Marble and Mini Marble Difference
- Thread starter Ray Christopher
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marbles can reach 24-30 inches
while mini's can reach 10-12 inches
i will let the people who have minis chime in
while mini's can reach 10-12 inches
i will let the people who have minis chime in
That's a very good question. Lots of people throw around the term mini. Interested to hear from those that feel there is a difference and what the differences are.
They are a different variant of marbles, like the BD is to Leopoldi. Yes they exists, they top out at 14" females usually 10" males. Where as full sized marbles are 18-24"+.
Yea I have been interested in this myself. One of my male marbles came from parents where the mom was about 18" and the Dad about 13" so that's borderline "mini" I guess. Find out in a couple of years lol. He's at about 9" now and about 7 months old .
Here's my question - how much larger would you expect a ray to grow AFTER he/she begins reproducing?
Female Marble has pups at say 8" across. IS she having pups at less then half her expected adult size or is it safe to say IF she's having pups at 8" across that she wouldn't be expected to get a whole lot bigger?
Female Marble has pups at say 8" across. IS she having pups at less then half her expected adult size or is it safe to say IF she's having pups at 8" across that she wouldn't be expected to get a whole lot bigger?
https://www.wharfaquatics.co.uk/stingrays_mini_marble_motoro.htm
Minis are as they stated, and do exist, just from a different region of Amazon apparently.
That link is to one of the most respected Ray breeders in the UK and his write up on these Rays, will tell you everything you need to know lol.
Minis are as they stated, and do exist, just from a different region of Amazon apparently.
That link is to one of the most respected Ray breeders in the UK and his write up on these Rays, will tell you everything you need to know lol.
Well one girl here had her first litter at 10"-11" she's now slightly under 15" and 7ish years old. I thought she would max out at 12", even though I knew she was a Venezuelan. Where as another Columbian girl here has maxed out at 12" after many litters. Even if girls start having pups at 8" they won't stay 8". It's rare to see any female under 12" after they are much older, even hystrix or scobina. They generally put on size with every litter. Males on the other hand, once rolled, seem to slow down significantly or just stop in general. The mini marble boys here topped out at 9" and 10".
If anyone has a mini female 6-7 years old or older that has bred multiple times, and still under 10"-12" I'd like to see it. I'm not saying they don't exist, but I have never seen one that I can recall. I've seen many 3-4 year old girls who have not bred or only bred once or twice that are 11"-12" and people call them mini. When they are clearly not even a Columbian fish lol.
I would say those are average sized marbles. I would guess 9" at 7 months old he's no where near done growing lol.
lol yea def not. Just heard some people consider anything below 13" or so as "minis" but I don't know lol splitting hairs I guess