Hey all
After doing some reading up, I've decided I'd really like to try my hand at keeping a species of ray.
However, in my country freshwater stingrays are illegal, so my only option is to keep marine species. As far as I know, only the Blue Spotted Stingray, Taeniura lymma, comes to the stores around here.
From what I've read and heard from the guys who could supply me with this species, apparently they don't do well in captivity. From what I understand, they can be quite diffucult to get to feed and are prone to 'spontaenious' death.
I don't know whether the difficulty in keeping them comes from incorrect handling or from general ignorance, or if they are genuinely difficult species to keep. I've kept many different kinds of freshwater fish before, but as far as marines go I've only successfully kept 3 different species of moray alive. Although I've heard that they're among the hardiest of marine fish, they were quite difficult to get to feed at first, much like stingrays perhaps?
I'd just like to get an opinion with some experience behind it - is it worthwhile attempting to keep one of these guys? If not, should I try to find another species, or instead try to gain more experience with other marine species first?
Cheers
SA
After doing some reading up, I've decided I'd really like to try my hand at keeping a species of ray.
However, in my country freshwater stingrays are illegal, so my only option is to keep marine species. As far as I know, only the Blue Spotted Stingray, Taeniura lymma, comes to the stores around here.
From what I've read and heard from the guys who could supply me with this species, apparently they don't do well in captivity. From what I understand, they can be quite diffucult to get to feed and are prone to 'spontaenious' death.
I don't know whether the difficulty in keeping them comes from incorrect handling or from general ignorance, or if they are genuinely difficult species to keep. I've kept many different kinds of freshwater fish before, but as far as marines go I've only successfully kept 3 different species of moray alive. Although I've heard that they're among the hardiest of marine fish, they were quite difficult to get to feed at first, much like stingrays perhaps?
I'd just like to get an opinion with some experience behind it - is it worthwhile attempting to keep one of these guys? If not, should I try to find another species, or instead try to gain more experience with other marine species first?
Cheers
SA
