Potentially good sign?

[DB junkie]

I've had this monster for over a year now..... This is Darkness. Ruler of my pond. Almost all my other rays housed with her fear her at feeding time. Just an overly aggressive ray. I have had a mature male housed with her almost as long as I've had her.... Never seen any marks on her whatsoever..... Untill lately.

Here are some pics of the latest.... Tell me what you guys think. Is this the possible good sign I've been waiting for?

 

[mshuangchao]

There's a good chance! Seems like the male was a bit too rough on her.

 

[DB junkie]

I can only hope the newer male is aggressive enough.... At this point I wasn't sure if I'd ever find a male that is "man" enough for this big arnry lady.

Crazy how fast they heal.... It's only been like 4 days and all the white is allready gone.

 

[mshuangchao]

I can only hope the newer male is aggressive enough.... At this point I wasn't sure if I'd ever find a male that is "man" enough for this big arnry lady.

Crazy how fast they heal.... It's only been like 4 days and all the white is allready gone.

So did you find any semen in the tank?

 

[DB junkie]

So did you find any semen in the tank?

Not lately although it does get kinda tough to tell..... It's a pretty decent sized pond thats heavily filtered, and has huge water changes done a regular basis. That coupled with the "slime" from the heavy feedings it gets kinda hard to tell what's what..... I have seen what I believe to be semen on a few occasions, and have a Marble that's due the second week of July.

 

[mshuangchao]

Not lately although it does get kinda tough to tell..... It's a pretty decent sized pond thats heavily filtered, and has huge water changes done a regular basis. That coupled with the "slime" from the heavy feedings it gets kinda hard to tell what's what..... I have seen what I believe to be semen on a few occasions, and have a Marble that's due the second week of July.

Only time will tell, GL!

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Nice, how deep is that tank/pond?

 

[DB junkie]

Nice, how deep is that tank/pond?

I think the edge is almost 3 foot but it's never filled over 2.5.

 

[turkeyboy85]

nice, lets get this marble train rollin! so we are gonna see some motoroxheneli x marble motoro pups?!?!?!

 

[DB junkie]

nice, lets get this marble train rollin! so we are gonna see some motoroxheneli x marble motoro pups?!?!?!

Hopefully. I'm not gonna color her prego yet though.... I bet I've thought she was pregnant 1/2 dozen times allready and I know Brad thought she was when I bought her. She is so unbelievably thick it's hard to tell..... And she eats like a prego ray all the time. I've seen her eat 8 pieces of smelt back to back and attack 2 rays that tried to eat some in the process..... She's just angry...LOL

The male I suspect that would be the father is the mean arse one I got from Nick (NE Cichlids). One of the nicer males I have, and the only one I have that I believe would be capable of impregnating this beast.