Stingray

[Demon012]

Got a baby ray 6 inch disk had him for 6 weeks, iam really struggling to get him on any other food than blood worm, tried not feeding for 4 days and he still wouldn't take other food,, any help welcome, I have tried every different type of pellet fresh prawns and fish..

 

[Fizzicks]

Rays are notoriously picky eaters. Try mixing a bit of chopped prawns into the blood worms, starting with just a bit and increasing over time to get him used to other foods. You can incorporate pellets like this too.

 

[Demon012]

Yer I tried that and he eat all the blood worm and managed to leave all the prawn,, he is a git,, lol

 

[JK47]

Try dicing up earth worms into small pieces. I soak mashed up pellets into it and let it soak in the fridge for 15 mins or so. That medley will get pups used to the taste of the pellet of choice. What type of ray? Some are notoriously picky eaters. If it will not accept anything but live, try and switch to black worms. They are more gain more weight black worms than blood worms IME. If you have substrate you may also consider removing it. Some pups struggle with substrate at first.

 

[Demon012]

I tried hikari sinking pellets for stingrays as well using same method and he managed to avoid eating all the bits of pellets

 

[Fizzicks]

You can go with the starvation method. Just watch the base of its tail, make sure it doesn't get too skinny.

 

[JK47]

I tried hikari sinking pellets for stingrays as well using same method and he managed to avoid eating all the bits of pellets

How long are you trying? It takes a few days of a repetitive routine to get them to start accepting anything new.

 

[Demon012]

Motoro stingray, tried worms a month ago no joy I will try again see what happens,,

 

[Demon012]

Tried pellets for 3 days