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socolofi
04-19-2005, 10:23 PM
hey guys...
introducin....
i mainly keep:
plecos
africans
natives
and some oddballs
looking to set up a ray tank soon....(should i get a motoro as a starter ray?)
neoprodigy
04-19-2005, 10:43 PM
Welcome! if you worry about keeping ray.. get a motoro.... they are pretty ez to keep...
redtailfool
04-19-2005, 11:16 PM
I agree..motoros are pretty hardy as far as ray goes.
Caveman
04-20-2005, 2:11 AM
Welcome, I have never kept Rays but I have heard Motoro is also the best for first Ray.
piranha45
04-20-2005, 4:59 AM
what tank setups do you have? have you tried mixing the african cichlids with the natives?
rayman45
04-20-2005, 7:01 AM
welcome aboard motoro
WckedMidas
04-20-2005, 1:36 PM
i been looking at what the lfs has been ordering and labeling a generic fresh watter ray. Anyone got a clue what type it may be. the lfs useualy has them around 50 bucks
The TRUST
04-20-2005, 1:43 PM
I can't keep rays. I kill them all :( even motoros.
piranha45
04-20-2005, 6:00 PM
motoro or reticulata are the most common rays right? so theyd be what wcked got?
redtailfool
04-20-2005, 7:05 PM
Probably a reticulata...
redtailfool
04-20-2005, 7:06 PM
I can't keep rays. I kill them all :( even motoros.
LOL Rays arent for you Jed like i am not meant for Leopoldis.. All the Leos ive gotten
just dies on me in less than 2 weeks. Most recent one didnt even last 2 days!
socolofi
04-23-2005, 4:07 PM
what tank setups do you have? have you tried mixing the african cichlids with the natives?
I haven't mixed the natives and africans together...i keep my natives around 68 degrees and my africans at about 77...
i have a 55 gal malawi tank...
40 gal frontosa grow out tank
various ten gals for fry
20 L discus tank
20 L Blue ram tank
50 gal shortnose gar tank
20 L pleco tank
3 x ten gal native tanks (mostly the rare species of killifish, darters, madtoms, and some shiners)
various oddball ten gallons
about to get a 135 for some large preds
and a 20 L juruense grow out tank