this is pissing me off. now he just pins the krill under his disc and sits there not eating. idk what to do my water is fine. i have just weened my dat off live fish onto frozen krill in an effort to feed my ray so i guess something good came out of it. i have other delicate fish that are doing fine in my tank. this is frustrating me and im about to bring it back to the store before i have a dead investment on my hands.
GETTING MOTORO TO EAT
- Thread starter HeADNIC321
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Young rays have small mouths, and I have SELDOM had a ray under 6-7" eat shrimp for me. I don't think they can chew on it.
Did you read what I said earlier? Try *CHOPPED EARTHWORMS* 1/2in. in size. or LIVE BLACKWORMS.
Almost all of my young rays wil eat this the first day they are imported from the wild.
Once you start getting him to eat live foods well, he should recognize humans = food, and start to eat whatever you drop at him. I have just noticed, especially depending on the TYPE OF SHRIMP, that young rays can not/will not fit them in their mouth. You cuold try other foods such as squid/fish fillets, etc, but the problem I think lies within the 'consistancy' of the food.. If it is too large and bulky, especially if it is NOT SOFT (like most salad shrimp, it is very hard and chewy), then a very young ray will have a hard time eating it.
For Example: Recently got a batch of 4 Motoros in.. 2 of them about 10", the other 2 at about 8".. The 2 larger ones immediatley ate prepared shrimp, the 2 smaller ones would only eat chopped worms, and refused shrimp.
It's like your trying to feed an infant steak because you wan't it to eat and grow fast, start off with baby formula!
Did you read what I said earlier? Try *CHOPPED EARTHWORMS* 1/2in. in size. or LIVE BLACKWORMS.
Almost all of my young rays wil eat this the first day they are imported from the wild.
Once you start getting him to eat live foods well, he should recognize humans = food, and start to eat whatever you drop at him. I have just noticed, especially depending on the TYPE OF SHRIMP, that young rays can not/will not fit them in their mouth. You cuold try other foods such as squid/fish fillets, etc, but the problem I think lies within the 'consistancy' of the food.. If it is too large and bulky, especially if it is NOT SOFT (like most salad shrimp, it is very hard and chewy), then a very young ray will have a hard time eating it.
For Example: Recently got a batch of 4 Motoros in.. 2 of them about 10", the other 2 at about 8".. The 2 larger ones immediatley ate prepared shrimp, the 2 smaller ones would only eat chopped worms, and refused shrimp.
It's like your trying to feed an infant steak because you wan't it to eat and grow fast, start off with baby formula!
maybe he just doesn't want to eat what you are giving him. try to give him black worms and see if he takes that. most rays will pounce on black worms right away. what all have you tried to feed him? market prawn or chopped up nightcrawlers would be good as well. also when did you get him? if you got him recently he might be stressed, so definately try the black worms thing and maybe turn the lights off for awhile too.
