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I went swimming with the sharks and rays yesterday. Im still working on getting the water clearer but chemistry wise the water is great. Added a bat ray and shovelnose ray recently. I will be taking a video of feeding soon.

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You only have my dream tank. If you don't mind what are your upkeep costs? If not its understandable.
 
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Wow! I can't even begin to imagine the planning that went into this. Just out of curiosity, what do you do with the algae growth on the bricks/sides?
Up until a couple months ago I would vacuum it off (like cleaning a pool) and then backwash the filter. But since the algae peaked a couple months ago it has been growing less and less so I leave it for now. It doesnt look pretty but Im letting the system balance and hoping the chaeto and mangroves continue to take up more nitrates than the algae.
 

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Food, electricity, and salt are approx $1k per month.
All things considered, that's not entirely unreasonable (especially considering the size/scale). Do you have a fair amount of evaporation/water that you need to add as well?
 

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I went swimming with the sharks and rays yesterday. Im still working on getting the water clearer but chemistry wise the water is great. Added a bat ray and shovelnose ray recently. I will be taking a video of feeding soon.

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Pretty awesome. I'm just hoping you don't end up as one of those 'Florida Man' headlines: "Florida man eaten by sharks in his own backyard"
 
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All things considered, that's not entirely unreasonable (especially considering the size/scale). Do you have a fair amount of evaporation/water that you need to add as well?
May to sept is our rainy season so I don’t have to add any water. I just have to add salt to keep the salinity up. Outside of those months I could get evaporation of 50-100 gallons a day. I have an autofill.
 

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