New captive bred Black Diamond Additions - bred by Mark Huveneers

Thanks everyone - I will add some more individual photos and keep them updated to see how they develop over time. I hope to visit Singapore and see some of your rays in person some day. J.

Originally Posted by sirius.fighter

very very nice BD!!

Originally Posted by aro-spino

Nice BD pups!!

Originally Posted by naser90096

great collection of BeeDees bro ...

Originally Posted by pearl1982

nice black collection bro...

Originally Posted by gko

Very nice BDs bro.. Thanks for sharing

Originally Posted by CBTG

Very big spots of yrs bd rays.

Originally Posted by wmkr

wow very very very nice

[Neutral]

Very nice pups.. Thanks for sharing!

OK, here is an update on the tank and my older CB BD's - Here are some pics of some of the first rays that I bought from Mark, Mike, and a Singapore breeder (not sure who bred it, it was imported to the US from an importer that isn't in business anymore) over 2 years ago. The female is about 15"+ and the males are around 14". The tank system is about 950 gal including the two pup tanks in the stand (holding the new pups mentioned in this thread). The tank(s) run on a drip system 90% R.O. 10% Well water. Replaces about 10% of the system per day). Tanks are glass tanks from glasscages.com in the US (poor service, poor workmanship, but nice glass). PH 7.1, temp. 80 deg. F. I run a UV Sterilizer, and about 60 gallons of submerged bio media. A Red Sea mech. filter. Both overflow chambers have over 10 gallons of bioballs as well. Lighting is LED. Pumps are QuietOne 1400's I believe. Drift wood is hung from the top to give extra room on the bottom for the rays. Substrate is "Instant Aquarium - Sunset Gold by CaribSea" If you're counting, there are 11 captive BD's and they obviously won't all fit in this system long term. Over the next 15 months we are building a new house and I am putting in a system to handle the rays. I also have a 650 gal. pond running in our basement with some smaller fish and one of the adult male BD's - he will likely go in with the others again in a month or so. Thanks for your interest and let me know what questions, suggestions, comments you have.

[kspkcm]

Very nice pair and pups.....

[azon]

one question.. is H2O still in business?

Originally Posted by azon

one question.. is H2O still in business?

Originally Posted by azon

one question.. is H2O still in business?

As far as I know, yes, as of last week. He is still breeding and shipping pups. I haven't heard anything else.

[m_class]

very nice setup! lots of room. the donut ray is amazing.

[craz]

stunning setup and rays indeed...swee

Wow!! Eye boggling!