Ray ID ............help!!!!!

[cichlid_fever]

HI everyone im planing to get a ray tomorow it will be my first ever my lfs has these two ,the lil fell is 60$,the yellow one is 129$,is the price right,will it be compatible with two bibchirs about 3" & 4",,a endli 6",two 4" upside down catfish,15 fastaes from a half inch to 1,1/4...should i get this or hold off so it doesnt eat my fastaes!!!??????And what kind of rays are these,sold as teacups!!????....

 

[Gearhead]

The smaller one looks like a reticulated ray to me.

 

[Conner]

The smaller one is a reticulated stingray aka "teacup". The larger lighter one looks like it could be orbigny or humerosa, but there's so much variation in those three species it can be hard to ID.

Of the two, I'd go for the larger lighter one. Its larger and appears better fed than the smaller one, both of which are positives.

Depending on how big they are (5", 6", 8" disc size?), they may attempt to eat your festae fry.

 

[jeffers]

connor is correct also the lighter one has a better chance of living as retics can be very sensitive. also i wouldnt suggest mixing rays and bichers.

 

[cichlid_fever]

connor is correct also the lighter one has a better chance of living as retics can be very sensitive. also i wouldnt suggest mixing rays and bichers.

WELL ITS LIVING WITH ONE SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD DO.Dam thats a shame....smaller ray4" disc,other 6" disc dam i want one so bad!!!

 

[johno27]

Thats the bad thing about rays if you don't plan properly and provide proper care your dream of owning a ray can quickly become a nightmare.

You did the right thing doing your research first. Now you just have to figure out a way to set up a tank for a ray you will not regret it if you do

 

[cichlid_fever]

Thats the bad thing about rays if you don't plan properly and provide proper care your dream of owning a ray can quickly become a nightmare.

You did the right thing doing your research first. Now you just have to figure out a way to set up a tank for a ray you will not regret it if you do

Well i do have an other 125g im workin on at the moment do you think any of them two are compatible in it!? i hope so,if so bye upside down catfishs,geophagus,not the bichirs & endli dam you sure they cant go together,look theres one in a tank with them...what could happen to either!!??

 

[cichlid_fever]

bump

 

[nomad]

if you go to the stingray forum and read the sticky about rays tankmates you'll find out for yourself