Retic Question

[StinkRay]

Just wondering around what disc size retics will become sexually mature. I have pair thats are about 4.5 inch male and a 5 inch female, and i just wanna know when i should start looking out for signs of them breeding.

 

[Alex.P]

This guy bred his at 6inch

 

[StinkRay]

well thanks for the info, i would never expect a ray that size to be breeding already. I'd expect the females to be a little bigger before they are ready to breed, just cuz they need more room for the babies to grow right?

 

[Alex.P]

You are right. Just remeber this is a very rare occasion and he is a very experienced ray keep too. So i would say with good water quality and good food at the size of 10" you will see signs of breeding from your pair

 

[filiportela]

good luck

 

[the_deeb]

You'll be able to tell when the male approaches sexual maturity because of a dramatic increase in the size of his claspers. Once that happens you can start to look for breeding behaviour. Good luck - we need more people trying to breed smaller rays like retics.

 

[StinkRay]

I love my retics and everything everyone says about them being hard to acclimatise and raise from a small size is crap. When i got mine the female was 4" and the male just under, i've had them for about 2 months and the female is going on about 5.5"and the male around 5". Got them eating ghost shrimp after about a week of no appitite and then moved onto small worms and bits of nightcrawler within 2 weeks. I have always loved dwarf species of fish and i guess you could say retics are dwarfs for rays, they're just big dwarfs lol

ps. i cant wait till they breed