Stingray Food Bill? Let's Share and Compare.

[Dirty Sanchez]

What do you spend weekly or monthly on your Food Tab for your Stingrays only? Please post the following:

1. Weekly or Monthly Bill
2. Type/Name of Stingray(s)
3. Size of Stingray(s)
4. Quantity of Stingray(s)
5. Type of food(s): i.e. shrimp, tilapia, worms, pellets, etc.
6. How many pounds of each food
7. Number of feedings per day

This is to educate us (new and experienced) on what to expect for fully mature Stingrays, so we can responsibly own, house and provide for our pets. I just threw this together so please fill in any other information that can be pertinent. Thanks.


** I also did a brief search on this topic or anything similar and couldn't find one to ease my curiosity. I apologize if this has been asked recently. **

 

[ajsmith235]

I guess i'll go first...

I feed Tilapia, and nightcrawlers.

4lbs of tilapia every 2-3weeks
20ct can of nightcrawlers - once a week.

I have 2MM's 2hystrix's 1motoro 1 MMxleo all under 10"

Might have to feed more after tonight tho.....

I feed 1 time a day 6days a week. 1 day i don't feed

sooo on a month i spend.... about 40bucks a month....

AND i havent really seen a thread LIKE this, kinda similar, but not like this. good thread

 

[Tor-Eriik]

I feed mine frozen market shrimp and frozen fish filet, feed every 2 days.. Gues its about 6 dollars a week max.. I feed 9 rays! I do not powerfeed at this moment, but they are good and bulby after a meal..I keep it a litle down capacity vice, bin looking for frikkin house for a year now!

 

[skynoch]

What do you spend weekly or monthly on your Food Tab for your Stingrays only? Please post the following:

1. Weekly or Monthly Bill
$600 minimun up to $750
2. Type/Name of Stingray(s)
A wide variety of species but the biggest eater by far is the castexi
3. Size of Stingray(s)
From 3" pups and a near 30" castexi
4. Quantity of Stingray(s)
Could be up to 20 pups at a time and 21 subadults to adults
5. Type of food(s): i.e. shrimp, tilapia, worms, pellets, etc.
shrimp, then talapia, pellets, worms, sole, bloodworms and various other seafoods
6. How many pounds of each food
The main amount would be 125 lbs of shrimp a month
7. Number of feedings per day
2, For really risky setups I would reccomend 3 feedings. For pups 3-5 feedings depending on size.

This is to educate us (new and experienced) on what to expect for fully mature Stingrays, so we can responsibly own, house and provide for our pets. I just threw this together so please fill in any other information that can be pertinent. Thanks.

 

[Tyranno]

What do you spend weekly or monthly on your Food Tab for your Stingrays only? Please post the following:

1. Weekly or Monthly Bill
$600 minimun up to $750
2. Type/Name of Stingray(s)
A wide variety of species but the biggest eater by far is the castexi
3. Size of Stingray(s)
From 3" pups and a near 30" castexi
4. Quantity of Stingray(s)
Could be up to 20 pups at a time and 21 subadults to adults
5. Type of food(s): i.e. shrimp, tilapia, worms, pellets, etc.
shrimp, then talapia, pellets, worms, sole, bloodworms and various other seafoods
6. How many pounds of each food
The main amount would be 125 lbs of shrimp a month
7. Number of feedings per day
2, For really risky setups I would reccomend 3 feedings. For pups 3-5 feedings depending on size.

This is to educate us (new and experienced) on what to expect for fully mature Stingrays, so we can responsibly own, house and provide for our pets. I just threw this together so please fill in any other information that can be pertinent. Thanks.

Wow you sure got some hungry little monsters dude

I dont keep track of my food bill, got 3 retics and 2 motoro but they are in a tank with 8 flagtails, 26 pink tailed chalceus, 1 Lima cat, 1 TSNxRTC and a pair of Xingu I pikes, so I dont know how much the rays eat..

 

[keepinfish]

I go thru about 2.5 lbs a month of pellets $25.00
shrimp 1-2lbs $10, and smelt 10 lbs $20

$55 a month

1-18" motoro
1-11" motoro
1-13" hybrid
1-10" Leo
1-10" flower
3- hystrix 7-11"
1- Leo 7"

1 feeding a day most of the time.

 

[calgaryflames]

my bill is for 9 rays probably $200 per month

 

[Dirty Sanchez]

I didn't get a chance to post mine, got busy.

Monthly Tab: $80 (+/-)

2 - 5"-6" Classic Leos
2 - 6"-7" BD/Leos
2 - 8" Flowers
3 - 5"-6" Hystrix
3 - 5"-6" Misc.

4-6 lbs. shrimp ($40-$50), 6 cartons nightcrawlers ($30)

1-2 feedings a day, 5-6 times a week

 

[gobudi]

mine about 5 rays,
1 about 18 inch motoro?
1 about 12 inch hybrid
1 about 11 inch pearl?
2 about 10 inch pearl?

cost me about 10 kg each month. feed them about 3 times a day. shrimp about 45 usd 10 kg, if salt water fish about 15 usd 10 kg. Some times i mixed them, sometime only shrimp.

 

[inssane]

Bump for a great thread.
I am FAR off from being able to do a ray tank if I do pursue, but this is very important for me to see what else I would be getting into financially down the road with a ray project.

I am using springpad to collect notes, links, and pics for future aquarium projects and this will help alot!
Nick

PS - I am a little afraid now because everyone seems to have more than one. Are rays like tattoos and women?