Stingray not eating great. Need advise.

[koop171]

Ok so I have a new stingray. (pics in photo lounge) He's a 8"+ fully mature male. but he's very timid. And that's cool but he doesn't compete well for food at all. and He's starting to get a little skinny.

I've been feeding him a mix of sinking hikari pellet and whole market shrimp(w/o tail) but I think he's getting skinny. what else should I try?

My biggest concern is the other fish in the tank are so much faster and more aggressive when it comes to eating that I can't get enough food to him. without the others getting it first unless it's the shrimp.


So what else should I invest in? worms? different pellet? just keep tossing in shrimp?










And before anyone asks I feed three times a day just to get enough food into the tank so the ray gets some and to keep my dorado from getting aggressive.

 

[koop171]

Oh and I forgot if it matters and you don't want to find the photo thread. He's a motoro.

 

[mfswets]

nightcrawlers definitely.or live blackworms.never seen a ray reject either of them.

 

[T1KARMANN]

what i have found is if the new motoro is mature and you all ready have a mature male in the tank then the new male may take some time to settle properly

 

[Fish Room Plus]

I find that small frozen silver-sides work very well.

 

[koop171]

nightcrawlers definitely.or live blackworms.never seen a ray reject either of them.

I'll try that but I'm not sure where to buy them around me. Night crawlers Yeah but blackworms no.

what i have found is if the new motoro is mature and you all ready have a mature male in the tank then the new male may take some time to settle properly

He's the only ray in the tank

I find that small frozen silver-sides work very well.

I should be able to get these from the LFS right?

 

[ShadowStryder]

nightcrawlers definitely.or live blackworms.never seen a ray reject either of them.

All three of my motoros would not touch blackworms, ended up feeding
them to my cichlids. Their first food was cut up night crawlers and from
there it was several types of frozen foods.

My rays took to cut up Tilapia very quickly. Then market prawn and
muscles readily after that. Still working on the pellets though.

You may have to isolate and fatten him up or remove the more aggressive
eaters and let him establish his dominance in the system.

 

[jwong1024]

nightcrawlers is your best bet. never met a motoro that wouldn't take umm.

I wouldn't even bother with blackworms, once you get him eating then switch to shrimp and pellets.

 

[Nic]

try using a piece of tube to see to it food gets to the bottom... save you the feeding of worms... try that simple cheap trick first

 

[john C]

hey Koop
sounds to me like the ray can't compete for the food like you mentioned. if he is eating but just very little than my guess is ray is stressed from tank mates. you may need too up the amount of food see if ray adapts or last resort seperate the ray.