Transporting rays
- Thread starter Zhewitt04
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Now always wondered this. Which method is best. Cooler and bubbler or tied in bag.
Why do the vendors ship in bags?
Rays can be in bag for quite along time.
I also heard ammonia needs O2 to become toxic to fish?
So would Bubbler with fish creating ammonia be a good idea?
I'm curious to this
Why do the vendors ship in bags?
Rays can be in bag for quite along time.
I also heard ammonia needs O2 to become toxic to fish?
So would Bubbler with fish creating ammonia be a good idea?
I'm curious to this
In bag with pure oxygen is best. Next best ice cooler with airstone. Either way you should put something in the water to bind the ammonia.If you do have a buildup of ammonia the PH in the water will lower making it less toxic UNTIL someone drips new water in to even out the PH then it does become toxic .Do not do a drip without ammonia binder. I prefer to just move fish from the bag to the tank without a drip and never had "PH shock".
So you'd bag... and float bag then dump bag into net put ray in tank? This is what I've read about and also watch Joey from Diy King on youtube. My biggest question is the ammonia levels will go up with oxygen and with a air stone the pH doesn't lower and the ammonia in the bad will become more dangerous than in a bag.
Does this make since?
Yes you float the bag,then net the ray out and release it in the tank. Oxygen does not make ammonia. the fish breathing and fish waste make ammonia levels rise.
I've hauled rays farther than 3.5 hrs in a 32 gallon plastic tub about 1/3 full of water, no air. Never had any sort of trouble at all. Bring some prime with just to be on safe side. You can use prime or ammo lock to neutralize ammonia. I'd only do that if it's a real big ray or you get delayed and rays are in the tote longer than 4 or 5 hours. A healthy ray can handle being in a small volume of water with no filtration or airstone for a lot longer than most people think
Just as a matter of interest, I received two rays that landed on Wednesday from Dragon fish
Each one in its own bag but what was interesting and never done with any of the others that flew in, there was a small bag with a handful of activated charcoal in the bag with the rays
Each one in its own bag but what was interesting and never done with any of the others that flew in, there was a small bag with a handful of activated charcoal in the bag with the rays