How savage is a ray actually?

[Sugo]

Allright guys all ya rays keepers out there. I have a question. Ive been meaning to keep rays for a while now. So i did a little read up on them and on how much of a comm fish they are. I stumbled upon two articles thats kinda worrying. One says it shreds an armatus apart. I mean seriously an armatus shred apart by a leo? thts wicked mean bros. Another one says it eats up its tank mate which is another ray. I mean damn are all rays like that shredding and eating tank mates. Can any of the rays keepers give their input on this matter.

Thanks guys,

David

 

[Deaths Sting]

In my experience each ray has its own individual personality. Rays will try to eat almost anything that can fit in their mouths. during feeding time they are the most aggressive i find. when i kept rays i would drop food in different parts of the tank, that way other fish had the opportunity to receive it without being, Top'd by the ray.

 

[Sugo]

Thx bro for the info. So if rays are aggresive by nature, does keeping more of them spread the aggression better?

 

[ctoychik]

my ray never bothers anyone in the tank but she is a motoro

 

[Sugo]

^^ so does that mean that different ray species have different temperament? wow never thought that rays can b this complicated. Ive always thought that rays are the gentle type that never bothers other fishes.

 

[Deaths Sting]

Thx bro for the info. So if rays are aggresive by nature, does keeping more of them spread the aggression better?

if their mating 3:1 females to males would be better then 1:1. lets put it that way. you would need a massive tank and some pretty outrageous filtration to accomplish that correctly.

so does that mean that different ray species have different temperament? wow never thought that rays can b this complicated. Ive always thought that rays are the gentle type that never bothers other fishes.

Motoros and Leos tend to be the most aggressive out of all the potamotrygons

 

[-Sinatra-]

My rays aren'y agressive at all to other fish, the male beats on the female but it's kind of expected, he is a teenager after all.

 

[bigblue22]

not really that aggressive- ive kept some that were very peaceful

 

[Sugo]

I think the best way for to find out is to get a pair myself. Thx guys for sharing ur experiences. gonna try to look for a good pair.