for those who feeds market shrimp
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reason i ask is because of my henlei, she would jump on the pieces then chew then spit them out, they definitely fit her mouth, just wondering if is hould cut them up even smaller, i cut each shrimp up into 4,5 pieces as well.
my large motoro would just take the whole shrimp
my large motoro would just take the whole shrimp
Try smaller pieces for the henlei. I've fed 4" hystrix and newborn motoro pups with really small pieces of shrimp. A trick I found was to use tiny pieces when first feeding shrimp (or any other meaty food) to my rays. Once they learn to eat the food, you can gradually increase the size.
In my experience, a ray chewing at shrimp and spitting it out hasn't yet decided it's definitely food. This is exactly what used to happen with my Hystrix when I was trying to get them to accept shrimp. One day the light goes off in their brain and they just eat it.
This exact thing has been happening to me. In and out, in and out then finally eating. I was thinking maybe they were trying to break it down but playing with it trying to figure out if it was food.
Also...obviously I am cutting off the shell/tail; however, in the wild how do the stingrays break it down? (No one is cutting up worms and shrimp for them there.)
Also...obviously I am cutting off the shell/tail; however, in the wild how do the stingrays break it down? (No one is cutting up worms and shrimp for them there.)
I am currently feeding my retic ray (5" disk maybe) small pieces of shrimp that are just under the size of a pea
If you feed rays whole pieces and they cannot swallow the whole piece they will spit it in and out of thier mouth rubbing it across thier "teeth" to try and shread it. I was feeding her shrimp that was cut into 1/5 of the shrimp.
turkeyboy, thanks for the info . i was already doing 1/5 a shrimp pieces , maybe i spoiled her with nightcrawling a bit too much that she's used to it. i think it's just gonna take a bit of starving and time.
revol18, i wonder the same thing. my first motoro i owned years back used to swim up and catch feeders all the time. I have seen any ray that does that in the consistent basis since, most of them would only stay on the bottom and wait until the feeder comes close to the bottom.
cmj15, good info
revol18, i wonder the same thing. my first motoro i owned years back used to swim up and catch feeders all the time. I have seen any ray that does that in the consistent basis since, most of them would only stay on the bottom and wait until the feeder comes close to the bottom.
cmj15, good info