scobina or hystrix breeder any were?

[anth.payne]

This is the problem I have - the energy I spend researching and getting that bit closer to getting the tank running - the quicker I want to get completed

**Patience is a Virtue!**

 

[AngusJB]

I am located in aycliffe but i work at paddock farm water gardens nr croft. I am getting the tank of my co-worker who runs the trop department but he has to sell a few fish before he can empty it. As for the hystrix it's looking like i will have to have them imported from germany but they will cost way over the odds. I f they are too much i might just get a pair of nice motoro's and sell them on when they reach 15" disc or so

 

[anth.payne]

I am located in aycliffe but i work at paddock farm water gardens nr croft. I am getting the tank of my co-worker who runs the trop department but he has to sell a few fish before he can empty it. As for the hystrix it's looking like i will have to have them imported from germany but they will cost way over the odds. I f they are too much i might just get a pair of nice motoro's and sell them on when they reach 15" disc or so

Ahh - i'm a bit further north... in Wooler...

Dont know anyone else with tanks for sale?

Where in Germany have you found them? And how much if you dont mind me asking?

 

[njackson]

we all want hystrixs, if they are too exepensive for me , i thinking of getting some yepezi (peru) one male and one female instead ,something different then motoros.

 

[anth.payne]

I wanted to avoid getting something I couldnt care for, for life. Which is why I wanted to get one of the smaller species.

If its not hystrix, it'll be scobina or retic.

 

[njackson]

I wanted to avoid getting something I couldnt care for, for life. Which is why I wanted to get one of the smaller species.

If its not hystrix, it'll be scobina or retic.

scobina will be more expensive then hystrix what i been researching and retic are the cheapest ,you can buy retic about £40 ,

you could always get a bigger tank like me, iam thinking about getting a 6x3x2ft tank.

 

[anth.payne]

scobina will be more expensive then hystrix what i been researching and retic are the cheapest ,you can buy retic about £40 ,

you could always get a bigger tank like me, iam thinking about getting a 6x3x2ft tank.

Yes Scobina is expensive, i think my preference will be hystrix, but may start with retics as they are alot easier to acquire.

Biggest I could probably go would be 6x2.5x2ft - as it's going right at the front of my living room

 

[njackson]

if you find any hystrix please tell me thanks. so that the biggest you can go becuase i was planing to have a 6x2x2 and get two motoros but i want something different i though i will go bigger better for the rays. 2 motoros will last 2-3 years in a 6x2x2ft tank.

 

[sam buckle]

2 motoros will last 2-3 years in a 6x2x2ft tank.

Without wishing to be rude i dont agree. my female motoro outgrew my
5 x 2.5 x 2 in 8 months. she went from 5 inches across the disc to 13inches in that time. so with the tail she was nearly 2 foot long. personaly i think that is too large for a 2 foot wide tank.
obviously growth rate varies as my other female eats the same amount and is only 10inches across. i would look at them outgrowing a 6foot tank in 1 year to 18 months.

 

[njackson]

Without wishing to be rude i dont agree. my female motoro outgrew my
5 x 2.5 x 2 in 8 months. she went from 5 inches across the disc to 13inches in that time. so with the tail she was nearly 2 foot long. personaly i think that is too large for a 2 foot wide tank.
obviously growth rate varies as my other female eats the same amount and is only 10inches across. i would look at them outgrowing a 6foot tank in 1 year to 18 months.

someone told me on one of my threads ,so it might different in grow rates.

if i can't find any hystrix when i get my tank iam thinking of gettng two yepize rays one male and one female for my 6x3x2ft tank how long do you think they will last in that tank untill i need to upgrade.