I'm curious, what do you keep with your rays?

[Tom500]

There are a lot of rules and people saying you cant keep them with this and that, and most of the time they are right.
However every fish is different and a lot of it is down to the individual fish, and setup, its never "black and white" there is a lot of grey area.
There are some fish that are a lot more risky than others like lungfish and puffer fish like MBU's are a very risky mix and i just wouldnt.
But things like peacock bass and gars while still advised against are a lot less risky to try and keep with rays and most of the time these make fine ray companions.
Just use common sense to figure out what is totaly unsuitable but some things can be tried as long as you have the ability to remove the offending fish, and trying stuff, while quite a risk is the only real way to find out.

 

[Pazzoman]

Thats an impressive list car crazy!

So far the list is now:

Clown Loaches
Silver Arowanas
Senegals
Fire Eel
Barramundi
Gars
Datnoids
Peacock Bass
Fronts
Armatus
Rhaphiodon Vulpinus
Black Gold Knife
Asian Arowanas
Silver Dollars
Tin Foil Barbs
Severum
Clarias Catfish
Clown Knife

Keep Going! A Great List So Far!

 

[Chaitika]

I have 4 bichirs with my motoro and no problems so far. I also keep young giraffe cats but I've been warned that they harass the ray. They sure do follow him around and lay on him occasionally, but I figure if he gets tired of them, he can spike one.

 

[~ocean]

fire eels, segnals - sorry if someone already posted multipul times - I don't got much time...

 

[Tom500]

This is what i keep with my flower ray atm. I have had an aligator gar and an arowana in with it in the past oh and a datnioides pulcher, two of them at one point. I hope to get a super red arowana soon to go in there too.

1x 12” Galaxy eel
1x 18” Tigrinus catfish
2x Polypterus endlicheri 17” and 16”
1x Polypterus ornatapinis 19”
1x Polypterus teugelsi 20"
1x Synodontis decorus 10”
2x Silver shark 12” and 14”
3x Megalodoras irwini 16”,13” and 3”
1x Trachycorystes trachycorystes 12”
1x Flag fin prochilodus 11”
1x Flower ray 12” disc
1x Humbug catfish 5”
1x Lima shovelnose 14”
1x Red claw lobster 6”
1x Cichla Temensis 12”
1x Thailand Fire eel 26”

 

[Pazzoman]

I have 4 bichirs with my motoro and no problems so far. I also keep young giraffe cats but I've been warned that they harass the ray. They sure do follow him around and lay on him occasionally, but I figure if he gets tired of them, he can spike one.

Lol Funny!!!

 

[Tom500]

Oh and a nile perch and a pair of 12" L14 sunshine plecs

 

[Pazzoman]

So heres the list so far, by the Tom500 u have a nice list!

Clown Loaches
Silver Arowanas
Senegals
Fire Eel
Barramundi
Gars
Datnoids
Peacock Bass
Fronts
Armatus
Rhaphiodon Vulpinus
Black Gold Knife
Asian Arowanas
Silver Dollars
Tin Foil Barbs
Severum
Clarias Catfish
Clown Knife
Galaxy eel
Girraffe Catfish (Caution)
Tigrinus Catfish
Polypterus Endlicheri
Polypterus Teugelsi
Synodontis Decorus
Silver Shark
Megalodoras Irwini
Trachycorystes Trachycorystes
Flag Fin Prochilodus
Humbug catfish
Lima Shovelnose
Red Claw Lobster
Cichla Temensis
Thailand Fire Eel
Sunshine Pleacos
Nile Perch
Alligator Gar (Impressive Combo)


Great List! Great Advancement with Tom500 collection! Pictures can be added too!

 

[spotfin]

I had a pair of large severums with my motoros. Also had some giant danios, but a few did disappear. I have tetras with my hystrix now.

 

[Tom500]

So heres the list so far, by the Tom500 u have a nice list!

Clown Loaches
Silver Arowanas
Senegals
Fire Eel
Barramundi
Gars
Datnoids
Peacock Bass
Fronts
Armatus
Rhaphiodon Vulpinus
Black Gold Knife
Asian Arowanas
Silver Dollars
Tin Foil Barbs
Severum
Clarias Catfish
Clown Knife
Galaxy eel
Girraffe Catfish (Caution)
Tigrinus Catfish
Polypterus Endlicheri
Polypterus Teugelsi
Synodontis Decorus
Silver Shark
Megalodoras Irwini
Trachycorystes Trachycorystes
Flag Fin Prochilodus
Humbug catfish
Lima Shovelnose
Red Claw Lobster
Cichla Temensis
Thailand Fire Eel
Sunshine Pleacos
Nile Perch
Alligator Gar (Impressive Combo)


Great List! Great Advancement with Tom500 collection! Pictures can be added too!

Thanks very much, i appreciate it

The ones ive put in red would probably all be advised against due to a risk of attacking the ray in some way or makeing it difficult to get food to the ray. The Fronts probably because they require a different pH to most rays. Decorus and prochilodus because of a risk of sucking at the rays disk. Maybe the polypterus too because they have a slight tendancy (only to endlicheri in my experience, although never towards my ray) to lunge/snap at things that move past them occasionally.

However i havnt had a problem with any of the fish i have kept with my ray, not even the Aligator gar although he didnt like my prochilodus at all thats why i sold him. The prochilodus is a great fish!