Histics from my knolage are a few inches smallin in disk diameter then retics they also have a shorter tail
Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app
Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app
Brazilian Teacup Stingray? or Freshwater Atlantic/Florida Stingray
- Thread starter D Realist
- Start date
Stay away from the Florida rays. They are a SW species that CAN live in fresh water. There is a small group that migrated up the St. Johns river which can live comfortably in FW but still not ideal and the waste productions is phenomenal.
Rays in my experience are hit or miss. I bought two 5" rays from an exotic fish dealer both died within days. I bought a "tea cup" from a so so LFS on a whim and she's gone from 3" to 8-9". Happy and very active fish. Got a 4" "montoro" (that's how he pronounced it) from my local old school shop, he became a 10" vacuum cleaner. Right now I'm feeding One Hikari 16 Oz plate of frozen blood worms per day, 2-3 large condiment cups full of live black worms, One large condiment cup of pellets and flakes and about 10 -15 Hikari spiralinnal disks. The only thing the spotted one doesn't eat is tank mates. It takes me longer to thaw the frozen stuff than it does for them to eat it. They are not alone but account for 80% of the food I listed. I'm about to up the frozen to one and a half plates as the other fish are unhappy about the lack of chow. Your LFS may not be able to supply you at the level you will need. I get my black worms from http://www.aquaticfoods.com/worms.html. I'm getting one 2 pound order every 2 weeks. So keep that in mind proper feeding these monsters can get very costly.
I'd also recommend getting your tap tested for copper and phosphate. I use RO/DI but my local water is so bad I don't give it to the strays outside.
Rays in my experience are hit or miss. I bought two 5" rays from an exotic fish dealer both died within days. I bought a "tea cup" from a so so LFS on a whim and she's gone from 3" to 8-9". Happy and very active fish. Got a 4" "montoro" (that's how he pronounced it) from my local old school shop, he became a 10" vacuum cleaner. Right now I'm feeding One Hikari 16 Oz plate of frozen blood worms per day, 2-3 large condiment cups full of live black worms, One large condiment cup of pellets and flakes and about 10 -15 Hikari spiralinnal disks. The only thing the spotted one doesn't eat is tank mates. It takes me longer to thaw the frozen stuff than it does for them to eat it. They are not alone but account for 80% of the food I listed. I'm about to up the frozen to one and a half plates as the other fish are unhappy about the lack of chow. Your LFS may not be able to supply you at the level you will need. I get my black worms from http://www.aquaticfoods.com/worms.html. I'm getting one 2 pound order every 2 weeks. So keep that in mind proper feeding these monsters can get very costly.
I'd also recommend getting your tap tested for copper and phosphate. I use RO/DI but my local water is so bad I don't give it to the strays outside.
That is something I never thought about adding into cost. I didn't know they ate the much food. And I thought my piranhas were greedy. Wow maybe I need to still deliberate on this to see if it is a good idea or not.
