New update of the 300 and new pets

Well it's been awhile since i've posted any new pics of the 300 since i sold off most my fish..
Here's what i've been up to..

Satanoperca Jurupari x2

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8"+ Snowball Pleco

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14" CB Male Leo

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11" & 12" WC Female Henlei

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Trio

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Wow bro, I'm not into rays at all.... but those are freakin sick.. really nice jurupari as well. Good work.

Very cool. Maybe another future project, along with a cool Frontosa tank.

Thanks.. Yea these rays have been my dream rays for years, and finally found a couple local sellers.. Now I just have to find some tank mates being I sold off everything to get these..

Awesome rays!

I hate rays! lol, I really not a fan at all... or plecos.... except really exotic ones... but you have some really neat fish.... thoughs are definetly something i would consider owning... even the eartheater.... and Im not a new world guy either... GOOD JOB

I could think of something better than 6 fish in a empty 300 gallon tank but like sandnuka said Good job!

There will be more stock in the 300 once my wallet allows.. Lol. Right now the rays are my main priority. I've tried several other kinds of fish but they just don't do it for me, I just keep going back to rays. Plus they're the only fish my wife like.. She hated all the other fish i've kept..
It sucks there's Not many ray people in Washington anymore..

Why buy rays when I can spend hundreds of dollars on rare livebearers. Yes, I realize rays are livebearers

beautiful fish.

Like the henlies but love the Leo. when the stinger drops, be sure to fish the tube out of the tank.
I will somewhat emulate the fishes you have in my Ray tank.

Beautiful fish! I have never seen fw rays in real life only pics you are so lucky

Well I've never owned one, but I love the rays. They are so graceful to watch and awesome looking.

Cool pleco too.

Honestly, I don't think I would chnge anything about your stock. It looks great. Great job dude.

Thanks.. I'm not going to change much. Just add a couple mid to upper water swimmers. The rays are so peaceful to watch I don't want to mess that up with aggressive fish.. This time I'll just stick to the rays I have and not load my tank like before. My food bill almost ran me to the poor house with feeding 1-2 pounds of fish fillets, and shrimp a day, and the 2x 60% water changes a week.

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Get some grow out datnoids.
Add a top water (aro)?
And a Flagtail....?

That's a pretty bad a$$ tank, love that aro too..
I'm looking for gars, Dats, or maybe a Leichardti.. No flagtail for me, they like to suck the slime coat off the rays..

I love those rays and yeah I do agree on adding a aro. It would set off the tank nicely. Have you seen aquarist tank with rays and aro? Its beautiful

some odd reason I keep forgetting that the Flagtails do that! I had a nice 8-9" Balal shark and he did a greatjob breaking the Rays' left over. but I killed it by doing a massive WC, I have been informed they are very sensitive to temperature changes, otherwise Bala sharks were great.

Bet you are missing your black aro by now,

Leicharti is hard to find. If ever I come across one, I'll let you know. There's 2 mfk'er that have them, and if I am correct one is looking to get rid of his (hearse), so if you inquire on mfk, you might get a response.

My understanding is flagtails suck slime because of not having enough vegetable matter in their diet. And once they start its something that many times cant break them of. Hope mine does not resort to that.

I've had 3 or 4 over the years and even if they were fine for years all of them started to mess with my rays after time.. I had one for 2 years and I thought he was good to go then he started to mess with my prized marble female.. So needless to say it had to go. After that I gave up on trying flag tails with my rays.

Firstly, The tank you had before was cool and this one; is super cool! Love the exotic rays. Makes me want to add another big tank and go "Rays"!,

But if your still on the prowl for gars and make a trip down soon. Think of a reason (Wet Spot or sumtin, lol). I can possibly get you a great deal for gars around 17-18".

Thanks.. I'm real happy with my tank now, and plus it helps my wife love my rays.. She's really hated any fish I've ever owned besides my rays..
Right now all my fish purchases have to be local and cheap. I need to get my tranny and clutch replaced ASAP on my little Honda commuter car. Once that's done then I'm free for some fish road trips.. Lol
Thanks for the heads up on the gars, I do want to buy some for sure..

yea i know what you mean hunter. my brother just got his pearl male and i just got a marble female. so thats three so far and a jardini plus discus silver dollars roseline sharks and its expensive to feed . we might have to just stick with rays soon. and plus he might be having a female pearl coming ...crap-.-

Very cool.. I love pearls, that is one ray i've wanted but never owned.. A true flower ray also. That's the and thing, rays are super addicting. I started with one and ended up with 7 before I knew it.. Lol
As far as just having the rays it will be close to that, you'll be able to keep your aro but the rays will start picking off fish slowly if you don't keep them fat and happy.. And sometimes nature just kicks in and they do it just for fun.. Lol I had a big marble female that had it in for one of my large red Severums, there was no way she could eat it but she sure tried daily.. Lol