freshwater rays?

[jsmkmavity]

my daughter has a fw 75, and she wants a sting ray, does anyone have any suggestions (other than converting her to sw like normal people)?

 

[loohunter]

the fish gallery has fw sting rays

 

[Maxx]

Freshwater Stingrays

Species of freshwater stingrays

Fresh Water Sting Rays

Bud's stingray page For some reason this guys has a pic of a girl in a bikini on this site...no adult content...he just likes stingrays and girls in bikini's...(not that theres anything wrong with girls in bikini's)

Freshwater Stingrays, Family Potamotrygonidae

My short experience with a F/W stingray

Florida's Freshwater Stingrays

These are just a few quick hits from a google search using the key words "Freshwater Stingrays"

HTH,

Nick

 

[jetaero]

A 75 seems way to small for rays... You should look into a larger, wider tank. They like to have a large area to swim around. The s/w stingrays are usually easier to keep though.

-Josh-

 

[Dave 777]

I think salt rays and freshwater rays have their easy to keep rays and hard to keep rays. I keep freshwater rays and i have to say they are fairly easy. you do have to be a diligent fish keeper I will tell you that. Salt rays are harder at first due to trying to get them to eat. once you can do that, you are good to go. except for the blue spot rays. they are a pain and don't do well in captivity although a few people have done well with them.

and a 75 will be good for a small ray for a year or 2, then you'll have to upgrade.

 

[ethanriley]

I used to have two pairs of Motoro in a 90 gallon in my old pet store until my brother took them home and they had a mishap. Motoro's I find are the easiest to keep of the two species I have had experience with. They are the easiest to wean off of live food. Most F/W rays are wild caught though I know a few people that have started breeding them. I have one Motoro in a 90 that I just setup today. rays have voracious appetites and will eat any small fish they can get in their mouths. I feed mine a combination of foods when they are small including krill, pieces of shrimp (tail on at first), blood worms , live ghost shrimp, feeder guppies, earthworms and later goldfish. Having said this water parameters need to be perfect Rays are intolerant of nitrates and ammonia. If you want ease of keeping go barebottom for two reasons
1) you are less likely to damage the rays disc
2) Its easy to keep clean after your messy eaters finish

heaters need to be covered or put in the sump as rays easyily burn their discs leaning against it. Keep your water temperature 78 degrees or warmer. Rays are very sensitive to medicines even those that say SAFE FOR SCALELESS FISH. Large water changes are a weekly constant and I run carbon continuously in my ray tank. They are fascinating creatures and can be taught to feed from your hand. Though I warn you I was cleaning my tank once in the store and got distracted it was a very painful andslightly debilitating experience. My left arm was throbbing and then nub for several hours so be cautious.

 

[DonW]

my daughter has a fw 75, and she wants a sting ray, does anyone have any suggestions (other than converting her to sw like normal people)?

I saw the damage a FW ray can do. It wasnt a pretty sight, do alot of research.

Don