how do you get your rays to eat night crawlers?
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Sometimes the worms are too big for the ray. You could try cutting them up. But yeah if they are eating shrimp or something then I wouldnt worry about it too much.
Tabu,
Alot of research has been done in the wild in regards to the rays natural diet.
80% of their diet in the wild consists of some form of crustation.
Try baby crayfish also. Shrimp is great has alot of zinc.
Earthworms are great food, I have never known a ray to refuse them.
Try smaller red worms ( europeon crawlers) they are smaller in size.
HTH.
Alot of research has been done in the wild in regards to the rays natural diet.
80% of their diet in the wild consists of some form of crustation.
Try baby crayfish also. Shrimp is great has alot of zinc.
Earthworms are great food, I have never known a ray to refuse them.
Try smaller red worms ( europeon crawlers) they are smaller in size.
HTH.
Pellets are easy to get rays on. I would go with New life spectrum 3 mm sinking formula. Starve them for a week or so and mix the pellets in with cut up shrimp, or blackworms.
I have gotten every ray I have owned on pellets with no issues even wild caught ones with this method. Most will do it on the first try, however some will take a bit of time
I have gotten every ray I have owned on pellets with no issues even wild caught ones with this method. Most will do it on the first try, however some will take a bit of time
night crawlers are a waste of time if you ask me they are messy and other people dont like feeding them when you are on holiday
its easy to get someone to take care of your fish if all they need to do is throw in a few handfuls of pellets
i use the hikari sinking carnivor pellets (RTC on the packet)
night crawlers are great for freshly imported rays that you cant get feeding once the rays if feeding on the crawlers cut a few up and soak the pellets in the crawler blood over night so they soak up the worm blood
1 or 2 crawlers every now and then but not as a main food
its easy to get someone to take care of your fish if all they need to do is throw in a few handfuls of pellets
i use the hikari sinking carnivor pellets (RTC on the packet)
night crawlers are great for freshly imported rays that you cant get feeding once the rays if feeding on the crawlers cut a few up and soak the pellets in the crawler blood over night so they soak up the worm blood
1 or 2 crawlers every now and then but not as a main food