Hello all. I am hopefully getting a pair of pearl rays for my tank. Ive always wanted ryas for aslong as ive kept fish. The tank is 84"x30"x24". Question is it currently contains 3 oscars, 2 fenatratus, 1 Texas x red terror, 1 bay snook, 1 jurupari, 1 ornate, 2 endli and a large synodontis. Questions which of these are suitable to keep with the rays? And which would need moving on?
Ray tankmates.
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If the rays are pups, I'd recommend growing them out a while by themselves in a separate tank. Keeping rays with other fish is a toss-up. It depends a lot on the individual fish's personalities. I've personally had problems with oscars picking at rays. I've heard of bichirs grabbing the tails of rays, but I've seen that combination work too. For me rays are the number one fish, and any other fish comes second, so if I see any problem the other fish is gone immediately. At first it's good to have rays alone so they can settle in and eat enough without competition.
Good luck with your new rays... yes... ummmm Im sure you will soon have more!!.
As has been said, a lot depends on each fish's temperament (and the rays) so watch the tank carefully
In my tank I had an Oscar and my Leopoldi juveniles and my black diamond.. Oscar picked on the Leos all time but left black diamond alone (she is VERY bossy and takes no nonsense)
Moved him to my son's tank where there are two adult males (mantilla and a BD/HEN X Marble.) both very dominant and just all over all the time .. Oscar is as mellow as a puppy there and stays out the rays way.
The polys... My son had one... about 35cm
We noticed the male rays were hiding a lot which was very unusual but we could not figure out why.. water was good.. they came to eat..
One day we walked in to see ray swimming around frantically with poly hanging onto his tail...
Needless to say... poly found a new home..
So... keep an eye and also watch to see if the rays are happy as that will be the first sign of anything going on
Sometimes you don't see whats happening when you not there.. if rays aren't happy and active... start watching very carefully
As has been said, a lot depends on each fish's temperament (and the rays) so watch the tank carefully
In my tank I had an Oscar and my Leopoldi juveniles and my black diamond.. Oscar picked on the Leos all time but left black diamond alone (she is VERY bossy and takes no nonsense)
Moved him to my son's tank where there are two adult males (mantilla and a BD/HEN X Marble.) both very dominant and just all over all the time .. Oscar is as mellow as a puppy there and stays out the rays way.
The polys... My son had one... about 35cm
We noticed the male rays were hiding a lot which was very unusual but we could not figure out why.. water was good.. they came to eat..
One day we walked in to see ray swimming around frantically with poly hanging onto his tail...
Needless to say... poly found a new home..
So... keep an eye and also watch to see if the rays are happy as that will be the first sign of anything going on
Sometimes you don't see whats happening when you not there.. if rays aren't happy and active... start watching very carefully
Okay. Cheers for the responses! So would it be worth me moving the other fish out the tank to begin with? Then adding them slowly back over a few months to see how they get on with the Rays? I have other tanks they can go Into to complete this process.