Best beginner FW ray

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What are the best beginner FW rays? And what tank size would I need to house a pair of adult?

I have a ton more question but I figured i would start with the two easiest ones.
 
motoro are the best for beginners. cheap, and hardy but they get pretty big.

a good starter tank would be a 125
 
vamptrev;4368720; said:
motoro are the best for beginners. cheap, and hardy but they get pretty big.

a good starter tank would be a 125
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For 2 adult rays? I was told it would be to small. Seeing my filtration would that be to much?
 
kearth;4368401; said:
What are the best beginner FW rays? And what tank size would I need to house a pair of adult?

I have a ton more question but I figured i would start with the two easiest ones.
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Hystrix would be a great choice. A pair of these rays could live in an aquarium measuring 6'x2'x2'.
 
Histrix are good beginner rays but good luck finding one. You can get any of the peru brown rays to start with. The humerosa, yepesi sp, and motoros. Most rays labelled histrix are some varient of the above mentioned. With a tank your size, you will have no problems with any of the rays species. A couple can get to large for your tank but a ray that size will cost you about $5 a day to feed so you will probably get rid of it before that LOL! Stay away from tigers, flowers, or the small eyed rays as they can require a lot more attention in the beginning.
 
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