(this is how you help a newbie)
Well put.
Do a lot of reading, this forum is STOCKED FULL of info if you use the search feature. Asking for "absolutly everything there is to know" is a big request. It's not something someone can just write out in a forum. 90% of FW ray keeping is actually doing it for yourself. Each set up will be slightly different, and each animal may react differently than another to how you are doing things. Pay attention to what the animals are telling you.
Space, environment, water parameters and food will have a lot to do with rays breeding for you.
First, learn to keep and raise them. Then step up to breeding.

