View Full Version : New Baby Reticulated Rays
Miles
04-09-2008, 10:49 PM
HA! You thought I bred them? hehe.. right.
Picked 2 up on a trade with the LFS.. going to get 2 more in the next few weeks.. will make a total of 7 Reticulatas.. Hoping to get 2M/4F out of the group.. :naughty::naughty::naughty:
The 4 new ones are too young to sex still.. so we will see what happens. I was afraid these guys weren't going to make it, they were pretty skinny and wouldn't take blackworms the first day.. but I gave them a 4x dose of PraziPro for 24 hrs and then they finally started taking black worms after the 50% water change.. They are in a 100g Long 60x18", with a Eheim Pro II stacked with Biomedia, and the big sponge filter. Starting to produce lots of tiny little healthy looking poops compared to the white strings that were at the LFS.
I will start adding update pix to my other reticulata thread for these guys :D
csx4236
04-09-2008, 10:53 PM
Nice rays miles get em nice and thick.
Nice rays miles get em nice and thick.
what he said.......:popcorn:
stingray man
04-09-2008, 10:55 PM
Man i love ur retics patterns mine are horible cant find anyone around here with patterns lik that
needycowgirl
04-10-2008, 1:08 AM
Ok Miles where did you pick those cuties up?
LiuHsi
04-10-2008, 2:28 AM
nice rays
USMCtanker
04-10-2008, 2:32 AM
ya very nice. i would love to get some to lol. very cool cant wait to see them bigger and fatter
Ok Miles where did you pick those cuties up?
Got em at Evergreen.. :D
andersp90
04-10-2008, 7:13 AM
HA! You thought I bred them? hehe.. right.
Picked 2 up on a trade with the LFS.. going to get 2 more in the next few weeks.. will make a total of 7 Reticulatas.. Hoping to get 2M/4F out of the group.. :naughty::naughty::naughty:
The 4 new ones are too young to sex still.. so we will see what happens. I was afraid these guys weren't going to make it, they were pretty skinny and wouldn't take blackworms the first day.. but I gave them a 4x dose of PraziPro for 24 hrs and then they finally started taking black worms after the 50% water change.. They are in a 100g Long 60x18", with a Eheim Pro II stacked with Biomedia, and the big sponge filter. Starting to produce lots of tiny little healthy looking poops compared to the white strings that were at the LFS.
I will start adding update pix to my other reticulata thread for these guys :D
Dont hink they will die.. They are picky eaters so im sure they will eat after a few days.. :) How big/small are they..?
Dont hink they will die.. They are picky eaters so im sure they will eat after a few days.. :) How big/small are they..?
maybe 3"??
spotfin
04-10-2008, 8:02 AM
Very nice pattern.
Very nice pattern.
I know, huh? I wish they kept it.. but I am pretty sure that is there "juvie" pattern.. you know they are young when they are displaying it.. Heres some before and after pix one of my other retics that had that pattern.. excuse my poor photography.
9/25/07 vs. 4/08/08 (appx. 6mo.)
tank125
04-10-2008, 8:40 AM
Miles - Do your Retics have a varied diet? I have always had trouble getting them to take anything but blackworms. I think that I am going to get a 1:2 batch and hand them over to my friend that breeds discus for one of his display tanks. It will only work though if they accept what he feeds, BW, mysis, beefheart, and pellets. He does not use blackworms for obvious reasons. He is getting the bug for a stingray b/c of mine, so I figured set him up with some retics b/c of the adult size bonus! Yeah, off track, so... what do you feed?
nickdog98
04-10-2008, 10:17 AM
Miles, May I ask what you plan on retailing CB retics for once you breed them?
Keep up the good work!
Miles
04-10-2008, 10:44 AM
Miles - Do your Retics have a varied diet? I have always had trouble getting them to take anything but blackworms. I think that I am going to get a 1:2 batch and hand them over to my friend that breeds discus for one of his display tanks. It will only work though if they accept what he feeds, BW, mysis, beefheart, and pellets. He does not use blackworms for obvious reasons. He is getting the bug for a stingray b/c of mine, so I figured set him up with some retics b/c of the adult size bonus! Yeah, off track, so... what do you feed?
Blackworms, Bloodworms and Mysis when they were smaller.. now they pretty much just get Krill, and occasionally the previous 3, but they show less interest as they want large chunks of meat now.
I am hopefully going to wean them onto pellets soon.. I've tried "all of the above" seafoods.. and they sometimes eat small chunks of silversides or mussels, but will hold out for krill anyday.. they LOVE the texture of it from what I can tell.
Miles
04-10-2008, 10:46 AM
Miles, May I ask what you plan on retailing CB retics for once you breed them?
Keep up the good work!
I dunno? Not much considering the market value on them is blah. Not over $100..
I am more interested in crossing them with another small ray (hystrix, scobina) and charging more for them.. :D
I dunno? Not much considering the market value on them is blah. Not over $100..
I am more interested in crossing them with another small ray (hystrix, scobina) and charging more for them.. :D
what about the motoro cross??? i still want first dibs on one of them...
darcy12877
04-10-2008, 4:00 PM
at the moment I have a pair of retics. The female is 8 inches and the male is about 9inches. Im excited to try and breed them. How big are yours miles? also what were yours being sold for? Its very hard to get stingrays here and I get retics for about $50 wholesale. And motoros for $100-150 depending on size. But in a lfs the retics sell for 100-150 and the motoros from 175-250. Im just glad I have a part time job at my lfs :D. The only problem im finding breeding them is that the males claspers are growing very slowly. Is it possible he could just have small claspers lol and still be mature? bec it look like he has almost like packets of sperm i think, next to were the claspers connect to the body. Idn lol i was just wondering if a ray could have small claspers and still be mature, for ex. some humans have bigger privates than others lol
darcy12877
04-10-2008, 4:02 PM
i also have a motoro male with them that is about 10 inches, so i could get a cross. im just worried about stressing out the female. Bec before she would love her krill and fbw and now she only likes the fbw?
andersp90
04-10-2008, 4:08 PM
maybe 3"??
Ha ha ha plz post a pic of your hand + ray.. think they are some of the smallest rectis i have ever seen.. :)
what about the motoro cross??? i still want first dibs on one of them...
Lol, will have to be a big rectis and a small motoro.. :)
Though i dont think it will be that funny for the female if it happens..