Sting Ray

[jcook1989]

Hello I'm new to the forums and I am interested in keeping a sting ray and want to know if there are any good web sites or articles that I can look at to point me in the right direction.

Also what are good fish to raise for food? I want some rabbit type fish that will make lots of babies and need relatively little up keep.

 

[---XR---]

Hello I'm new to the forums and I am interested in keeping a sting ray and want to know if there are any good web sites or articles that I can look at to point me in the right direction.

Also what are good fish to raise for food? I want some rabbit type fish that will make lots of babies and need relatively little up keep.

just put a thread in the freshwater ray section, or saltwater if that may be it, and the people here would be glad to help you.

 

[dcapps123]

Hello I'm new to the forums and I am interested in keeping a sting ray and want to know if there are any good web sites or articles that I can look at to point me in the right direction.

Also what are good fish to raise for food? I want some rabbit type fish that will make lots of babies and need relatively little up keep.

I kept a Sting ray for about a month till it died, It was in a 135g with about 25 assorted african cichlids, I had no problems between the fish and the ray, only when it came to feeding, I would feed the ray black worms or blood worms, the problem was they would rarely make it to the bottom for the ray before the cichlids ate them all. I am considering getting another ray, but i would keep it an a tank maybe by itself a "Species tank". Another thing is no decor like large rocks, sunken ship, stuff like that. It becomes like an obsticle for the ray. When i found mine dead it was under a rock, not sure if it got stuck or if it was the feeding issue that killed him, but it was trial and error for me. As far as fish to rais for food. Common guppies are live bearers and they will multiply pretty quickly if alone. I used to keep a 10 gal for guppies alone. Good luck, with the rays and feeders.

 

[StingrayFanatic]

If your gonna keep it with any other fish I recommend a silver or blue arrowana. Not a big fan of feeders they carry diseases.

 

[icekold7]

if ur in cali i think fw rays are illegal

 

[dcapps123]

if ur in cali i think fw rays are illegal

They are, but pretty easy to get.

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

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Buy the ray keepers bible, "Freshwater Stingrays" by Dr. Richard Ross.

Cheap book and filled with lots of knowledge!

 

[Nick660]

Buy the ray keepers bible, "Freshwater Stingrays" by Dr. Richard Ross.

Cheap book and filled with lots of knowledge!

Yup, get the book.

This is a good site to start with too:-
http://www.freshwaterstingray.nl/Frames Engels/English.html

For feeders, I think any of the common livebearers or maybe convicts are the easiest. Personally though, I think it's probably easier and safer to just feed a varied diet of worms, frozen foods and pellets. You could probably produce enough feeders of your own for an occasional treat but not as the staple diet.