Tea Cup Stingray

[Kingfr0gg]

hello have a question about tea cup stingrays are they hardy and what size tank would one need?

 

[cichlid_fever]

You may house a lil one in a 150g for life,not really that hard,weekly WC,pick up poo when you see it,n feed them like pigs....i have one in a 125g now!!

 

[andyjs]

hello have a question about tea cup stingrays are they hardy and what size tank would one need?

"tea cup" stingray isn't a specific species. It generally refers to young rays (usually retics or motors) imported at a small size. Motoros are generally hardier and considered one of the best beginner rays, but get HUGE (like 30-36" disk for a female). Retics are smaller, and sometimes cheaper, but it can be hard to get them to feed well, and many are pretty fragile at first.

You may house a lil one in a 150g for life,not really that hard,weekly WC,pick up poo when you see it,n feed them like pigs....i have one in a 125g now!!

I agree that you can house a little ray in a 150, but not for life. Little rays grow into big rays
All rays need a fairly large tank and heavy filtration to maintain very good water quality for them.

I think both of you need to check out the stingray section of the forum (under bottom dwellers), specifically the stingray profiles

 

[albyoscar]

Retic stingrays are very sensetive to nitrates not hardy at all water must be pristine always i had one that i bought at 5" and lived to be 10" i found out the hard way