ADULT PERU RAYS

[amazongirl]

Can you elaborate a bit?

More insectivorous? Smaller mouth? .. just curious..

thanks glad to see you on here often!!

sounds like mostly insect larvae if I remember correctly. They have small teeth- not big enough to break hard parts. Getulio has found lots of sand in their guts and theorized that it might help with digestion. So cool!!!

 

[Miles]

sounds like mostly insect larvae if I remember correctly. They have small teeth- not big enough to break hard parts. Getulio has found lots of sand in their guts and theorized that it might help with digestion. So cool!!!

I think the same for retics.. they have very small mouths and not very strong jaws. They took to soft foods like Krill well, but won't eat harder foods like Silversides, and certainly not pellets. Sadly, my retics are about 6" and I have seen Motoros of much smaller size crunch up pellets, no problem.

Some retics however have this amazing ability to swallow things whole.. but Ive only observed this in a competitive environment (loaches, catfish, etc)..

The digestive theory is very interesting indeed.. kind of like birds and grit? I wouldn't be surprised if their digestion system could also extract good nutrients from the silt/sand and expel the large particles.

 

[AJfromAT]

Orbignyi?.. don't know where this pic came from..

That pic is one of mine. female Orbignyi.

AJ

 

[Miles]

That pic is one of mine. female Orbignyi.

AJ

Hey there you are.. come visit more often I want to see pix of the retics!!


Still have that Orbignyi, too? How about some updates?

 

[AJfromAT]

lol Thanks,
I still have them ATM. Though I did lose the oldest female a few months ago.
I'll try to snap some fresh pics tomorrow.
Still have the Orbignyi as well. Too bad you are on the other side of the country or I would hook you up.

AJ

 

[Miles]

lol Thanks,
I still have them ATM. Though I did lose the oldest female a few months ago.
I'll try to snap some fresh pics tomorrow.
Still have the Orbignyi as well. Too bad you are on the other side of the country or I would hook you up.

AJ

We can work something out Let me know if you want to sell any.. maybe we can get some people from your area to ship

Try to get some pix up.. what happened to the oldest female? That sucks.

 

[michael]

I found this picture in TFH magazine. This female seem around the 15" mark.

Name is warren and worked at a fish store on rt 22. Small world

 

[AJfromAT]

We can work something out Let me know if you want to sell any.. maybe we can get some people from your area to ship

Try to get some pix up.. what happened to the oldest female? That sucks.

I would think shipping a 15 inch disc ray would be impractical, but I could check with Pat, He might know.

AJ

 

[ronin_man]

I think the same for retics.. they have very small mouths and not very strong jaws. They took to soft foods like Krill well, but won't eat harder foods like Silversides, and certainly not pellets. Sadly, my retics are about 6" and I have seen Motoros of much smaller size crunch up pellets, no problem.

Some retics however have this amazing ability to swallow things whole.. but Ive only observed this in a competitive environment (loaches, catfish, etc)..

The digestive theory is very interesting indeed.. kind of like birds and grit? I wouldn't be surprised if their digestion system could also extract good nutrients from the silt/sand and expel the large particles.

hey miles have you ever tried feeding you retics live ghost shrimp?
i was thinking about trying some with my orb but im not sure he would be able to eat them

 

[Miles]

hey miles have you ever tried feeding you retics live ghost shrimp?
i was thinking about trying some with my orb but im not sure he would be able to eat them

yeah they love em