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i got a 120 gal tank and a large shallow pool and i was thinking of what to put in it and then i thought a stingray would be cool so ive been reading a little about them. so i thought i would ask you guys what stingray would be good for me.
i have had my eye on the teacup stingrays cuz there cheap. any info on them?
 
MultispeciesTamer;2616214; said:
i got a 120 gal tank and a large shallow pool and i was thinking of what to put in it and then i thought a stingray would be cool so ive been reading a little about them. so i thought i would ask you guys what stingray would be good for me.
i have had my eye on the teacup stingrays cuz there cheap. any info on them?
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what kind of "teacup" that is a generic name, it means young or small ray.

You could house a motoro, hystrix, retic for a year in a 120, could go longer with a hystrix or a retic possibly. But eventually would need to upgrade to a much larger tank.
 
keepinfish;2616218; said:
what kind of "teacup" that is a generic name, it means young or small ray.

You could house a motoro, hystrix, retic for a year in a 120, could go longer with a hystrix or a retic possibly. But eventually would need to upgrade to a much larger tank.
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hmm i didnt know that teacup was a name for small rays, the one i was looking at was a RETICULATED STINGRAY then
 
also lots of waterchanges, lots of food and very few tankmates, especially ones that could nip at the ray or be eaten by the ray.
 
alright i read the section about them interesting maybe ill just wait and someday get a motoro
 
99% of the time tea cups are retic... too often they are reffered to as humerosa and ive never seen a humerosa for sale for othe than guyana ray... wholesalers make more money off the term guyana than tea cup....

read the stingray profile thread.... will tell you sizes of all rays and you can go from there...
 
I've had a female reticulated for about a month now, and she's not too picky (as long as its bloodworms, ghost shrimp, or earthworm cut into small pieces). She eats very well, and is very active. I just picked up a male today, and although he's very skinny, he started eating as soon as I dropped in some blackworms.

Retic's aren't impossible, they're just delicate starting out, especially since most of them are starving when you get them from being shipped.

That being said, everyone more experienced than me (i.e. just about everyone on this forum), would probably recommend a motoro to start out with, since they're hardier and easier to get eating.
 
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