Anyone know anything about whiptail rays other than that they come from Asia? Temperament, size, growth rate, etc. Thanks.
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Whiptail stingray
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Um, when I searched up Whiptail Stingray, it gave me a result that was a Saltwater ray. http://www.elasmodiver.com/Whiptail_Stingrays.htm
The one I saw was in freshwater, not to say maybe it should ideally be in salt or at least brackish, that's why I hoped someone knew about them.
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St John's river ray, or atlantic ray is the salt/brackish ray often sold as a FW ray. Do poorly in fresh.
Most of the time when whiptail is referring to a FW ray, it's usually the Giant Mekong River Ray, the one whose pups are born bigger then half the rays I keep..... Would probably need a small lake to keep it in and a shovel to feed one. Shouldn't even be considered by hobbyists.
Use common names to find scientific names and that should lead to info.
Most of the time when whiptail is referring to a FW ray, it's usually the Giant Mekong River Ray, the one whose pups are born bigger then half the rays I keep..... Would probably need a small lake to keep it in and a shovel to feed one. Shouldn't even be considered by hobbyists.
Use common names to find scientific names and that should lead to info.
One of the suppliers that our store orders from had three of these for sale and they said they were already almost 20" across. It's totally impractical to even consider keeping one of these.
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well, the store that this ray is in is questionable, also asian owned so a little bit of a language barrier in dealings sometimes. The ray was maybe 7 inches in diamater, a pail pink with armor like bumps on his back, had the shape of a florida ray, but tail itself was 1.5 feet long, 2 feet long frop tip to tail or so. the tail looked fairly stiff too, spine of course was closer to the base of the fish.
I've seen the ray in question from the OP.
It has a long stiff tail, looks like a tube and it was in a tank that it could barely turn around.. looked like it would snap if it tried... i think my buddy has pics of it...
from what i recall, it looks similar to these pics i found online.. we were wondering about it as well..
It has a long stiff tail, looks like a tube and it was in a tank that it could barely turn around.. looked like it would snap if it tried... i think my buddy has pics of it...
from what i recall, it looks similar to these pics i found online.. we were wondering about it as well..