Building a 1500 Gallon plywood & glass tank

[koop171]

Great build. this one deserves a reworked thread and tossed in the article section.

 

[VLDesign]

That would make tank maint. interesting.. lol

I bet those loaches are great fun to watch.....

IF for some strange reason you are even going to contemplate anything like Armatus you'll need to wait till around the 4th of July. But them small and cheap. They will need to grow up with tankmates.... This way you can have them off live within the first month or 2 and they'll be up to size in 4-6. Plus you could have at least half but closer to a full dozen for the price people are trying to get out of them nowadays.........

 

[VLDesign]

Here are my lastest monster occupants.

2 Motoro rays:
Male is a little over 11"
Female is around 22"

 

[theanimalman]

Absolutely awesome addition to the tank. Those should fit in nicely. They are going to love all the footprint area.

Are they a proven breeding pair?

 

[scottgeeze]

That is a very nice tank that you made there!

 

[cvermeulen]

We gotta see some pics of those big rays in the tank.

 

[Kcameron]

well done; nice rays too. From where were they shipped?

 

[JohnnyRooster]

ok I just went through this whole thread on my iPhone, it took about 2 1/2 hrs. This tank is awesome. VL you did a great job planning out and setting this this tank up.

My Q. is, how do you clean something that big? How do you vacuum? How do you remove the algea offthe walls or are letting it grow?

Again wow

 

[VLDesign]

Rays were from WI, so not too far away.

And when the time comes to clean the inside glass I will most likely be either using a pole with a scrub pad or I will just get in.. lol

Female ray with Jumbo pleco:

 

[DaveB]

Whoa.

I don't know much about rays... Are all the other fish, like that little pictus, safe from them?