To pack full or not to?

[Joefish]

Hey when you guys are feeding your rays do you feed till they stop? i'm guessing no as they will eat you out of a house and become ill from over feeding?.

just curious as to how much food i need to get in before new rays arrive for there 240gal home.

thanks

Joe

 

[Miles]

They have small bellies and fast metabolism... Frequent feedings and large water changes are the best regimen..

 

[Joefish]

Gotcha, understandible. im pretty anal on my water changes as it is. right now i do 30% every other day on my 240.

 

[michael]

keep lots of shrimp nd earthworms. What types of rays are you getting?

 

[Joefish]

Hey Mike, i have not totally decided yet, ya i know.. i am ready to order but still unsure what exactly i want, and who to trust getting them from.. everyone i have been recommended to do not sell rays anymore. i do have a dist locally i can get from and am just waiting to hear back with a list of what they have.

just want a Trio. but want something nice! healthy active, 8-10" at least maybe even bigger.

i have the 240 for them. just need to get it together in my head and decide. just hate jumping the gun on something i may not be happy with so i like to see all of my options.

any thoughts?


thanks

Joe

 

[michael]

I think motoros make great first time rays and are the easiest to care for IMO. Even after having them all almost I love motoros. get a nice looking pair or trio and they're great. Will get big just like any other ray too but a 240 which I think is 2 ft wide is definitely a start. There have been a lot of captive born motoros arould lately, I'd look into that or take a totally different route, its up to u, good luck

 

[Joefish]

Motoros are for sure my first choice.

but it comes down to the trust factor with wholesalers and sponsors

 

[michael]

i would try to go to a lfs so I could pick them out myself and see the health of the animal. there's got to be some store near you that has motoros i would think.

 

[Joefish]

none that i trust and the ones who do are double the price.

 

[Joefish]

On a side note how are you guys (once Acclimated) moveing your rays to there tank? when big i assume a net is out of the question but then again i asume a net is out of the question for any ray.

any tips? stinger? what stinger?