New SHARK & RAYS
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sooner_reefer
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Congrats with your sucess on your blue ribbon tail ray, your shark and ray look AMAZING!
goodwin9
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Originally Posted by Heart & Sole
http:///forum/post/2564791
wow that ray looks great...looks like hes trying to eat you shark in the last pic
I'm going to try and post a video of this...it happens quite often and I am not sure what the ray is trying to do. The shark doesn't seem to mind when the ray is on top of him. Almost as if the ray is acting like a cleaner wrasse. Very strang when it happens..
http:///forum/post/2564791
wow that ray looks great...looks like hes trying to eat you shark in the last pic
I'm going to try and post a video of this...it happens quite often and I am not sure what the ray is trying to do. The shark doesn't seem to mind when the ray is on top of him. Almost as if the ray is acting like a cleaner wrasse. Very strang when it happens..
goodwin9
Active Member
Originally Posted by azul1994
http:///forum/post/2565795
Wow! That is an awesome ray.
I was told that they were hard to keep, but this one is doing well after 1 year. I am very happy as it is a very pretty specimen, a favorite of the kids that come by.
http:///forum/post/2565795
Wow! That is an awesome ray.
I was told that they were hard to keep, but this one is doing well after 1 year. I am very happy as it is a very pretty specimen, a favorite of the kids that come by.
sooner_reefer
Member
Originally Posted by goodwin9
http:///forum/post/2566853
I was told that they were hard to keep, but this one is doing well after 1 year. I am very happy as it is a very pretty specimen, a favorite of the kids that come by.
Well the type you have is very hard to keep (Taeniura lymma). The lymma is much more avaible but most people get the hardier kind (Dasyatis kuhlii).
Congrats on such a good job and keep up the good work!
http:///forum/post/2566853
I was told that they were hard to keep, but this one is doing well after 1 year. I am very happy as it is a very pretty specimen, a favorite of the kids that come by.
Well the type you have is very hard to keep (Taeniura lymma). The lymma is much more avaible but most people get the hardier kind (Dasyatis kuhlii).
Congrats on such a good job and keep up the good work!
goodwin9
Active Member
Originally Posted by rainmkr07
http:///forum/post/2595959
Goodwin, how do you go about sticking your arm in the tank... For say... feedings, or cleaning the sand, or moving the sand, or rocks, etc etc...
Do you stick your arm in? Are those barbs on the ray poisonous? And are the sharks aggressive at all?
I don't have a problem putting my hand in the tank. The ray loves to be fed by hand. I'm not sure about the barbs. I am careful to avoid finding out! The shark on the other hand, stay mostly at the bottom of the tank and has very poor eyesite. Both the ray and shark keep the sand well stirred up and I don't mess with it.
http:///forum/post/2595959
Goodwin, how do you go about sticking your arm in the tank... For say... feedings, or cleaning the sand, or moving the sand, or rocks, etc etc...
Do you stick your arm in? Are those barbs on the ray poisonous? And are the sharks aggressive at all?
I don't have a problem putting my hand in the tank. The ray loves to be fed by hand. I'm not sure about the barbs. I am careful to avoid finding out! The shark on the other hand, stay mostly at the bottom of the tank and has very poor eyesite. Both the ray and shark keep the sand well stirred up and I don't mess with it.
goodwin9
Active Member
Originally Posted by FishyGurl
http:///forum/post/2599570
im just wondering when your get a ray de-barbed does the barb ever come back? the rays at the moa that u touch are all de barbed so i was just wondering if they had to keep de barbing them or if its just a one time deal
When I received this Blue Spot ray, the barb had been clipped. If you look closely in this picture, you can see the tip of the barb is missing.
You can see clearly see in the second picture that it now has grown back the original, along with a second. I was first told that this ray proably came from a petting tank, but a more reasonable explanation was that it was cut prior to shipping to prevent it from puncturing the shipping bag.
http:///forum/post/2599570
im just wondering when your get a ray de-barbed does the barb ever come back? the rays at the moa that u touch are all de barbed so i was just wondering if they had to keep de barbing them or if its just a one time deal
When I received this Blue Spot ray, the barb had been clipped. If you look closely in this picture, you can see the tip of the barb is missing.
You can see clearly see in the second picture that it now has grown back the original, along with a second. I was first told that this ray proably came from a petting tank, but a more reasonable explanation was that it was cut prior to shipping to prevent it from puncturing the shipping bag.
goodwin9
Active Member
Originally Posted by FishRule
http:///forum/post/2978358
How is the Blue Spot doing? It is an awesome ray.
The Bluespot got too large for the tank and was moved to a zoo last fall.
http:///forum/post/2978358
How is the Blue Spot doing? It is an awesome ray.
The Bluespot got too large for the tank and was moved to a zoo last fall.
goodwin9
Active Member
Originally Posted by premilove
http:///forum/post/2989999
hows the wobbey? he's one of my all time fav sharks. im so jealous!
Doing well!
http:///forum/post/2989999
hows the wobbey? he's one of my all time fav sharks. im so jealous!
Doing well!