new marbleds and new to the forum

[jim85]

hi all ray keepers!

i did get my first rays about a half a year ago. they where 2 little reg motoros that almost new born in size of 4". now they are almost 8".

then i deside to order me a WC "king marbled" orinoco river pair from a exporter in colombia.
did order the size of 8"+. when they did arrive for 2 weeks ago, it was 3 males of right size (1 was DOA) and a little female of only 5".
so now i have a extra male, that i have no use for and a smal female.
the males was skinny and did see the pelvic bones,the female was fat. they did start to eat eart worms after a couple of days,now they eat all i put in the tank. so they are starting to put on some weight now they live in a 900 liters tank.

in the bag on arrival



the dead one



the males today



the female is very active, she is high and low in the tank all the time. she is very difficult to take a good picture of becouse she almost never stand still.she is a agressiv feeder and dont hesitate to bite the other rays to get the food.


and the motoros i have from before



bad pic of the tank


regards jim

 

[Gumby79]

Nice Setup and Rays!

 

[Redtailcatfishlover]

man i wish i could find some cheaper rays...........also can someone tell me what the smallest species of ray is?

 

[aropwn]

i think the smallest is a hystrix

 

[frbe]

logg deg gjerne inn på akvaforum også , har er trå der som heter rokke prat, trenger flere aktive på norske forum , fine rokker du har....

 

[jim85]

i also think hystrix is ond of the smallest..

takk frbe. skal ikke se bort i fra at jeg logger meg på akvaforum.

 

[I_got_no_idea]

The cheapest and smallest i think is the retic, but they are a lot harder to get to eat. Nice setup love marbles

 

[FishDog]

They look good, curious to why you think you have no use for the other male? The chance of rays breeding is a lot lower then you would think so just enjoy them for what they are. I have found through owning lots of rays that the males tend to look better than the females so he might end up being a knock out.

 

[FishDog]

Also it is unfortunate the other ray died. From the looks of the pic those 2 marbles were to large to ship 2 to that size box. You were lucky they both did not die.

 

[jim85]

They look good, curious to why you think you have no use for the other male? The chance of rays breeding is a lot lower then you would think so just enjoy them for what they are. I have found through owning lots of rays that the males tend to look better than the females so he might end up being a knock out.

i thought that it was hard to be her when it was nearly two mature males and a she is much smaller.
i have read that the pattern on marbleds can change,so i will keep them for a good while .

was realy lucky that they all did not die becouse they where delayed with 24hour in a a country before they arrived,and at they where packed in to small bags.