Freshwater Florida Stingray/Atlantic Stingray

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You can clip the stinger, although I wouldn't worry too much about getting jabbed. It rarely happens.

A drip system is only possible IF you have a drain. You need to drill the tank, with a pipe that runs to the drain (overflow boxes are a flood waiting to happen). Then you gotta tap a water line...the issue with a single tank drip system is heating the water...I've only ever done it in multi-tank systems where the temp is diluted by the volume. I'm sure the folks in the ray section could give you a better plan...

As for legality, the law says

Freshwater Stingrays, Family PotamotrygonidaeAll species
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Nothing about the family Daysatidae, to which the FLR belongs...
 
Personally, I'd avoid the ray I know it sucks not being able to get certain things, but the St. Johns River Ray (which are the freshwater variant of Dasyatis sabina) is a pain in full freshwater. I used to import them all the time. They do much better in brackish.

Here's a website with care and ordering info (they remove the stinger too apparently). http://rmkoonaquaticpets.com/Site Files/Setup/Setup index.htm

FYI, the stingers grow back, and they shed them every few months....so you gotta keep clipping them, which in my opinion is where you're more likely to get stung.
 
yeah my todo list doesnt say anything about being stung by a stingray in my room... ive already freaked the ER out with my shenanigans enough...

just imganine this trip to the hospital... nurse- "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!?!", me- "oh ya know, stringray got me when i was trying to tickel it...",nurse- "oh at least it wasnt those dang piranhas again. we almost ran out of stitches on just you alone little boy!"...

maybe i shouldnt get the ray... lol
 
SimonL;4974460; said:
Personally, I'd avoid the ray I know it sucks not being able to get certain things, but the St. Johns River Ray (which are the freshwater variant of Dasyatis sabina) is a pain in full freshwater. I used to import them all the time. They do much better in brackish.

Here's a website with care and ordering info (they remove the stinger too apparently). http://rmkoonaquaticpets.com/Site Files/Setup/Setup index.htm

FYI, the stingers grow back, and they shed them every few months....so you gotta keep clipping them, which in my opinion is where you're more likely to get stung.
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"Filters: Use a biological filter (or change the 1/3 of the water every day!)"

or?

these guys are idiots, this is just one of the ridiculous things they said on their site. either way, good decision on passing on it, worry about it later :)
 
I thought they weren't really serious about the 1/3 WC daily part...anyways I was more concerned with their recommended salt level, even their "freshwater" rays have quite a bit of salt (3 lbs per hundred gallons).
 
SimonL;4974460; said:
Personally, I'd avoid the ray I know it sucks not being able to get certain things, but the St. Johns River Ray (which are the freshwater variant of Dasyatis sabina) is a pain in full freshwater. I used to import them all the time. They do much better in brackish.
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The St. Johns River has many saline seeps into it, and the areas where you find stingrays are in these areas. So, the stingrays in the St. Johns are really occurring in very dilute brackish water.
 
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