Stingray Feeding Studies in their Natural Habitat

[Zoodiver]

i try to always feed freshwater products to my rays....

Agreed. Marine life store fats and proteins differently than freshwater animals. That process makes digesting them harder as well. I think it is one sure path to fatty liver disease.

 

[RDFISHGUY]

Why would you be worried about calcium when most pellets contain whole herring meal or whitefish meal? I just bought a ray specifically because it was on pellets. With my work I'm on the road a lot -10 days on and 4 days off. My wife is busy and doesn't have time for feeding or sourcing out all of these other types of food ergo pellets are the food of choice. I will admit that the ray I bought does appear to be very fat. I don't think its from the type of pellets but is likely a direct result of overfeeding. I never would've bought this fish six months ago. It was incredibly thin and only about a 6" disc. Today its a very fat 10" ray. I plan on cutting feedings in half for the first little while. The problem is that most people feed too much pellets,too often. If I see a decline in this rays health at any time, while in my care, I will give him to someone who has more time to dedicate to its special feeding requirements.

His first poop is as big as the red-finned black shark

 

[Nic]

Ghost shrimp are treated like rosy reds (not to well) whenever you bring new fish into a tank you risk introducing parasites from the wild in. Ghost shrimp on thier own, arnt to nutritional but like nic said earlier he is going to gut load them ( feed pellets) which would give them more vitimins and mor nutrition

yes everytime i got boxes of ghost shrimp water smelled fowl and they were same as me getting box of feeders...
i wont be using ghost shrimps, but yes i treat them the same way... regular crays offer more nutritional value....

 

[stingrayJK]

I have a nice contact close buy to get a few thousand pounds of live rainbow trout for free. I was wondering if this could make a good food source for my rays.I may try it in a controlled feeding experiment.



Jason Cooley
CEO/OWNER
Dark Rivers Hatchery
darkrivershatchery@yahoo.com