Hello people
As this is the first thread I make on this forum, let me introduce myself first.
I am Wim Breukink and am a programmer. I have been keeping fish for about 7 years now. Till now I only kept Malawi cichlids and some L-numbers to keep my fishtanks clean.
Recently(past week) I bought my first rays at a zoo close to me. They are 2 motoro pups of about 6 weeks of age.
Now I have been reading a lot on forums internet etc. but I can't find how a ray behaves in an aqaurium when it is stressed, sick or feeling well.
With my Malawi cichlids I can tell there is something wrong when they breath to fast or loose their coulour without a reason, how do you see this with rays?
I have read that it is normal for pups to dive into the sand once released into a new Aquarium they have done that here as well but after 2 days, I see them starting to swim around.
I have another question about feeding the animals. I have a bit of a problem that the fish that swim alongside the rays in the aquarium, eat the food before it sinks to the bottom, so the past days I gave them some more food that some food does reach the bottom. I am looking for another solution and I see that many people feed the rays by hand, how do I go about to teach them this?
I momentarily feed the rays(and my other fish) Spiring(those small fishes) cut in 2-3 pieces, shrimp and Mosquito larves(red). I don't see the rays eat as aggressively as some videos I have seen, and mostly they aren't really interested in the food, they swim over it, stay a few seconds on top and then move on. Is this normal behaviour for young pups? Or will this change when the rays get more accustomed to their new environment?
My aquarium where the rays are swimming in, is a 250x80x70 aquarium(1400 litres) along with some malawi cichlids before I get questions about that. The water values are okay as well.
As this is the first thread I make on this forum, let me introduce myself first.
I am Wim Breukink and am a programmer. I have been keeping fish for about 7 years now. Till now I only kept Malawi cichlids and some L-numbers to keep my fishtanks clean.
Recently(past week) I bought my first rays at a zoo close to me. They are 2 motoro pups of about 6 weeks of age.
Now I have been reading a lot on forums internet etc. but I can't find how a ray behaves in an aqaurium when it is stressed, sick or feeling well.
With my Malawi cichlids I can tell there is something wrong when they breath to fast or loose their coulour without a reason, how do you see this with rays?
I have read that it is normal for pups to dive into the sand once released into a new Aquarium they have done that here as well but after 2 days, I see them starting to swim around.
I have another question about feeding the animals. I have a bit of a problem that the fish that swim alongside the rays in the aquarium, eat the food before it sinks to the bottom, so the past days I gave them some more food that some food does reach the bottom. I am looking for another solution and I see that many people feed the rays by hand, how do I go about to teach them this?
I momentarily feed the rays(and my other fish) Spiring(those small fishes) cut in 2-3 pieces, shrimp and Mosquito larves(red). I don't see the rays eat as aggressively as some videos I have seen, and mostly they aren't really interested in the food, they swim over it, stay a few seconds on top and then move on. Is this normal behaviour for young pups? Or will this change when the rays get more accustomed to their new environment?
My aquarium where the rays are swimming in, is a 250x80x70 aquarium(1400 litres) along with some malawi cichlids before I get questions about that. The water values are okay as well.
