Ya you know what your doing with rays. But this is about all of learning as we go. Not needed
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As far as feeding they do eat a large amount every other day consisting of tilapia fillet shrimp or NLS pellets so I don't think they are starving .
Lol and this is why the majority of dogs and cats in the US are over weight. Just because they seem hungry or act hungry doesn't mean they have to eat.Personally I feel bad only feeding my rays once a day. I actually really feel guilty about this, they pounce on food and devour whatever I put there. Rays have a high metabolism and the warm water doesnt help. I don't think I could go every other day, I may even go back to twice a day.
I feed all my rays twice per day every day and none of them are over weight. I did have one turn into a vacuum cleaner before and had to put her on a diet. Rays have very high metabolism and in my opinion need to be fed twice per dayLol and this is why the majority of dogs and cats in the US are over weight. Just because they seem hungry or act hungry doesn't mean they have to eat.
I agree that taking them out of the tank is stressful. Rays are pretty tame and intelligent fish, so why not try training them? If you spent some time with it you could probably train to take food/treats from you at the surface of the tank. Once used to coming up there and used to being somewhat handled for the food I bet you could snip the barb quickly still in the tank and just retrieve it. I wonder if the curved cat nail clipper (or if too small dog nail clippers) would work better and quicker. They would trap the stinger as they cut vs the wire trimmer which may push the stinger away