ray "jumping" out of the water?

[sainthitch]

Hello,

im new to the stingrays...not to fish though. I have a motoro, eating anything that is put in front of him, always moving, everything says he is extremely healthy. I have had him for about 2 months now. Over the last month or so, he seems to climb the walls and then "jump" out of the water. It seems like he is just doing this for fun but i just wanted to make sure that this is a normal thing.

thanks for your help.

Shawn

 

[iwiied]

my ray used go up tank walls but never jumped out of the water

 

[FireMedic]

I hand feed my rays at a precise location in their tank. Anyone or anything that comes within a foot of this area elicits a "spitting" behavior along with wall climbing. When they are really hungry they have launched themselves hal a body length out of the water.

 

[stingray man]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Lt5CpWgS0
rays can easily get them selves out. Pitbullfish also lost a ray to jumping out of his pond

 

[Mosquito]

thats normal, just dont fill your tank too full or something bad could happen

 

[sainthitch]

if its a food thing how much should i be feeding him? i think im feeding him enough. I know they will pretty much eat anything but does anyone have any recomendations as to a daily or weekely intake?

 

[Kevaldo]

YouTube - feeding time

how much have you been feedng your ray now? how big is he/she?, you say in your first post that your ray is active and healthy so you must be doing ok so far. get some pic's posted

 

[sainthitch]

here are 2 pics of him. One from the top,and one from his belly as hes climbing the wall. He seems very active and nothing stops him from eating...so on that i would assume hes healthy. I hand feed him 2 small cubes of mices shrimp a day. the cichlids in the tank eat flakes and blood worms so what ever of that is left later he tends to eat up. hes about 6 inches wide right now. How much should i be feeding him? I have jsut went with the rule of ruffly how much he would eat in about a min...and as a bonus he gets extra that the other fish dont eat.

 

[turkeyboy85]

my rays when they were younger would ALWAYS play in the bubbles, watch those cichlids like a hawk! normally rays and cichlids dont mix to well.... the cichlids pick at the rays eyes and disk

 

[sainthitch]

thanks for the advise...i would much rather get rid of the cichlids then te ray!!
they try to eat him, i will get them out of the tank asap. Its a 120g tank and lots of room for the cichlids to play in there rocks where the ray does not go...


anyone with suggestions on my feeding him? am i feeding him enough? too much?