Stingray
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if your lookin for something go with a true hystrix...retics=lost money and others need larger tanks...
sbuse;4237621; said:
Why does a retic equal lost money??? I have 2 and love them to death. they are nearly adult now and my female is pregnant and due any day. Just so many people don't and won't take care of them properly. True they arn't as easy as the others. But I am always up for a challenge.
grapedinox;4237917; said:
cause atleast 95% are half dead before you get them and the other 5% will just die when you least expect it...
thats what i said now 10 rays later that were in perfict water conditions exept the ones that died do to shipping or a tankmate witch were a couple...i say just don't waste your time or money...
hmmmmm well I have had mine now for 3 years and now have a breeding pair. So if 95% are half dead and the other 5% just die for no reason what percentage do mine fit into??? I agree the shipping conditions are deplorable at best for all rays but even worse for the "cheap" rays. I think of the general public 99% of people getting rays shouldn't get them anyway, and then they usually get retics because they are cheap and there for throw them in a 100 gallon tank and wonder why they die. These are sensitive animals all of the rays! A person needs to research, reasearch, research these animals and when they think they have it all figured out research it some more! I think 90% of all ray deaths are preventable by the person buying it. Just my 2 cents. My retics where the first ever rays that I bought and I baby them and I love them and they have flourished!
