Greetings MFK stingray keepers. I have 3 rays orb, moto,and retic. All are saucer size and I have been feeding European nights, river shrimp and fish. I ran across an ad about leeches while searching for wholesale worm dealers. They are cheap easy to maintain and full of protein. My concern is should I kill the leeches prior to feeding? I plan to start them on medium leeches about 3inch. What say you on leeches as prey for stingrays???
Bait leeches as stingray food?
- Thread starter yama
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Very interesting indeed. I would experiment with live ones and make sure the rays are eating them before walking away. PLEASE report back and let us know how they work out!
If they're used as bait then I would be a little concerned about disease and parasites. Do you have any plans to quarantine them?
Worms are used for bait also .leaches are just as safe as worms. Your fine, leaches are just to freaking expensive up here $6 for 10 of them.
Depending on what the leeches fed on then they might be more susceptible to parasites I.e. if they have teeth or suck blood then they may be farmed in a different way to worms which COULD expose them to parasites?
Depending on what the leeches fed on then they might be more susceptible to parasites I.e. if they have teeth or suck blood then they may be farmed in a different way to worms which COULD expose them to parasites?
http://www.thereelthingbait.com/leeches.htm
"The Ribbon leech is not a blood sucking leech but a leech that feeds on small aquatic invertebrates in the water column"
"The Ribbon leech is not a blood sucking leech but a leech that feeds on small aquatic invertebrates in the water column"
I fed leeches to my rays a couple of years ago. I got a couple of tubs just to try them out. They loved them. The only thing I did was cut the sucker off just to make sure one did not latch on but the rays ate them so fast they would not have a chance to.