Building My 15,000 Gallon Mini Mega Tank

**arapaimag** · 04-02-2012, 6:48 PM

Originally Posted by Chub_by

Dorado's are on my top 5 list of favourite fish. Such a spectacular species, and yours is a beauty

He is a nice fish body and fin wise but he is still just getting the golden hue to him.

**warman98** · 04-03-2012, 5:08 AM

Wow thought the cichlids would kill them!

**arapaimag** · 04-03-2012, 9:15 AM

With lots of room to move he terrorizes cichlids and almost everything else in the tank.

The Emperor will take him on so they normally ignore each other.

**warman98** · 04-04-2012, 9:48 AM

I mean the cichlids would kill the rays.. haha
Never the Dorado! hehe

**arapaimag** · 04-04-2012, 10:12 AM

Actually the cichlids don't bother the rays because of the space they have.

Also the Rays do eat cichlids the catch. Generally those up to 4 or 5 inches.

**warman98** · 04-04-2012, 2:16 PM

Which type of rays o u keep there?

**arapaimag** · 04-04-2012, 3:43 PM

After attending the 2008 Stingray convention in Chicago I don't know.

They all appear to be Potamotrygon motoro. However the biologists at the convention said that many of the rays sold as motoro's are actually P. orbignyi.

I used to have a large p. leopoldi/henlei in the tank but he died in 2009.

In other tanks I have P. dumerilli, P. hystrix, P. reticulatus.

**warman98** · 04-04-2012, 7:31 PM

Wish we had those conventions in Portugal..

Still keep us posted and thanks for always answering

**arapaimag** · 04-10-2012, 1:59 PM

You are one of the keenest hobbyists with some amazing fish.

There are some conventions in England you might be able to attend.

How big is your Pac Man Catfish?