Today was the day i picked up my ray, they had been at my lfs for about a month on hold for me.( i wanted one they ordered 3) my tank was fully cycled a few weeks ago and my water parameters have been steady for the whole time, as well i have the next few days off (holiday in canada) i figured today was a good a day as any to go pick him up.
I posted pics a while ago of them at the lfs in a thread called "id please"
conclusion seemed to be Orbignyi (sold at my lfs as common stingray)
I went to the lfs today and looked at the 3 they had in the tank and 2 on them seemed to be still on the skinny side one of them you would see the pelvic bones,
as for the one i picked... I sat there for about 45 mins or so watching them before i picked one, and one of them was constantly searching for food even before i asked the lfs staff to feed them so i could see them eat. The one i picked was clearly the most healthy/active one they had, he was not the biggest but it was the... well, i'll say he is the fattest of them all.
I took one of the blue 15g rubbermaid containers with me to transport him in along with my battery powered air pump.
I got him home and started my slow drip siphon useing one of my small airlines, about an hour later i got him into his new home.
He is now doing great, a few mins after i put him into the tank he is up and swimming around checking eveything out and looking for food.
A few hours went by and i thought, what the heck, lets try and see if he eats, and he did!
The lfs had been feeding them blackworms and chopped krill, so thats what i bought, i tryed tossing in a few bits of fine chopped krill in and he ate them up with no hesitation.
So all in all i think he is doing great, and i will post some pics up in a bit as i get my pictures uploaded to the comp.
Just thought i'd share this with everyone as all of us here are all very excited about our new ray.
I posted pics a while ago of them at the lfs in a thread called "id please"
conclusion seemed to be Orbignyi (sold at my lfs as common stingray)
I went to the lfs today and looked at the 3 they had in the tank and 2 on them seemed to be still on the skinny side one of them you would see the pelvic bones,
as for the one i picked... I sat there for about 45 mins or so watching them before i picked one, and one of them was constantly searching for food even before i asked the lfs staff to feed them so i could see them eat. The one i picked was clearly the most healthy/active one they had, he was not the biggest but it was the... well, i'll say he is the fattest of them all.
I took one of the blue 15g rubbermaid containers with me to transport him in along with my battery powered air pump.
I got him home and started my slow drip siphon useing one of my small airlines, about an hour later i got him into his new home.
He is now doing great, a few mins after i put him into the tank he is up and swimming around checking eveything out and looking for food.
A few hours went by and i thought, what the heck, lets try and see if he eats, and he did!
The lfs had been feeding them blackworms and chopped krill, so thats what i bought, i tryed tossing in a few bits of fine chopped krill in and he ate them up with no hesitation.
So all in all i think he is doing great, and i will post some pics up in a bit as i get my pictures uploaded to the comp.
Just thought i'd share this with everyone as all of us here are all very excited about our new ray.
worthless with out pictures
they are both fluval 300w heaters, thanx for the concern.
