Marble motoro gestation periods

[SandNukka15]

Size means nothing for age really. Marbles can hit 12" in 2 years or less if given the right conditions and diet. That's still real young. Anything under 5-6 years old is pretty young for rays. Typically once a male hits about 5-6 years old they want to breed all the time with whatever is available regardless of space, regardless if prego or not. That's why it's been suggested earlier on in the thread it is wise to divide females off.

Previous owner has had him for 4-5 years at least.......idk where u thought he was young in the first place

 

[SHARK13]

Previous owner has had him for 4-5 years at least.......idk where u thought he was young in the first place

I simply judged by your original comments on asking gestation periods it was first time they bred for you. It's not typical behavior of an older male to leave girls alone, especially when there is only one in a tank with him. That's why I thought it was a younger male. Did the previous owner breed him, or have him in with mature girls?

 

[CANAMONSTER]

Nutrition is everything when it comes to procreation of any living thing!

 

[SandNukka15]

I simply judged by your original comments on asking gestation periods it was first time they bred for you. It's not typical behavior of an older male to leave girls alone, especially when there is only one in a tank with him. That's why I thought it was a younger male. Did the previous owner breed him, or have him in with mature girls?

Yes he said that he has had 3-4 litters between these two and said he had never seperated them. There was another mature 12-13 inch female hystrix in the same tank but he said he never touched her.

 

[SandNukka15]

Nutrition is everything when it comes to procreation of any living thing!

Ive been soaking all diff frozen foods in vitachem and garlic guard

 

[SHARK13]

Yes he said that he has had 3-4 litters between these two and said he had never seperated them. There was another mature 12-13 inch female hystrix in the same tank but he said he never touched her.

Interesting, guess he's just a shy guy.

 

[SandNukka15]

Interesting, guess he's just a shy guy.

Guess so.... when he wants to mate and bites her they havent been bad bites either

I want to add another female but it seems as if hes bonded just to her

 

[SandNukka15]

.......measured at 4.25 inch disks