Temperature for Rays

[DJC776]

What is the minimum temp for Rays to be kept safely?

My 12' community drops to 72 F in the winter. My Lince cat, Niger, L. Marmoratus, Adonis plec, Giant Gourami and cichlids are fine in it but I wonder whether my Rays can be moved into when bigger?

Cheers now

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Ive always kept them quite warm around 28-30 c. But as for minium tempreture i think that 24c would be a safe minium incase it dropped any lower.

 

[Nic]

76 is the lowest ive seen them kept in... i would add a few extra heaters and atleast keep it at 78

 

[michael]

depending on type of ray I ould have to say 80 minimum... Very hardy rays could possibly do ok in 78ish but I wouldn't recommend it.. In the wild most rays are in 80-95F temp

 

[motorofreak]

I keep my rays at about 84F

 

[rook45]

depending on type of ray I ould have to say 80 minimum... Very hardy rays could possibly do ok in 78ish but I wouldn't recommend it.. In the wild most rays are in 80-95F temp

Is this a factual statement? 95F sounds like an exaggeration.

 

[Nic]

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Is this a factual statement? 95F sounds like an exaggeration.

some real sunny areas in the shallows that temp is very possible...

 

[Deaths Sting]

its best not to go over 90F in a tank. it causes a lot of problems.
Low oxygen
higher ammonia
and even more consequences; the list continues
id say a good range is between 78-82F. i keep my tank constantly at 81.9.

my question is: how much variation of temp. does it take to hurt a ray in a days time.
i.e. if the water is 82F at 12 pm and then its 80F at 12 am? are we talking really harmful?

 

[ShadowStryder]

its best not to go over 90F in a tank. it causes a lot of problems.
Low oxygen
higher ammonia
and even more consequences; the list continues
id say a good range is between 78-82F. i keep my tank constantly at 81.9.

my question is how much variation of temp does it take to hurt a ray in a days time.
i.e. if the water is 82F at 12 pm and then its 80F at 12 am? are we talking really harmful?

I find it hard to believe a two degree change in temp over 12 hours is going to affect a ray.
It will go through a much larger change going from 1-2 ft of water basking in the sun to deep waters
in shade in a matter of a few seconds.

 

[Deaths Sting]

I find it hard to believe a two degree change in temp over 12 hours is going to affect a ray.
It will go through a much larger change going from 1-2 ft of water basking in the sun to deep waters
in shade in a matter of a few seconds.

Good, thats one less thing to worry about.

thank you