Acclimating stingrays

Never done it before, but I would do what your saying. I would want to get that ray out as quickly as possible. Just bring some extra water, float the bag while your doing what you need to do add some water to the bag and then dump it in for the long trip home.

No expert though so take with a grain of salt.


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Blk I would do it exactly as you said with the squirt and dump method on site when you pick them up from shipping. Get them out of that water and into something better.

I would not do anything to them at the airport unless they are in great stress.If at the airport and they need to be moved remove them from the old water and put them into fresh water.DO NOT Add water to the bag and bring them home in it.The amonia level can raise very high during shipping also making the water more acid. If you dump new water into a old bag you can lower the acid level which will make the amonia more toxic to the ray.

You are only talking 14 1/2 hours which is hardly any time. I would leave bags sealed just open boxes to verify the bags have not busted then leave them alone. Pulling them out at the airport and dumping into tubs then driving home to do it all over again is far more stressful to the ray than just leaving them alone. Bring a tub and water for an emergency situation where a bag has busted and is leaking.

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Agree with Fish Dog. I've received rays that have been in transit for 40+ hours. I check them at the airport to make sure they are still alive. If all is good, I wait until I'm at home before opening the bag where I have tons of water and equipment readily available as opposed to scrabbling around the back of my vehicle in a parking lot.


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I do the squirt and dump all the time at home but next had ray by plane before

Take tank water and look in the box at the airport as others said just leave them if they are ok


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The Prime should kill the ammonia right away shouldn't it? Open bags, hit with Prime......

I took water, Prime, 12V air and water pumps, heat packs and totes with when I went to get my Falks that were bounced from Oliver's transhipper to me without even being checked on. Pretty sure IF I let them be till I got home I wouldn't have them today (lost like 75% of the bags involved in shipping 3 rays) There's nothing I do different at home vs in the back of a car as far as acclimation aside from stopping several times on the way home to dump water.

Prepare for the worst, hope for the best...... I've almost puked upon opening bags that have been in transit less then 24 hours. I'm getting them out of that crap asap, and if I'm driving 2+ hours home then why not have them acclimated already when you hit the driveway????

These days I have a 2000 watt inverter strapped to the deck lid in the car tapped into the stereo wiring to run a luft pump, heaters for every tote I can cram in the car, and to power the probes used to monitor water parameters......

That's a real tough call.
You could ask your supplier if they purge the rays before shipping.
If they know what they're doing, the rays should be OK. Then you could leave them until you get home.
Still would be a good idea to have extra water just in case.

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FishDog said:

You are only talking 14 1/2 hours which is hardly any time. I would leave bags sealed just open boxes to verify the bags have not busted then leave them alone. Pulling them out at the airport and dumping into tubs then driving home to do it all over again is far more stressful to the ray than just leaving them alone. Bring a tub and water for an emergency situation where a bag has busted and is leaking.

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I agree as long as the rays were purged adequately and aren't swimming around in a bunch of feces/ammonia at the time of pickup. I always bring amquel, a container with tank water and an air pump just in case.


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