Ray Tank Decor?

I've always been a fan of no decor. I lke the bare tank with the rays. I wonder if that is healthy for them or not, as in do they crave a bit of cover? In my experience they are very social and mine are not skiddish in the least bit, so I truly don't think it bothers them, and I figure the more surface area they have to explore the better. That being said if decor is something YOU like to see in your tank, my suggestion would be to get one with a bigger footprint, I'd say at least 3 deep.

I guess I didn't really answer your question, so maybe some hanging plants, or the odd nice plastic plant here and there paired with one peice of decor for contrast (skull, dragon, sunken ship, whatever you're into), but I wouldn't suggest too much more because rays need surface area.

My tank has a sand substrate and no decor. I like to give the rays as much room as possible.

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I would keep no decor in there if i was you. Have as much space as possible.

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Not wide enough for much decor if any. But for what it's worth i find rays love to climb on and blow around in bits of drift wood laying on the sand. So it does not need to be a large and tall piece, just flat is good with nooks and crannies that they can blow around in looking for food. It gives them something to do. After all it must get pretty boring living in the same space your whole life!

I have found large rocks and wood to be a problem once the rays get big

I have had big big boulder that the big rays still manage to push around

At one point when the lights was out I thought my tank was cracking when in fact it was one of my big females pushing a rock around

If you have substrate that is the rays cover if they need it

A totally bare tank with no substrate is just wrong for rays
I just got 2 pearl rays that had never seen substrate before after placing them in my small tank the first thing the did was pump the sand looking for food then they covered themselves they loved it


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T1KARMANN said:

I have found large rocks and wood to be a problem once the rays get big

I have had big big boulder that the big rays still manage to push around

At one point when the lights was out I thought my tank was cracking when in fact it was one of my big females pushing a rock around

If you have substrate that is the rays cover if they need it

A totally bare tank with no substrate is just wrong for rays
I just got 2 pearl rays that had never seen substrate before after placing them in my small tank the first thing the did was pump the sand looking for food then they covered themselves they loved it


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Totally agree!

I tried the glass bottom a little while back after 30 years of using substrate, I soon reverted back.Glass bottom shows them off beautifully but at the end of the day they aint trophies in a glass display cabinet! We should not deprive them of their basic needs, if they are going to be kept for our pleasure then lets make their stay as comfortable as possible.

Its a old debate but this is my opinion.

aquaman45 said:

Totally agree!

I tried the glass bottom a little while back after 30 years of using substrate, I soon reverted back.Glass bottom shows them off beautifully but at the end of the day they aint trophies in a glass display cabinet! We should not deprive them of their basic needs, if they are going to be kept for our pleasure then lets make their stay as comfortable as possible.

Its a old debate but this is my opinion.

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Very well said.


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