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I used two different types of sand. The bulk of my substrate is river sand - very generic term. It looked like very small (1.5-3mm, but not crushed) pieces of quartz mixed with a very fine silt. Looks awesome but takes forever to settle is it gets really stirred up. I also sprinkled some white synthetic sand with it so it didn't look so brown.

I know a guy with heaps of rays who uses something very similar to the AquaOne "Salt and Pepper" substrate seems to work real well for him
 
Cheers Steve , I think my lfs stock aquaone substrate ill look into it , im hoping two w/cs will be enough per week I usually do a 50% on friday and another 10/20% tues or wed with gravel cleaner just to keep the bottom clear
Think im going to have to up my feeding in tank slightly also now ive got the ray keep him nice and plump , how often did you feed yours out of interest?
 
IMO water changes are more about consistency rather than quantity. I only did 20-25% each week and my rays were fine - until they started treating my tap water with chloramine, that is. Personally, I think changing copious amounts of water on a regular basis will reset the cycling process. You may want to consider treating the water 2 or 3 days beforehand.

I fed my rays 2 small meals each day. It was probably easier for me to feed small amounts because the toga I had with them wouldn't chase food to the bottom. The occasional starve day won't do any harm.
 
Also, try to get your ray onto a mixture of different foods. It's good that he's already eating pellets because some can be difficult to pellet train.
 
Thanks Steve much appreciated :)
I'll get a bag of muscles later for a change , he had pellets last nite seems to love nls 6mm sinkers which is handy because ive got a big tub for my cats , ive got a few decent pictures of him dancing about ill upload them later if I get chance , did you ever manage hand feeding yours ?

Have you spoken to turtles recently ? Wonder if he's busy with his build not spoke to him ages Im half expecting a new thread to pop up 10,000 gal Toga pond hahaha :D
 
I was always pretty adamant about keeping my hand out of the tank unless absolutely necessary. Believe it or not, I have a mild fear or rays and sharks.

Haven't heard from turtles recently. When I stumbled across this thread I went on a bit of a search for him but couldn't find anything new from him. I wonder if he's still on the forum. Not sure if he's gonna go with a toga pond but what he built would be real good for some big cold water Aus natives and a few turtles.
 
Hahaha how can stingray Steve have a fear of rays thats unbelievable :) , yer not planning on putting my hand anywhere near him , it was bad enough with a big jar , jag and spiked armoured catfish everywhere

Turtles not been about for ages now maybe he's been eaten by his beast fish ;)
 
I suppose its not really a fear of rays, but a fear of the barbs... like having a fear of heights is more to do with falling. I've had some close calls with rays on my many fishing trips as well. Most spiny/armoured catfish can give a nasty sting too.

With rays, their barbs shed naturally - some faster than others but be careful when taking them from the tank. Apparently they can remain venomous for a long time after being shed. Bare-bottom tanks make them very easy to find so that's an advantage for you.
 
Fishing trips are whole different ball game to be fair , there not safley in the tank , there wild , thrashing about a boat , and im presuming a lot bigger i'd be a nervous wreck hahaha :D

The barb shedding is the one major thing my mate forgot to tell me (he must have presumed i knew about it ) which i didn't i found it on a tread , thanks for the heads up though Steve , bare bottom will help me spot it quickly so one of my cats dont end up kebabed by it :D
 
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