do stingrays eat their babies

Romania4eva

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i know some fish,actually a lot of fish eat their young. does anyone know if sting rays eat their young. so will the babies be fine to grow up wiht 10 other adults
 

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sometime adults do bite the young, I would remove any babies out of the tank for two reasons...
1. In case the adults do bite and kill the young, has happened before
2. the adults would out compete any of the pups for food
 

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turkeyboy85;2493457; said:
sometime adults do bite the young, I would remove any babies out of the tank for two reasons...
1. In case the adults do bite and kill the young, has happened before
2. the adults would out compete any of the pups for food
couldnt have said it better
 

Brent

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true males will bite and kill pups the mother wont not sure if other females will?but doubt it
i lost a leo due to the father chewed the crap out of it

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hey thx guys. i dont have any sting rays yet cuz they pretty expensive and i need to make a ray pond. i saw pics from you people who have a couple sting rays together in a pond. and i was wondering waht if they give birth, how do get to them in time. can you tell when they arepregnant or something?
 

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Romania4eva;2494661; said:
hey thx guys. i dont have any sting rays yet cuz they pretty expensive and i need to make a ray pond. i saw pics from you people who have a couple sting rays together in a pond. and i was wondering waht if they give birth, how do get to them in time. can you tell when they arepregnant or something?
yes, here is a quick link to show some pics of pregnant ray, take a look
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164608&highlight=pregnant+ray
 

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