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george09 said:
there is hope yet brother, my 12 f motoro is carrying for the first time. My male is only about 10 inches tops yet hes got the job dun for sure pups moving around and ready to pop anytime. im really interested to see how long she can hold in there shes getting huge !
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Congrats that's awesome!


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george09 said:
If it help i do about 60 % watter change every 5 days, they eat smelt and shrimp. The temp is 82 however when intruding new watter its close but almost always on the cooler side. My watter perameters are bang on always as far as ammonia, nitrates, ph and nitrites. Tank is a 240 g tank 6 x 2 footprint mostley empty except a small ish corner. i run 3 sump pumps on it for current not including the one on my filter. so my turn over rate it like x14 -16 ish. as far as tank mates everything is more or less placid. 5 large clown loaches, a large green severum, a 17 inch indo tiger, and 2 eels, a 26 inch fire and 15 inch tire track. I did notice that you seamed to have alot of fish in your ray tank, are they stressing your rays ? also with your center peace the male needs to able to flip the female or get underneather her try and ensurer there is eneuff room for this. One thing i have noticed is that when i clean my glass the rays seam to enjoy the sensation of the smooth glass on there bellys. This may give the males more breeding oppertunitys. had fish a long time but still learning with my rays.
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Good info there. They don't seem to be too stressed by the other fish,they just do whatever they want anyway. As for the driftwood I will move it towards one end or the other. I must admit that I do like the decor but as fish get bigger it does get in the way. The cooler water is an interesting thought too.


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I did a diy sump, 55 gallon heavy duty rubber mait tote, inside i placed a large 3 drawer cabinit to make a trickle tower fist watter flows threw the filter socks and over 15 g on bio balls and over 15 g of carbon and lastley pumped back into the tank via a submersible utility pump from home hard ware. the socks get clogged quickly so frequent changes are a must. Granted its not as effective as some custom sumps but it works and fits into my buget :).
 
george09 said:
I did a diy sump, 55 gallon heavy duty rubber mait tote, inside i placed a large 3 drawer cabinit to make a trickle tower fist watter flows threw the filter socks and over 15 g on bio balls and over 15 g of carbon and lastley pumped back into the tank via a submersible utility pump from home hard ware. the socks get clogged quickly so frequent changes are a must. Granted its not as effective as some custom sumps but it works and fits into my buget :).
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I have a similar set up. I too have to work within a budget, but like you said it works.


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I ended up getting another marble, female this time. They are very close in size. Say 9"-10" discs.

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Here is my male and female Motoro. Is the female to big for him or would he be able to mate with her some day. I know I have heard you don't want too big a male, but I would assume the female could be too big as well.


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Size overall does not matter my 9.5inch male mated with my 18inch female no problem. They can get it done if the love is in the air.


moosemj said:
I ended up getting another marble, female this time. They are very close in size. Say 9"-10" discs.

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Here is my male and female Motoro. Is the female to big for him or would he be able to mate with her some day. I know I have heard you don't want too big a male, but I would assume the female could be too big as well.


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DIDYSIS said:
Size overall does not matter my 9.5inch male mated with my 18inch female no problem. They can get it done if the love is in the air.






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Wow that's getting it done! He got himself a cougar! Well I guess we will see if anything happens at some point. Very interesting stuff.


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