Rays on a budget- My (somewhat long) story w/pics

[silent1mezzo]

Congrats Can't wait for the pics on the new pups... Will you be selling these?

 

[tscharf]

awesome job mike, must be nice to see all that hard work pay off.

 

[Clearwater guy]

Congrats Can't wait for the pics on the new pups... Will you be selling these?

Yes. But not for a week or more. The female can go when she's eating, and hopefully she'll color up soon, but the Male needs to heal up. The "nips" he got were worse than they originally looked, but he'll still be fine I think. But they were full-on BITES. I'm keeping salt in the water, and I'mm keep a close eye on him.

I'm on my way down to get more pics right now. It's amazing how different these look, but I think it answers the question of where the crazy patterns come from. Looks like they come from my Male. I knew he was a special one!

 

[Clearwater guy]

Ok, here they are. The female does look a little less "bland" after just 1 day, and the male still shows the same pattern, but the bite marks look worse today. My fault for not separating the momma, or at least getting down there at daybreak. I was starting to give up on her even being pregnant.

My new pool has better provisions for dividing and separating.

 

[Skyeler]

awww!!!! poor ray!

 

[Clearwater guy]

And back to the Tilapia- these have grown another inch in the last couple weeks since I posted the last pic of them. They are now in a 110g stock tank and about 3".

 

[Diskboy12]

Very nice rays.

 

[jeffers]

im glad you got some pups!! im sure they will color up in no time and look great!

 

[barracuda123]

sweet

 

[silent1mezzo]

Poor little guy, those bites look nasty.