blue spot rays and sharks

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stopsharkfinning

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I have had to donate my large bamboo to melbourne aquariums breeding program, he was attacking my green moray eels during feeding time, the good news is it has cleared more space in my shark tank. I have a male and female bluespotted ribbontail ray[Taeniura lymma]. I want to house the rays in the shark tank with a white tip (600mm) ,black tip reef (700mm) ,2 green morays, port jackson, epualette , 500mm wards wobbegong. What do you guys think? is it risky, i have had these rays for a long time and would hate to put them at risk but would like to give them more swimming area.
Thanks in advance.
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Zoodiver,thanks for your reply i dont feeding will be a issue as i feed each shark and eel individualy.The most biosterous ones first the then tend to relax with a semi full stomach. The whitetip was my biggest concern as far as attacking.btw i am in the process of building a larger shark enclosure for the ORV sharks should be about 40000 lt when complete.
 
I got to agree with Zoodiver here.

With the list of sharks (wtr, btr, eppie, pj, and ward's wobbie) it may be to much to keep the rays with them. And personally I would also be concerned that as the Whitetip reef and blacktip reef get larger - they may start to look at the smaller sharks and the rays as possible food items.
 
krj-1168 said:
I got to agree with Zoodiver here.

With the list of sharks (wtr, btr, eppie, pj, and ward's wobbie) it may be to much to keep the rays with them. And personally I would also be concerned that as the Whitetip reef and blacktip reef get larger - they may start to look at the smaller sharks and the rays as possible food items.
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thanks for your reply krj-1168
 
krj-1168 said:
I got to agree with Zoodiver here.

With the list of sharks (wtr, btr, eppie, pj, and ward's wobbie) it may be to much to keep the rays with them. And personally I would also be concerned that as the Whitetip reef and blacktip reef get larger - they may start to look at the smaller sharks and the rays as possible food items.
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i was just reading up on wtr & btr it only mentioned the btr might eat sharks altho the ones he has aren't on the list doubt the btr knows this when very hungry? and the wtr has eels on his diet and other small fish but no mention of eating sharks but like you say they might look at the sharks as small fish when they are fully mature, altho this will take up to 8/9 years after their birth of both tips
but nowhere it mentioned anything about them both eating rays, has this happend to any1?
as for the info i found it on wikipedia so is this source a good 1?
did found that the btr like to jump heaps? any off you problems with them doing this?

i myself can buy both atm but as the btr jumps and eat other sharks
i might go with the wtr so i can put other sharks and stingrays with the wtr

stopsharkfinning have your wtr or btr attacked or eaten any other fish?
but the bamboo didn't eat the eel did he?

btw is that a stonefish in your stingray tank? could these or a lionfish go with ya sharks and eels?
 
have you had any issues keeping these or getting them to eat? also any inside tips not too many people have kept them long term in home aquaria. and did they ever breed for you?
 
jpcampbell123 said:
have you had any issues keeping these or getting them to eat? also any inside tips not too many people have kept them long term in home aquaria. and did they ever breed for you?
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I have found keeping them in a species specific tank has worked ,no stress from other inhabitants they are gentile feeders and cant compete with aggresive fish/sharks. if they are stressed they will not eat, deep sand bed ,fed daily, and great water parameters, temp,salinty, ect and no stress and they are happy
 
I've had white tip reef sharks eat everything from fish to small stingrays and eels. They are pack hunters, and once one takes a bite of something, they all want to.
 
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