ray or cat?

[Acura_RSX]

your ray should be fine with your current stock. i kept mine with flagtails, arowana and oscars. never had any problems.
just keep an eye out for your polyterus. he may nibble at rays side's.
best wishes

price and size wise whats my absolute best bet? also .. if i have both side of my tank somewhat filled with stuff that im not sure if hed be able to get around but he still have the majority of the tank (pretty much whole center other then a 10" on either side say .. will he still be fine for space wise? i know NOTHING about rays are you can tell ...

 

[Acura_RSX]

also, anyone know where in canada that sells / ships rays?

 

[Vincentii]

price and size wise whats my absolute best bet? also .. if i have both side of my tank somewhat filled with stuff that im not sure if hed be able to get around but he still have the majority of the tank (pretty much whole center other then a 10" on either side say .. will he still be fine for space wise? i know NOTHING about rays are you can tell ...

im in the uk and the prices for a motoro ray (recommended) have gone up from £85 to £130 in a few months for a 4-5''. im not sure about the price where you are so best ask someone in your region.
should get a sand substrate or smallest size pea gravel for them to burrow under.
food - anything meaty.mine ate mussel meat and frozen bloodworm from 1st day i got them.

rays arent as difficult to keep as people say they are. just make sure to do at least 1 weekly water change and everything should go well.

 

[Acura_RSX]

im in the uk and the prices for a motoro ray (recommended) have gone up from £85 to £130 in a few months for a 4-5''. im not sure about the price where you are so best ask someone in your region.
should get a sand substrate or smallest size pea gravel for them to burrow under.
food - anything meaty.mine ate mussel meat and frozen bloodworm from 1st day i got them.

rays arent as difficult to keep as people say they are. just make sure to do at least 1 weekly water change and everything should go well.

yah im using pool filter sand so that should be fine. i just hope they arent to expensive to buy cause my budget will be low and the other fish arent going to be cheap either.

 

[Acura_RSX]

from what im reading the motoro wont last super long in a 24" wide tank .. is this true or am i mis informed on it?

 

[DrownedFishonFire]

footprint isn't great for any ray. so cat all the way

 

[Vincentii]

yah im using pool filter sand so that should be fine. i just hope they arent to expensive to buy cause my budget will be low and the other fish arent going to be cheap either.

im going to get in trouble from ray purists for saying this. but ive got a pair in a 24'' wide tank. kept them in there since 4'' pups and never had any issues. one is 16'' now and is okay.

and since when have you seen a 24'' ray in captivity? i havent.
but bigger the better i say otherwisejust squeeze them in.

 

[Acura_RSX]

im going to get in trouble from ray purists for saying this. but ive got a pair in a 24'' wide tank. kept them in there since 4'' pups and never had any issues. one is 16'' now and is okay.

and since when have you seen a 24'' ray in captivity? i havent.
but bigger the better i say otherwisejust squeeze them in.

i havent .. i dont know anything about rays or dont read any/many threads about them on here so just did some quick searching on them online and found the 30"+ thing. and what kind are yours? moto's? and how long have they been in there?

 

[Vincentii]

i havent .. i dont know anything about rays or dont read any/many threads about them on here so just did some quick searching on them online and found the 30"+ thing. and what kind are yours? moto's? and how long have they been in there?

mine are the ones that go to 30''. and yeh there motoro rays. apparantly the easiest type to keep.
had them approx 18 months now. theres phots of them in my profile gallery if u want a look.

 

[Acura_RSX]

mine are the ones that go to 30''. and yeh there motoro rays. apparantly the easiest type to keep.
had them approx 18 months now. theres phots of them in my profile gallery if u want a look.

so yours are the ones your saying that "apparently" go to 30" but wont do it in captivity? and youve had them almost 2 years and only 16" now from 4"? .. well thats not too bad. would hysterix still be better if i could get one of those instead? or any other type?