Hystrix price question
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i would think, $250 each... might be high but they are hard to come by and captive would be great.
you got more due???? i am getting close to sticking my male motoro in with mine to see if i can speed up the process.... my females are big and mature.
what do you mean??? never heard of that? My male hystrix is mature and is over 3 years old and my females are older than that. But was thinking of putting male motoro (who has bred multiple times in past) in with the females to start the process.
My tank is on a drip, it changes massive amounts of water.
Think about simulating the rainy season....
Drips are constant. Might try a quick 50% WC with cold water.
Some people say this triggers breeding. I used to do cold water manual waterchanges and never saw it.
When I asked about Marble pricing everyone told me they were barely worth more then cheap WCs. Which would make them what $125? I don't agree with that at all but then again I think it makes a huge difference if you're the buyer or the breeder. Just like selling fish, if you're the one selling them they're worth way more then if you're buying them. That's the very sad reality here
Drips are constant. Might try a quick 50% WC with cold water.
Some people say this triggers breeding. I used to do cold water manual waterchanges and never saw it.
When I asked about Marble pricing everyone told me they were barely worth more then cheap WCs. Which would make them what $125? I don't agree with that at all but then again I think it makes a huge difference if you're the buyer or the breeder. Just like selling fish, if you're the one selling them they're worth way more then if you're buying them. That's the very sad reality here
If I am not mistaken, Potamotrygon sp. C is what people commonly refer to as hystrix.
Here is an excerpt from this very insightful pdf.
http://journal.nafo.int/35/charvet-almeida/22-charvet-almeida.pdf
"The species Plesiotrygon iwamae, Paratrygon
aiereba, Potamotrygon motoro, P. orbignyi, P. schroederi,
Potamotrygon sp. C certainly have their reproductive
cycles closely related to the hydrologic cycle of the river
basins that they inhabit. For these species the hydrologic
cycle triggers the beginning or directly influences all
reproductive cycle stages of these potamotrygonid rays."
If you look at table 1 in the paper, you will see that Potamotrygon sp. C specifically copulates during the rainy season. Attempting to replicate the environmental cues that would trigger reproductive behavior in rays in the wild might be your best chance at success. As mentioned before, large, cold water changes might do the trick. Perhaps several during the course of a week or more, two or three changes a day might work. I was told about a program that featured a guy that breeds rays who took a hose and sprayed cold water directly over a female ray and within minutes a male was after her.
Price should be the same for male and female, I hate when people jack female prices up. Actually most males tend to look better than most females for some reason. I would say around $200 for a cb. They cost around $150 for wc pups which only show up once a year if you are lucky. A few years ago they would of fetched $500 a piece because you could not get anywhere
