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Woefulrelic said:
More fun Ray stuff that's probably obvious by I will share for my various brotege. Pups have small mouths, itty bitty little mouths that have a hard time eating anytime that is wide. If your chopping something up for them and you ponder whether or not they are small enough they probably aren't.

Rays like company and can actively learn from eachother in my experience. I picked up a mm from Jeff Rapps a couple of weeks ago, and while they aren't terribly picky to begin, I feel like she picked up tilapia because of the others.

Rays are very personable and expensive, as a result many hobbiests have strong opinions in regarding them. This has a lot of different effects on behavior, but the most relevant one is that information can become heavily biased. I would take everything I read with a grain of salt, and trust the experts here. (I am not one of them)

If they are worried about the four digit fish you better not show them the cost of your 4' width in a couple of years haha.
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lol, thanks for the brotege. rly appreciate u ray guys givin a rookie tips.

harris522 said:
jimmy I have one of that rays brothers. I got it a couple weeks ago from vamptrev vamptrev . since then I have bought another BD female from him. He is a great guy to deal with. and the quality of the rays speak for them self. congrats on the new ray. don't forget your going to want to do once a week water changes if your not on a auto drip system.
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Shane, the BD u picked up from Trev, is that ray actually bred by Trev? Cuz the one Im pickin up was bred by another breeder that Trev bought in. So my ray is of different bloodlines from Trevs rays. Yeah 50% W/Cs twice daily.


Also, the ray eats shrimp from the previous breeder. How easy r they onto tilapia/catifsh? I no Trev feeds his pellets, shrimp, and other freshwater fishes
 
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Tig Phish said:
lol, thanks for the brotege. rly appreciate u ray guys givin a rookie tips.



Shane, the BD u picked up from Trev, is that ray actually bred by Trev? Cuz the one Im pickin up was bred by another breeder that Trev bought in. So my ray is of different bloodlines from Trevs rays. Yeah 50% W/Cs twice daily.


Also, the ray eats shrimp from the previous breeder. How easy r they onto tilapia/catifsh? I no Trev feeds his pellets, shrimp, and other freshwater fishes
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harris522 said:
ok if that is the case then i have a sister to the one you are getting :).
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lol yeah, I think Trev bought in a bunch of females and 1 male.
 
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Shouldn't be difficult at all. The hardest part is getting them off of moving food like worms.
 
They are still some really nice rays. I haven't started a thread for the female yet. but I will start one soon. I cant remember how many he had. every time I go there I am blown away buy his setup.
 
Being a ray owner, Im constanrly freakin out. Saw light pink belly, but i guess pups might have punk bellies. Ate 4 pieces of shrimp. Nitrates were in the 20 range. Ammonia/nitrites were zero.
 
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Tig Phish said:
Being a ray owner, Im constanrly freakin out. Saw light pink belly, but i guess pups might have punk bellies. Ate 4 pieces of shrimp. Nitrates were in the 20 range. Ammonia/nitrites were zero.
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That's how it starts. Eating is a great sign. You'll find comfort sooner or later haha.
 
Tig Phish said:
Being a ray owner, Im constanrly freakin out. Saw light pink belly, but i guess pups might have punk bellies. Ate 4 pieces of shrimp. Nitrates were in the 20 range. Ammonia/nitrites were zero.
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Yep the pups will all have light pink bellies for sometime, that's nothing to worry about.
Just do what you're doing and keep your water clean and it'll be fine.

You're not alone with the constant freaking out, I'm sure every ray owner on here will tell you their fish are forever on their minds.

It's a way of life keeping rays, nothing quite like it :)
 
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