Cownose rays just arrived!

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so jealous of everything in this thread. You my friend are the man.
 
Yeah - was going to start next week with the target feeding now that they're settled in. A girl at the LFS who works part time at the MBA with the sharks/rays gave me a lot of info and tips on it, so going to use two color tennis balls on the end of a small PVC pipe (different colors for the rays and the zebra shark when it arrives).

BTW, how frequently would you recommend feeding them? I've been giving them a full squid every other day (cut into small pieces - they seem not to like a full size squid).
 
Also ordered up six golden trevally today. On a side note, large starfish REALLY like live mussels. This morning when I went down, my three big starfish were all straddling a mussel each.
 
awesome fish choice! theyre so much fun to watch, theyll probably look great with those active rays. tank keeps getting better and better.

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The rays are very active, though I've caught them snoozing on the bottom a couple times - interestingly, they both swim together, but they sleep on opposite corners. Interesting behavior. The horn shark seems completely disinterested in the rays (or anything else, for that matter).

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Where'd you end up getting the fish from?
Maybe the rays are same sex and territoral?
 
Hope your rays like scallops, almost all SW fish or rays like scallops.
 
The swimming vs. resting behavior you are seeing is normal.

I'd feed them small amounts twice daily as pups, then move to once a day feedings.

The target stuff is fun and easy to do. I had a wild caught Southern ray targeting consistantly in less than a week, and was able to move her to different places in her holding with it. Target I made was just an old white bucket lid I painted a circle on slapped on the end of some PVC so I could get it to the bottom of her tank. It's fun to see them learn. Rays are such amazing and smart animals.



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