it is a case of careful stocking neon gobies are good as well as cleaner shrimp basically nothing that gets to big I would consider a 30 gallon tank as a minimum size for clown fish though. Also you need good salt either reef crystals or TMC pro reef. Test kits go for salifert. Refractometer to measure salinity. And power heads that can turn over the total tank volume at least 20 times an hour. Also a source of RO water and a good book and 6 months of reading and planning before buying a single thing. |
| 24-05-2006 12:49 by von |
If you've never kept fish before try a freshwater set up first with a few hardy fish till you've gained some experience and learned how to control your water parameters, making a few mistakes with platies is going to much kinder on your pocket than making mistakes with stingray's not too mention kinder to the fish |
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