Be careful when acclimating rays [Archive]

redtailfool

04-18-2005, 5:02 PM

I was scooping out the dirty water during acclimation and my mind was somewhere else. All of a sudden, i felt a fast thwack at the cup ( cd-r spindle cover) that i am using to scoop the water out.

Before realizing what just happened, ray took another shot using its stinger at my cup!! I was just lucky that it wasnt my fingers that was hit ... Anyways, this is just a\
reminder to keep your eyes, hands and Mind on the ray whenever you are contact with it.

The TRUST

04-18-2005, 5:12 PM

close call there! Would have sucked ass if u got tagged

redtailfool

04-18-2005, 5:36 PM

I know. It was fast... cup got tagged before i even realized it.

Just want to warn current ray keepers and would be ones.

neoprodigy

04-19-2005, 1:29 AM

I know. It was fast... cup got tagged before i even realized it.

Just want to warn current ray keepers and would be ones.
i got couple close calls during my stingrays days

PhullTank57

04-19-2005, 3:16 AM

Buddy of mine got stung by his 15" PDR... said it felt worse than his motorcycle accident!! :eek: :mad: :(

rayman45

04-19-2005, 4:39 PM

u got a new ray wes?

i got stung by a 3" hystrix a year ago
just a nick.. put hand in hott water and i was fine

redtailfool

04-19-2005, 5:04 PM

They are very fast and yeah ,accurate. I was talking to one of George Fear's employee
couple of mos ago that gut stung real bad. He was chatting up with a customer while
netting out a ray. He got stung real deep as a result. He said he was crying like a baby
and his arms was as big as his thighs. LOL ..

Zach - yeah i got a another one. Heres a pic of him.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v180/wesleyian/Fish/Claspers.jpg

rayman45

04-19-2005, 5:07 PM

nice pick up
he eating yet?

redtailfool

04-19-2005, 8:39 PM

Yeah.. eating well on blackworms right now. Just finished 2 cups of it.
Trying to pump the guy up before teaching it to eat nightcrawlers and shrimp.

aloevera1234

01-11-2006, 1:52 PM

i also got stung once by baby motoro.
even though it is only one month old, it was hurt so bad!!!

freshwaterstingrays

01-11-2006, 8:12 PM

They are very fast and yeah ,accurate. I was talking to one of George Fear's employee
couple of mos ago that gut stung real bad. He was chatting up with a customer while
netting out a ray. He got stung real deep as a result. He said he was crying like a baby
and his arms was as big as his thighs. LOL ..

Zach - yeah i got a another one. Heres a pic of him.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v180/wesleyian/Fish/Claspers.jpg
hey redtail nice ray... where did you get him?

Thomascl

01-11-2006, 8:35 PM

Mmm i would not like to get hit by one of those.

Thomas