My First Motoro

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en71ce

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Aug 20, 2008
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Hi All,

Been researching and researching and reading nearly every thread on this sub forum. Now I finally have my first motoro!

Just thought I'd share some pix since without MFK - I wouldn't be confident enough to try and own my first sting ray!

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soooo you did research and more research and MORE research, and you now have a mature male motoro is a 180gal... thats fine for a LITTLE bit of time. you say 300gal if u have the money... you will need a BIGGER tank within 6months...

good looking motoro tho
 
ajsmith235 - yes I did do research into bioload/care/nutrition/tankmates/substrate etc - oh and no i dont have a "mature" male motoro in 180g, more like a juvenile motoro in a 180g with very few tankmates. disk diameter is about 28cm and he is about 18 months old.

i plan to get a larger tank as soon as financially possible, isn't that always the case for everybody? or else everyone would have a 300g+ tank?
i didn't plan for my motoro to live in a 180g forever and i completely understand that he will outgrow my tank that is why i mentioned plans of the tank upgrade.

from your above comment you seem to assume a lot of things, and to be honest it reads pretty negative as another one of those "you need a bigger tank" remarks that is commonly found in these forums.

Would you rather me post a new thread saying "hey guys! look at my new motoro stingray!" and then ask a million questions about substrate/nutrition/tankmates/general care/behavior/do's and dont's etc. with pictures of a 5-6cm diameter pup?

I think not?

I've been reading up on stingrays for a while with doubt and hesitation in getting one. Mainly because of the cost of them in Sydney and secondly because the amount of care required to keep one happy and healthy. A few mates have bought pups before and failed because they are more fragile as pups, so I made the decision to not buy a pup - that way eliminating the risk of failing to keep a motoro.
 
Gshock;4928899; said:
Maturity is represented by the development of the claspers and not the age of the ray. From the looks of the pictures, your male already has rolled claspers and will mature soon if it has not already.
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thanks Gshock! I learnt something new - I thought that maturity was based on disk size and age, to be honest more the age. So if the rays claspers are rolled means its matured? how can you tell for females?
 
en71ce;4928990; said:
thanks Gshock! I learnt something new - I thought that maturity was based on disk size and age, to be honest more the age. So if the rays claspers are rolled means its matured? how can you tell for females?
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Females are a bit more trouble. The only way to know for sure if a female is actually mature is if the male is actually able to mate her. Though, if a mature male constantly harasses a female, then it's highly likely shes almost there.
 
that's great info to know for beginner raykeepers! I was told by the breeder I sourced my ray from that obviously it wasn't a pup due to it's size, but not fully matured because he is only 28cm disk diameter and was approx 18 months old.

apart from that he looks healthy right? pretty chubby when I first got him - and always swimming around and hiding under the substrate. he had a bit of a nip/bite on his disk before I got him but it's healing up nicely and eating prawns well. now the next step - to try and wean other foods in.
 
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