Baby Motoros!!

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conchabullosa

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Was feeding my stingrays this morning when i realized that there were 5 baby motoros in my pond!!

Seems that mummy motoro ( which i have suspected to be pregnant) has decided to deliver probably early in the morning. I have put all 5 into a little enclosure in the pond together with a juvenile flower ray so that i can feed them. They don't seem to be interested in eating, just lying around. I am thinking of frozen bloodworms and small live ghost shrimps. The parents as well as the other adults ( Henlei ) eat cockles, prawns and fish fillet. Have not got a chance to sex them yet.Strangely enough, the babies appear to have more dots on their bodies when you compare to the parents.

Some pics attached. Sorry for the quality but difficult to take pics of fish in a pond with the water reflection.

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baby motoro3.jpg

mummy motoro.jpg

baby motoro2.jpg

daddy motoro.jpg
 
Nice, congrats, thats a lot of pups. What size is the mother? It usually takes about 2 to 3 days before the pups really start to take interest in the food, so don't worry too much until after that.

Don't know how avalible they are in Singapore but I would give them live black worms, really good for fattening up little rays.
 
Thats Great!! Congrat's, Deffinatly keep all of us here updated and wish you more great success with your rays.:)
 
Very nice! 5 little healthy looking rays. Good luck
 
conchabullosa said:
Thanks! Pity u guys are not allowed to have rays. will try to get more pics up soon.
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yeah... crazy rules that don't have any substantial basis on illegalizing it here. anyways.. good luck! would love to see more pictures as the days pass by.:) enjoy it since you're lucky to have them and most of all have them breed.:D
 
awesome! congrats!
 
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