WC flower rays, Anything special i should know?

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Well, I have WC flower ray. It took me some bad experience before learning better how to acclimate them. Since the travel from Columbia to Israel is over 2 days door to door the rays come is real stress and prasites are the worse enemy.

I was always successful getting them good after arrival, but in all cases have seen hexamita. Do a preventive treat with metronidazol and paraziquantel. There are older posts around the acclimation of flower and tiger rays that are quite similar.

Overall for water condition - try soft and a bit higher temp (~28C) and a bit lower PH (~6.5), later on you can get them into tap water.

Also, in the begging have them eat live food - blood worms, california worms, earth worms, shrimps. After a while I got her eating dry food (hikary sinking).

Good Luck - plesae update.
Avishay
 
avishay;5075590; said:
Well, I have WC flower ray. It took me some bad experience before learning better how to acclimate them. Since the travel from Columbia to Israel is over 2 days door to door the rays come is real stress and prasites are the worse enemy.

I was always successful getting them good after arrival, but in all cases have seen hexamita. Do a preventive treat with metronidazol and paraziquantel. There are older posts around the acclimation of flower and tiger rays that are quite similar.

Overall for water condition - try soft and a bit higher temp (~28C) and a bit lower PH (~6.5), later on you can get them into tap water.

Also, in the begging have them eat live food - blood worms, california worms, earth worms, shrimps. After a while I got her eating dry food (hikary sinking).

Good Luck - plesae update.
Avishay
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great info! ill be doing a preventative treatment, hopefully they dont have anything. Im just going to go with the tap water. because its 7 out of the tap, but a harness of 0 so i usually have to add a little bit of coral to keep it at 7.and Im going with a temp of 82
 
Bad news guys, my flowers airnt not coming as planned. My distributor said they couldnt get them this week. Possibly next week thow im keepin my fingers crossed!

My Favorite rays would be the flowers,i have other options so id like to hear what your guys favorite rays besides the flowers are!
 
Uh-oh. You didn't order from one of the no-no's, did you?
 
No, from the usual. but they are on the pre order list so they are not in stock. but shes doing her best to get us some tig's some temensis bass and my rays
 
Well im sure they're expensive. I can get them cheaper if i order them in. plus i don't have the large tank built yet, so i might wait till they are available to me
 
Take my pond. I said TAKE IT! Imagine those patterns on the black, clean bottom of a nice low viewing pond. You could use it until you can upgrade. It's 370 gallons.
 
My pair of flower rays are coming next week! :headbang2


My Main tank has datnoids, frontosa, Paretroplus menarambo, and Lots of Clown loaches. I have kept loaches with rays before with no problem. but i have 16 4"-8"CL's and im afraid they will tear threw fleshy food before the rays can get to it. looking for opinions..

Also i know keeping plecos with rays is not suggested, but i have a 10" royal a 3" royal and a 5" L75. i was hoping i could keep them in their
 
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