Mating season?

[Tom]

Another factor that would come into play would be that the seasons are reversed down in the southern Hemisphere.
Spring- Sept. to Dec.
Summer- Dec.-Mar.
Fall- Mar.-Jun.
Winter- Jun.-Sept.
Making the amazons' summer time the rainy season. There are alot of factors that come into play here. We might not be able to judge this with our rays in captivity unless we recreate the factors in nature. This has really interested and inspired me to do just that. (Not only for breeding, but my rays health as well.)

I am allowing the natural sunlight do all of the lighting on my pond. Perhaps this with variable temperatures during different times of the year could replicate the seasons and spur my rays on to breed during a certain time of the year. They will be running on an opposite schedule from their wild counterparts but perhaps this theory will shed some truth on breeding rays in the long run.

 

[mshuangchao]

I don't know if it's the case, but my male leo left alot of marks on my female when I was away for three days (The pair wasn't very active before I left), the water seemed a bit dirty. Could this be a trigger?

 

[Tom]

Well I am not saying that this is the cause, but perhaps because the water was "dirty" the ph as caused to drop and maybe that triggered the breeding. Just an idea.

 

[raymaster80]

Rays will breed in soft or hard water especially motoro from what Ive read. You can simulate the rainy season by turning down the temp and feeding more.(worked with my Henlei). Once you get them going on breeding they will keep it up unless something really bad happens. Rays are not hard to breed but harder to keep alive in most conditions. They will want to mate during the rainy season because food is more abundant, cooler conditions and travel is easier. Everyone says rays are hard to breed but its B.S. they are hard to keep alive long enough for them to get mature enough because of the extreme husbandry requirements like W/Cs and space.

 

[firelizzard05]

cool

 

[Rayfan]

Rays will breed in soft or hard water especially motoro from what Ive read. You can simulate the rainy season by turning down the temp and feeding more.(worked with my Henlei). Once you get them going on breeding they will keep it up unless something really bad happens. Rays are not hard to breed but harder to keep alive in most conditions. They will want to mate during the rainy season because food is more abundant, cooler conditions and travel is easier. Everyone says rays are hard to breed but its B.S. they are hard to keep alive long enough for them to get mature enough because of the extreme husbandry requirements like W/Cs and space.

Agree totally.