species or mixed tank preferred?

[nitrofish1]

so far seeing many tanks in the media lounge over the years, ive seen a good mix of stingray tanks.

but the question is, what do raykeepers prefer? a mix of different specied rays, or a tank of the same type of their favorite species (usually black)?

 

[waynes world]

Cant choose as i like a large community tank, ray, aro`s, cats etc


wayne

 

[ShadowStryder]

Really hard to pick a preference, if your goal is breeding then you would want a single species
setup. But I like the look of multiple species in a community setting.

 

[nitrofish1]

Really hard to pick a preference, if your goal is breeding then you would want a single species
setup. But I like the look of multiple species in a community setting.

i believe on a few occasions ive seen breeding within a commune, of the species, and some hybrids.

 

[bcarlos]

For breeding purposes, I've never been a fan of mixed species tanks. Still, because rays occupy the bottom water column (for the most part), there are so many cool tankmates you can throw in there.

 

[nitrofish1]

i guess this post was meant to be, all tank-mates aside, thinking of the mixing of ray species only.

 

[ShadowStryder]

i believe on a few occasions ive seen breeding within a commune, of the species, and some hybrids.

Oh it is done, but in a community ray setting with multiple mature males you
cannot guarantee with 100% that a pup is pure, even if it looks to be. And
even if it is pure it will be hard to sell to a purist because people will always
have doubt in a community setup. Add on top of that the ability for the
female to have multiple mates per litter.

 

[ajsmith235]

Right. I have a MM and 2 motoros in my comm. tank, but plan on separating them when them get bigger so i can keep the pure species.

 

[bcarlos]

Right. I have a MM and 2 motoros in my comm. tank, but plan on separating them when them get bigger so i can keep the pure species.

Marble motoros and motoros are the same species, just different variants.

 

[valderi123]

I like them all, its to hard to decide.