Some new motoro pics...

[Conner]

Here are a few updated pics of my motoro from tonight. She's still chowing down nightcrawlers really well, but I haven't gotten her onto anything else yet.

She got a big booty

 

[aquaman45]

Nice ray!...shes deffinitely got a good appetite..ha ha!!...lovely spotting.
Some of the tank mates will soon be on the menu so they will have to be removed,my biggest concern is the sand......its far too deep,you need to remove two thirds to prevent anaerobic activity building up.
Nice size violet goby by the way.

 

[Conner]

Nice ray!...shes deffinitely got a good appetite..ha ha!!...lovely spotting.
Some of the tank mates will soon be on the menu so they will have to be removed,my biggest concern is the sand......its far too deep,you need to remove two thirds to prevent anaerobic activity building up.
Nice size violet goby by the way.

Thanks for the compliments. As for the sand, its been that way for 2 years. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of Malaysian Trumpet Snails in there turning it over, plus the goby, some geo's, and the stingray keep it well agitated. The little motoro can poof right down through to the bottom glass if she wants to.

Oh yah, she's a little over 6.5" disk size, in case anyone is wondering.

 

[vamptrev]

she looks great, and her pattern deff looks more like her moms

your taking great care of her, very nice!!

 

[Conner]

she looks great, and her pattern deff looks more like her moms

your taking great care of her, very nice!!

Thanks! I have to take pictures of her after the lights are off to see her pattern. That's when she flicks off the sand and gets real active. Even if I feed her 3-4 earthworms, she's constantly out searching and poofing into the sand looking for more. She's by far my favorite fish . You should post a pic of her mom so that I can see what she might look like in a few years.

 

[frontdawg]

LOOKING GOOD!

 

[turkeyboy85]

looks good, i have the same concern as aquaman, since rays are always on the bottom it could lead to infection, i would remove some of the sand. But if you think the snails are doing a good enough job ..... they might now but once ur ray eats them all....

 

[SpeshulEd]

I'd just toss some tilapia, shrimp, whatever in with the worms. My female didn't understand that it was food right away, but after the second or third try she went for it. My male went for it right away. They now attack it and I give worms as a treat.

I cut it up really small though, or else they don't seem to eat as much. They'll just nibble on the bigger pieces. Almost like they can't get them down.

Mine will also eat the hikari carnivore pellets. They'll eat massivore too, but again, its almost like its too big for them. But I did the same thing, just mix it with their food and within a couple of tries they were eating it.

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Cracking ray and tankmates

 

[Conner]

looks good, i have the same concern as aquaman, since rays are always on the bottom it could lead to infection, i would remove some of the sand. But if you think the snails are doing a good enough job ..... they might now but once ur ray eats them all....

I'm not worried about it. I don't think the ray will eat any snails, since they have such hard, pointy shells. But if I notice any problems, she'll get transferred to my other tank right away.

I'd just toss some tilapia, shrimp, whatever in with the worms. My female didn't understand that it was food right away, but after the second or third try she went for it. My male went for it right away. They now attack it and I give worms as a treat.

I cut it up really small though, or else they don't seem to eat as much. They'll just nibble on the bigger pieces. Almost like they can't get them down.

Mine will also eat the hikari carnivore pellets. They'll eat massivore too, but again, its almost like its too big for them. But I did the same thing, just mix it with their food and within a couple of tries they were eating it.

I'm gonna start trying with shrimp and tilapia again soon.

Cracking ray and tankmates

Thanks!