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With
that in mind, we headed down to Elton's
place.
Elton's passion for fishes especially
rays started off with a humble motoro.
His collection of rays soon began to
grow in numbers. Being a warm, approachable
and a determine individual, it is not
surprising that he is able to juggle
both work and play effectively. A dedicated
member of Arowana Club , he often set
aside his busy schedule in an Air Frieght
industry to be with friends from our
forum. His other
pets include a Dalmatian(Tyson) and JRT
(Ninja).
Elton
is seen here with both Tyson and
Ninja overseeing the pond which was
built specially for his collections
of assorted sting rays.
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The
spacious pond with 2.5FT in depth began
its construction on the 23rd December
2003 and was completed on 17th January
2004 just before Chinese New Year.
The
pond is professionally landscaped
to have a touch of warm, cosy and
relaxing atmosphere.It is boast a
large swimming area for all his fishes.
Coupled with 3 underwater lights
for an evening view and a huge 10x10
feet canopy umbrella, it certainly
worth the effort invested in it.
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Unique
statues of instrumentalist from Indonesia
and large potted ferns chosed as
both the backdrop and corners of
the pond respectively. Simply amazing!
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Did
you see a crocodile there? Hehe, that
is yet another brilliant and innovative
ideas to providing some shades to the
rays! Water lettuces surrounding it
makes the whole landscape closer to
nature.
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The
pond's filtration system is currently
powered by 3 Nos of NOVA 600. With
medias ranging from top grade Japanese
(Blue and Green) matt, Biohome (Red),
quality bio rings and coral chips,
it is by no surprise that water quality
in the pond is clear and parameters
are stable. In fact, cycling the pond
for the first time only make uses of
2 bottles of Nutrafin Cycle.According
to Elton, rain is not an issue here
as it was designed to handle like
any other Koi pond.
Here
are the summary of Pond profile.Project
Commencing Date: 23rd DEC 2003.
Project Completion Date: 17th JAN 2004.
Pond Dimension: 14 x 8 x 2
Filter Dimension: 8 x 3 x 2.5
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Here
are the list of assorted stingrays
and other fishes that are in the
pond.
1.
3 Polka Dot Rays (1 Male, 2 Female)
2. 1 Jaguar (Male)
3. 1 Marbled Motoro (Female)
4. 1 Tiger Ray (Male)
5. 1 Potamotrygon castexi (Female)
6. 1 King Kong Parrot
7. 1 TSN.
All
the rays are at least 16inch in length.
Here is the picture of the potamotrygon
castexi.
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Group
picture of Marbled Motoro, Jaguar and
Tiger Ray (from left to right). King
Kong blood parrot is in the picture
too. Natural algae grown all over the
pond.
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This
is a Polka Dot Ray. Look at the stunning
white dots. Simply beautiful.
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This
is one of the picture taken during
the feeding time of the rays.The
rays are fed once a day in the evening
with 500 grams of market prawn with
shell (minus the tail end and pincer).
Feeders
like the tomans are plenty in the
pond too. Anytime, anywhere there
are always plenty of food for all
fishes.
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Now
the interesting part... hehehe presenting
Pristis Microdon Latham. OOops look
at my teeth.
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Measuing
at least 3FT in length. It is one
of the more unique fish that Elton
has.
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In
this picture you will be able to see
most the rays are in an orderly manner.
This is indeed the best rays community
that we have seen so far.
We
still have more of Elton's fishes to
talk about. Next will be Elton's 3
in 1 aquarium - It's all about his
assorted rays and its tankmate which
is the VFSR.
So
stay tuned for the next article which
will be coming up soon.
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