View Full Version : Feeding FW Rays
NeonTetraFan
08-22-2005, 8:27 AM
I am thinking about buying a Yepesi ray from XoticAquatics and I was
curious what it would eat? It is probably going to be 7-8 inches long.
Miles told me that they would eat Blackworms and Earthworms. Is there
anything cheaper to feed stingrays that can be hand fed to them? I want
to be able to interact with the stingray as much as possible. Thanks!!!
sohfatfish
08-22-2005, 9:00 AM
Try pieces of peeled market prawn but you might have to teach the ray to accept it.
NeonTetraFan
08-22-2005, 9:21 AM
What about cut shrimp? They are $5.99 a pound.
sohfatfish
08-22-2005, 11:15 AM
Yah same thing.
NeonTetraFan
08-22-2005, 11:33 AM
LOL. ok.
rayman45
08-22-2005, 11:41 AM
my rays have eatin mice. crickets . shrimp . market shrimp . crayfish . black/blood worms . earthworms. feeder fish .
i had one ray that ate chicken :)
NeonTetraFan
08-22-2005, 11:59 AM
LOL. A ray eating land animals is just plain wierd.
NeonTetraFan
08-22-2005, 11:59 AM
So, does anyone know how long a pound of blackworms will last? Feeding one ray.
Tainted Glory
08-22-2005, 12:13 PM
Not that long. Most people have a hard time believing just how much they eat. Blackworms are a good place to start, but get inconvenient. Many people fatten new rays up with blackworms and try to get them onto something else, like market shrimp or prawns. Just make sure you mix up the diet and you'll be alright.
rayman45
08-22-2005, 12:13 PM
how big and how many rays
black worms stink like raw ass
Tainted Glory
08-22-2005, 12:15 PM
how big and how many rays
black worms stink like raw ass
He said one 7-8" var.Yepezi Motoro. Blackworms are pretty foul smelling. I always kept mine in a rubbermaid container inside the fridge on my deck. Make sure you clean them out every other day or so. THe dead ones will make you vomit.
rayman45
08-22-2005, 12:30 PM
take if from the big ray buffs (me, redtailfool etc) blackworms will make you broke
i think RTF was spending 12$ a week on his hen.
NeonTetraFan
08-22-2005, 12:34 PM
Is there anything that is AFFORDABLE!!!
rayman45
08-22-2005, 12:39 PM
feeding market shrimp
NeonTetraFan
08-22-2005, 12:42 PM
How much do I feed them per day?
NeonTetraFan
08-22-2005, 1:17 PM
As in shrimp....
rayman45
08-22-2005, 1:22 PM
untill it wont eat anymore
NeonTetraFan
08-22-2005, 1:31 PM
Alright.
boredcpl
08-22-2005, 1:51 PM
i buy shimp from wal-mart.. it is a bag of cleaned peeled and tail-off shrimp.. prepackaged so it last a while and my piranhas and community fish love it. and my pacus can eat a whole 1 lbs bag by thereselves in 2-3 days... so i feed them a variety of stuff..
Start a small worm farm, you can do it in a 3'x3'x1' box and starter kits are available on line for under fifty bucks
NeonTetraFan
08-22-2005, 6:18 PM
I am going to start a red wiggler farm ($25) and also have shrimp avalaible.
Who are you getting the farm kit from?
NeonTetraFan
08-22-2005, 7:33 PM
The Bug Farm
redtailfool
08-22-2005, 7:43 PM
take if from the big ray buffs (me, redtailfool etc) blackworms will make you broke
i think RTF was spending 12$ a week on his hen.
Rayman, more like 20 bucks a week on one ray ( and that price is wholesale). Blackworms are starter foods. Once they you see a hump on the ray and no pelvic bones sticking out, its time to switch it to earthworms and shrimps.
Rays will resist shrimps for a while ( Though ive had rays eating off shrimp since day 1 ). Starvethem a bit.. with enough luck and patience, they will soon eat shrimps like
theres no tommorow.