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jerppyjerp

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I was wondering how hard is it to get the Thailand freshwater ray. I'm doing a google search to check on it and found this...http://www.stingray.com.sg/our_stingray.asp They say Dasyatis Bleekeri is a marine ray...but I found a source that said they were freshwater. Anyway you look at it it sucks for us ray enthusiast. Stupid women and their fancy shmancy handbags!
 
That link describes 2 Thai rays and both are listed as marine. Where did you see a FW ray?

BTW, we have Dasyatis rays here in the states. And while Dasyatis sabina, the atlantic ray, can be kept in an alkaline FW setup (like the FL St John's river populations), their physiology demands enormous over-filtration and constant water changes due to their urinary output being 10 times greater in FW than in marine conditions.
 
I had tried to get the giant FW ray that lives in the mekong basin but you cannot find them at all... I was even ready to dedicate half of my basement to a liner pond for them but cant get them I have also been looking into keeping some of the small eyed rays like the china ray but no one has good luck with them so I am very skeptical about keeping them
 
Dasyatis bleekeri is actually one of the Himantura sp. rays (Himantura bleekeri). While it's known to travel into freshwater, it's actually a coastal marine/estuarian ray species. And this species gets considerably larger than it's US cousin and reaches a disk diameter of 42".
 
So its more likely saltwater...but hardly ever a freshwater specimen. Either way...a handbag? That sucks...what if leo's were being made into shoes? I'd probably stick my fingers in my eyes.
 
OUCH!!!
 
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