My ray has two barbs!

[krichardson]

One of my motoros has two barbs that are positioned on top of each other and one is slightly longer,is this a common occurrence?

 

[UnstoppableJayD]

Yup.. means the older one will shed soon.. they shed barbs every six months or so.

 

[krichardson]

Yup.. means the older one will shed soon.. they shed barbs every six months or so.

That makes sense but the funny thing is as long as I have had them I have found only one discarded barb whille vacuming the gravel.

 

[festaedan]

Yah, rays shed their barbs and grow new ones and most of the time there will be an overlap period. I remember a member once had a ray with 3 barbs.

 

[JK47]

That makes sense but the funny thing is as long as I have had them I have found only one discarded barb whille vacuming the gravel.

Make sure you keep an eye out for barbs that have shed. You want to get those barbs out of the substrate. Trust me you don't want a ray to get stuck with one. Trying to get a barb out of a ray SUUUUCKS.